Don't suppose anyone knows if any of our local bike shops stock/sell the rear wheel frame locks you get on Dutch bikes?
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(19 posts)- Started 7 years ago by kaputnik
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Posted 7 years ago #
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i may have one you can have. ordered it online, but it didn't fit our 20" wheels.
will check when i get home.
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I also have one (somewhere) in the garage, never fitted it to my hybrid in the end. Not sure I'll be able to find it anytime soon though! :-) You can buy them new on fleaBay too - at least, that's where I got mine.
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Hart's have them, or certainly did when I visited recently.
Posted 7 years ago # -
OK, let me know SRD that would be great. Can arrange some sort of agreeable trade if you can find it. If not I will drop by Hart's on my rounds.
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If you draw a blank, I've just bought this from Decathlon for my Elephant Bike*. Not available in the Edinburgh store, but can be clicked and collected from there.
Nice because it allows you to add a supplementary cable if you want to lock the bike to something, rather than just immobilise it.
*Did I tell you I had an Elephant Bike?
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Decathlon also offers click and collect at Asda, which is handy.
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Ooh yeah that would be purfect. It's for an Elephant Bike* too.
* Did I tell you I was getting an Elephant Bike?
I think we'll call it Colonel Hathi.
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@kaputnik: you didn't (although I did detect that you were perhaps Elephant Bike Curious). I see from elsewhere on social media that Colonel Hathi has a stylish wicker basket rather than the utilitarian plastic box that my nameless one has.
I'm a great believer in frame locks, and have one on my other utility bicycle. However the two-legged propstand on the nameless bike makes it even more useful, because you don't even need to find anywhere to lean the bike. The lock I've linked to above retains its key when open, so it's very quick to park. You just pop down the stand and twist the key and that's it. 10 seconds and it's secure. Nobody is going to carry it away.
The only downside of a frame lock that retains a key is that I've found that if I have the key on a key ring, I tend to bash the other keys with my heel while I'm riding. I no longer keep it on a ring: when the bike's at home I secure it by other means, so most of the time the key lives on the bike. If I've locked the bike with that key it's because I'm out and about, so the key is on my person.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Thanks to SRD's kind offer, I think I have figured out how to install her lock for which the mounting locking part has been lost.
Posted 7 years ago # -
In answer to @kaputnik original question, Cycle Service had them in stock last time I looked.
Also I have a spare AXA Victory with a plug-in chain if you are interested Andy.
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How do the plug-in chains/cables work? Do they stay attached to the bike when unlocked?
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You can get a bag to put the chains in and carry them with the bike, but as the chain weighs over 2Kg I tend to leave it where my bike is parked most often.
There is also a plug-in cable which coils up and has a bracket for carrying on the bike frame. This is what I use when I am out and about.
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On most models the chains stay attached, you wrap them around your seat post. If you google image 'OV Fiets' (which are the Dutch cycle hire from stations) you see some images of them with a chain around the seat post.
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Actually the cable I use is this one which is pretty neat.
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I see the thickness of the cable varies, but is the size of the plug in bit standard across all locks?
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@Frenchy. No. I can confirm that the cable for my Abus frame lock does not fit the Axa frame lock I just bought for the Elephant Bike.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Thanks for offer Kim, but now have SRD's Abus lock mounted. One of the mounting straps was missing the grub screws so I've ordered replacements from Germany. Otherwise it's currently fixed with cable ties on the other side.
For the stair well, I've got the biggest, heaviest combination lock/chain I could find and a ground anchor. Now that we have 2 D-lock keys, childseat key and wheel-lock key, the last thing I needed was another bike lock key.
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