Alternative to Almax?

[Ichy]

It pretty much goes without saying that most consider Almax chains to be the best but what are the alternatives? Accepting the fact that you might not have the ultimate in perceived protection what else is worth looking at?

I've used many different makes over the years and have not had a problem, possibly more down to where the bike is parked rather than the quality of the chain or lock. At the moment I have a Krall disc lock which is Thatcham approved and appears to be of good quality but I'm looking for a chain to go with a ground anchor so that I can park the bike outside of my garage.
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[pinkyfloyd]

I'm of the opinion that you can spend a tenner on a chain and it will do exactly the same job as spending a few hundreds on the top of the range Almax.

Ultimately all the chain does is make it harder for someone to steal your bike and I believe that if someone is going to have the resources to cut through a chain, should it be cheap, or Almax top of the range stuff, then your bikes a gonner one way or another and its just a matter of time.

All you are doing by adding a chain to your bike is making it "not worth the effort". A potential thief can see with a glance that you have a chain and think, "that will take a few extra minutes, sod it, its not worth it." And then go steal chavy chavs scooter around the corner instead.
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[Lord Deckard]

I visited my local locksmiths https://www.hharrold.co.uk/ and ended up picking up a no brand chain along with a Corbin lock. The chain is through hardened 13mm steel and it would probably be easier for a thief to cut through the bike than the chain. You could anchor a battleship with the thing.
They showed me a chain and lock that a customer had brought back after a thief had tried attacking it. The bloke came home to find his bike still in place, surrounded by broken cutting discs and a pair of broken chain cutters. The lock looked like it had been hot by a bomb but the key still worked.
I was sold
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[multijoy]

pragmasis is the other Almax. They do some funky locking rods (they call anti-pinch pins) that mean you can halve the length of chain you use.

https://www.torc-anchors.com/
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[Seb]

Keep in mind that a quality Pragmasis or Almax chain is going to need some skilled technique or serious power tools as well as a good bit of time to chew through, a cheapo chinese chain is little more than a speed bump to pretty much anyone with a half decent set of croppers. Worth keeping in mind if you've got the sort of bike that's likely to get scoped out, whilst my Almax is borderline a waste of time on the old XJR, I wouldn't trust anything less on some of the more desirable bikes I've had.
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[Aperf]

Those pinch pins look useful.
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[Aperf]

Those pinch pins look useful.
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[WannaBeDude]

Thing is, powertools, even batterry ones can be had nowadays for little cost, this cropping malarkey is old hat nowadays - imo.

For less cash - same thing ..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=almax&_sacat=See-All-Categories
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[chris-red]

[WannaBeDude]

They wont give a fuck if they have a white van and dodgy plates, there plough through the chain and be gone in 1 min or less. imo
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[angryjonny]

The problem I have with "uncroppable" chains is that if you're not careful the weakest link in your security becomes your landing window.

[WannaBeDude]

[angryjonny]

[LordShaftesbu...]

If breaking into your house (with you in it) really looks that attractive maybe you should have a think about your home security as well as your bike security ...

[pinkyfloyd]

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[pinkyfloyd]

As said. Its not a tired saying as you proved. They wanted Dunks bike. They wanted yours. Oddly enough I have a disc lock, Immobiliser alarm and a "Not" almax chain and my bike hasnt been nicked. Considering it parks outside and I am unable to chain it to anything.

Perhaps my chain and disc lock do its job. Perhaps it is just the visual detterant. Or perhaps its just no one likes my bike. Who knows. Because its sure as hell not the area I live in as a few on here who know where I live will testify (swampy).
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

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[WannaBeDude]

But there's no smoke without fire lol please elabororate on smoke, and state if youR nice bike is garaged or not ta
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