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Old 04-10-20, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Designmindz
It is a good point. How quick are we talking? I've done some quick searching online and it seems 4 combo locks would take over an hour?

Does anyone use combination D Locks? Has anyone had one picked?
If you weren't aware of this website, take a look at it now.

It might not be super up to date regarding products, since it's a blog, but there's generally great advice there. When I said anyone can open a combo lock, I was talking about the fact that anyone that can watch a video will know that you can apply some tension to the shackle to decode a combo lock pretty quickly (5 minutes, while explaining it to you). Bottom line, brute force is the method of choice because it works 99% of the time; no thief is concerned with the state of the lock once they have your bike.
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