Anti theft locks

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Tigerbiten

Tigerbiten

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I tend to use 3 locks on my tadpole trike and trailer.
Front:- Cable and padlock. From right front wheel to chainguard. Very visable and easy to fit around a post. Becuase the padlock is on the chainguard, even if the cable is cut it is still attached to the trike making it hard to pedal. This is the lock I alway use for quick stops.
Middle:- D lock through the back frame and wheel. Least visible but hardest to remove. As I've a Rolhoff in the back wheel I don't want it to go walkabout ... :tongue:
Back:- Mid quality cable lock. Locking trailer box and wheel together. Lightest lock so most easily cut. So used more as visual deterent.
At night it's left behind the alarms where I used to work, so no real worries about it going walkabout then.
I work on the principal if I leave it locked up well, then if it gets nicked then its being nicked to order so nothing I do is really going to stop the thief.
 
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Iain G

Iain G

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After taking the advice of sold sercure gold standard I think I'm going to go for these http://www.oxford-shop.co.uk/item3382.htm & with 2 of these anchors http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Terr...V3W4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351636878&sr=8-1
I'm after hardcore but affordable any opinions on either of the one's I've posted or something else is much appreciated thanks
 
Night Train

Night Train

Maker of Things
Iain G said:
After taking the advice of sold sercure gold standard I think I'm going to go for these http://www.oxford-shop.co.uk/item3382.htm & with 2 of these anchors http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Terr...V3W4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351636878&sr=8-1
I'm after hardcore but affordable any opinions on either of the one's I've posted or something else is much appreciated thanks
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That lock should be ok. The lock that came with my Oxford chain was one of those using cylindrical keys, and I found out shortly after that they were easy to pick with a Bic pen tube IIRC.

The ground anchor set in concrete is a good idea.
For mine I used a 15 ton, 2" diameter pin D shackle buried in concrete with just the top of the D sticking out. I put 'rebar' through the shackle and in the concrete floor at the same time just to be overkill sure.
 
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ufkacbln

Guest
I have looked at the Draisin and the trike will be a swine to lock.
Security needs to be step by step

Use theft proof releases for wheels and attachments such as Pitlocks or similar

A couple of cables to restrain wheels from being removed

You can get an aluminium lockable box for the rear or a motorcycle top box

However the good news is that a good high quality lock such as the Abus above can lock the main strut of the frame to an immovable object quite safely... or at least as safe as it gets
 
starhawk

starhawk

Senior Member
I don't trust padlocks and chains they are too easily cut by a boltcutter. A good wire can however not be cut by a boltcutter, it will flatten it and the thief then has to cut the strands one by one with a sidecutter, a timeconsuming and tedious job. Most thiefs avoid this, so place your bike beside a less locked bike :smile:
I use a Kryptonite U-lock to lock the rearwheel to the frame then I thread a wire through the frontwheels, the seat, around the frame and around some solid object and lock it with a special wire-lock
 
starhawk

starhawk

Senior Member
That looks very interesting at present I have two cables coupled together they take up a lot of space and weight
 
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