Let's see your bike lock.
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My e-tandem has digital locking of the motor. But it's as quick to unclip the Kryptonite Series2 D-lock and put that through the front wheel.
I am in the market for a better D-lock.
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Cheers, they're well acclaimed yeah. Personally I'm not concerned about weight, I only really ride e-bikes. so I'm particularly interested in looking at locks that are built with the weight:cost ratio out of that compromise.
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Citadel Ultra High Security. 12mm shackle. Tubular lock, only locks on one side. LPL picked one in 11 seconds. Kept my bikes from being stolen on campus, outside various work locations, outside stores & theaters, at parks and rest stops and from my garages and sheds since I bought it in the fall of 1977.
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Public service announcement to all: home garages and sheds are the #1 location bikes get stolen.
My bike in my locked garage has a lock on it.
My bike in my locked garage has a lock on it.
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The OnGuard Brute broke the cutter jaws of LPL's hydraulic bolt cutters and in R/L has run the battery of angle grinders dead (or maybe just wore out the cutter wheel) when thieves have tried to cut it.
I saw 'em on sale for $36 this past spring, about 35~40% of the cost of an Abus 540 Granit.
I saw 'em on sale for $36 this past spring, about 35~40% of the cost of an Abus 540 Granit.
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...an angle grinder or a small dremel will get through anything.
Even the Kryptonite Fahgettaboudit lock was picked by this youtube guy in like 15 seconds.
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Quality U-locks lock on both legs, the thought being that to steal the bike both legs will have to be cut. This Abus Granit X-Plus 54 Mini was cut through one 13mm leg (as shown) and the claim was the remaining U was able to be bent enough to slip the bike frame out of the lock.
Doubt if one could bend the 18mm U of a Kryptonite FU in the same way.
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Public service announcement to all: home garages and sheds are the #1 location bikes get stolen.
The photo I posted was generic, and doesn't reflect the fact that my garage is an attached garage. Which means my garage is essentially my home. As long as I don't leave my doors open and unlocked, any unauthorized entry might meet a Texas repelling device.
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The best security for bikes is the cheapest bike 100%. The cheaper the bike, the lesser they'll like. You have to really lie to yourself to steal a cheap ole bike. LOL Even when it's not chained up.
That's my policy, and it's fine. I just swap parts, buy accessories, and keep a very light combination cable that springs up into a coil on me only for the fellers that say, "Hey, goin' joy ridin', boys. Lookey seeeeeeee." And away they go, dump the ole b off in a ditch, and no one knows the better. So a $7 cable.
Security is not in the price you pay but in the price you do not.
That's my policy, and it's fine. I just swap parts, buy accessories, and keep a very light combination cable that springs up into a coil on me only for the fellers that say, "Hey, goin' joy ridin', boys. Lookey seeeeeeee." And away they go, dump the ole b off in a ditch, and no one knows the better. So a $7 cable.
Security is not in the price you pay but in the price you do not.
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Yeah that 100% does not work in my neighborhood.
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You're not making sense.
Fun fact:
Your bike doesn't have to be stolen from your home to be claimed on your homeowner's insurance policy. For example: your bike is covered if it is stolen from your car rack, rack in front of your local strip club, garage at that Airbnb in Tulsa, etc. when you are away from home.
Fun fact:
Your bike doesn't have to be stolen from your home to be claimed on your homeowner's insurance policy. For example: your bike is covered if it is stolen from your car rack, rack in front of your local strip club, garage at that Airbnb in Tulsa, etc. when you are away from home.
I did a brief look and only came up with what neighborhoods experienced more theft than others. Nothing I came across mentioned garages, however I'd expect insurance companies to have that info.
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It was an open question for anyone to answer. TCS jumped right in and I appreciate him/her for that.
It's hard to wordsmith my replies on my phone to not come across harsh. I'm merely trying to have discussion with you, or anyone, here at BF.
Back to the garage storage situation, the article TCS links clearly indicates not to leave a garage door open or the garage unattended. Except for some accidental happening, my particular garage (attached to my home) is either closed or I'm in it working on things. We just don't leave it open.
I can fully understand how bikes get taken out of garages left open and unattended. Plenty of my neighbors do just that and they are definitely taking a risk.
It's hard to wordsmith my replies on my phone to not come across harsh. I'm merely trying to have discussion with you, or anyone, here at BF.
Back to the garage storage situation, the article TCS links clearly indicates not to leave a garage door open or the garage unattended. Except for some accidental happening, my particular garage (attached to my home) is either closed or I'm in it working on things. We just don't leave it open.
I can fully understand how bikes get taken out of garages left open and unattended. Plenty of my neighbors do just that and they are definitely taking a risk.
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It is derived from Yiddish, but it is an American term. Usually just used to say you carried something that's awkward (and usually heavy) - you wouldn't schlep, say, a bouquet of flowers but you could schlep a 100 pound sack of flour.
Yeah that 100% does not work in my neighborhood.
Yeah that 100% does not work in my neighborhood.