http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Unpickable Lock en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:29:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-154060 Tue, 20 May 2014 11:13:30 +0000 cc 154060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bad Bones they were called. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-154056 Tue, 20 May 2014 09:49:43 +0000 DaveC 154056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do manufacturers no longer make those sliding middle bars for D locks anymore? You know to help stop bottle jacks? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-154047 Tue, 20 May 2014 08:36:20 +0000 Darkerside 154047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another Abus Granit user here. Have to leave the bike around Glasgow too often to not have something substantial, and this is big enough to be able to get around most handy street furniture, yet not so big you can get a bottle jack in.</p> <p>Will still fail to massive bolt cutters or angle griders, but then so does everything. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-154014 Mon, 19 May 2014 17:50:34 +0000 Dave 154014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For similar reasons I've never bothered buying an expensive D lock. The basic ones are fine for "can't easily be removed without making a bit of a scene" and then it comes down to "do I spend £50 more so it takes a few seconds more noise?" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-154006 Mon, 19 May 2014 16:22:02 +0000 DaveC 154006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just don't leave my bike anywhere where it may be seen and get pinched. So only in secure bike shed at work and at home. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-154002 Mon, 19 May 2014 16:02:32 +0000 Boab08 154002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got one of these from Costco the other day, £27.00 and includes the stainless steel wire to protect your wheels.</p> <p><a href="http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Master-Lock-Street-Fortum-Gold-Sold-Secure-D-Lock_45683.htm?utm_source=Google&amp;utm_medium=AdwordsProductAds&amp;utm_campaign=Adwords&amp;gclid=CJ-akZ6nuL4CFYsfwwodwUYA-w#Tab_ProdDetailInfoReviews" rel="nofollow">http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Master-Lock-Street-Fortum-Gold-Sold-Secure-D-Lock_45683.htm?utm_source=Google&amp;utm_medium=AdwordsProductAds&amp;utm_campaign=Adwords&amp;gclid=CJ-akZ6nuL4CFYsfwwodwUYA-w#Tab_ProdDetailInfoReviews</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-151766 Sat, 03 May 2014 22:20:51 +0000 Focus 151766@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I also have a Granite X Plus. It survived flying off my bike when I hadn't secured it properly into the (otherwise very effective) mount with just a few scuffs.</p> <p>I use a bit of old inner tube slid over the keyhole to keep it free from the effects of the elements. Also a handy way to know if someone's been fiddling with it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-151765 Sat, 03 May 2014 21:53:54 +0000 Snowy 151765@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 skotl. I'm on my third one: first one was in a rucksack that got stolen(irony); second one I learned the hard way that leaving it outside 24/7 would eventually knacker the mechanism.</p> <p>I'm pretty sure that only angle grinders will remove these. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-151764 Sat, 03 May 2014 21:23:42 +0000 skotl 151764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have this;</p> <p><a href="http://www.wiggle.co.uk/abus-granit-x-plus-54-23cm-bike-d-lock/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wiggle.co.uk/abus-granit-x-plus-54-23cm-bike-d-lock/</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.lockyourbike.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/abus-granit-x-plus-54-1.jpg"></p> <p>Serious lump of steel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-151762 Sat, 03 May 2014 20:40:34 +0000 I were right about that saddle 151762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, no-one picks locks. Motorcyclists know the two ways that most locks can be broken. They are simple and brutal. This one would fall to a bottle jack if anyone was interested. </p> <p>Failing that, they'd wait till you unlocked it and use a baseball bat. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-151761 Sat, 03 May 2014 19:42:26 +0000 Greenroofer 151761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's beautiful, if perhaps rather pointless. Does anyone bother picking locks? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12739#post-151756 Sat, 03 May 2014 18:43:48 +0000 Kenny 151756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently an unpickable lock. Bolt cutters would take it apart quickly though, I suspect.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JpfkGAuhV8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JpfkGAuhV8</a> </p>