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  1. Kenny
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    Apparently an unpickable lock. Bolt cutters would take it apart quickly though, I suspect.

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    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. Greenroofer
    Member

    That's beautiful, if perhaps rather pointless. Does anyone bother picking locks?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    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.

    Failing that, they'd wait till you unlocked it and use a baseball bat.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. skotl
    Member

    I have this;

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/abus-granit-x-plus-54-23cm-bike-d-lock/

    Serious lump of steel.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. Snowy
    Member

    +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.

    I'm pretty sure that only angle grinders will remove these.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. Focus
    Member

    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.

    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.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. Boab08
    Member

    I got one of these from Costco the other day, £27.00 and includes the stainless steel wire to protect your wheels.

    http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Master-Lock-Street-Fortum-Gold-Sold-Secure-D-Lock_45683.htm?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=AdwordsProductAds&utm_campaign=Adwords&gclid=CJ-akZ6nuL4CFYsfwwodwUYA-w#Tab_ProdDetailInfoReviews

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. DaveC
    Member

    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.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. Dave
    Member

    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?"

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. Darkerside
    Member

    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.

    Will still fail to massive bolt cutters or angle griders, but then so does everything.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  11. DaveC
    Member

    Do manufacturers no longer make those sliding middle bars for D locks anymore? You know to help stop bottle jacks?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  12. cc
    Member

    Bad Bones they were called.

    Posted 10 years ago #

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