Bike Security - Almax

[Bene]

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my security having had my hut broken into by scum a couple of weeks ago taking my push bike and my daughters and other items. The neighbour also chased off a 'hooded youth' from off of our back yesterday, so clearly they are coming back for more (though the insurance hasn't even been processed yet, the hut security has been upgraded).

I have my bike shed next to the household shed but I currently have no bike as I have just sold my old one, but looking to get another one shortly. Anyway, I have just watched the following video showing how easily it is to get into various 'approved' chains and wondering if the Almax chain and lock is going to be the best bet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC3hFr8p2ck

I'm also getting extra security lights on the back. Problem is that the thieves are getting in up the neighbours path on the back as they do not have a fence, so I need to try and secure my bike as best as possible.

Are the Almax chains the best bet or is this video just sales talk?

Thanks.

[Tungtvann]

16mm+ case hardened chains such as the Almax are virtually untouchable by hand tools. I've never tried to crop one myself, so my experience comes only from what I've read, but I've never heard of someone saying otherwise. As always, heavier equipment will make it through any chain, but we'd be talking very well equipped and prepared thieves making a lot of noise.

edit: be wary of brittle chains and placing them on a surface that a sledgehammer can be used on. Might be uncroppable, but smashing the fuck out of it can be a different story!

[thepuma]

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[covent.gardens]

I own an Almax IV and yes, very good chain, but as mentioned in another thread recently, you can get 'loading chain' which is as thick or thicker for much less money, which I'd tend to agree would be just as good as an Almax, in that nobody's going to be able to crop it with a hand tool.

If you have no alarm (preferably one that calls you if it sets off) then they can sit there and have ample time to defeat whatever chain/locks you have.

[covent.gardens]

We have just had a Master Blaster 127 fitted by our alarm company to supplement the normal bellbox and when it went off in testing it gave me a headache for 3 hours. I'm pretty sure it has been proven to wake the dead. Not sure any thief would want to stick around with that blaring, half the street will come out just to see what the fuck is going on

[-Matt-]

Against manual attacks Almax seems pretty top. Power tools will get through it given a bit of time though. Also the chains only useful if its chained to something equally sturdy or they'll be dragging your expensive chain away with the expensive stuff its meant to protect.

Good ground anchor is essential if you have nothing there to fix it to already. I've got cheap PIR alarms in my garage now which are an additional warning to them and yourself should anyone get in and have a go at getting the stuff.

Trip-wired home made pepperspray should they keep trying to get inside would be effective I expect

[Joncrete Cungle]

Can you make it harder to get to the hut? Build a wall with a decent padlocked gate around it, plant firethorn round it, rig up a hefty bar that locks across the doorway two and a half feet from the ground?

[wr6133]

Shove a few of these around the garden/shed door https://www.henrykrank.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2964

If my bike isn't being used for a few days I hook one up to the frame with the wire attached to the wheel. Move the bike more than a few inches and it's a seriously loud bang.

It would be totally illegal to modify them to do anything more than go bang............... just saying incase you accidentally alter it