Locks

[vickster]

Get a donor bike, something you can afford to lose and a reasonable lock.
Your £100 could easily buy both.
The best locks in the world can be defeated and even in high traffic/busy areas thieving t**ts will still have a go. The general public are unlikely to interfere with a thief because of risk to personal safety.

I’m pretty sure the OP has an old bike that lives on a turbo

For me, I only have bikes of reasonable value that I want to enjoy riding. I’ve tried the only hack before and derived no enjoyment so I use a decent lock in busy areas. I very much doubt thieves are roaming SW London in the day to steal bikes where there are hoards if shoppers when there are far quieter targets or times of day. I have insurance and don’t worry too much about it. Each to their own however.

 

[Vantage]

There was me thinking this was going to be an interesting topic on canals

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/features/fascinating-facts-about-canals-and-rivers

 

[Sjw]

There was me thinking this was going to be an interesting topic on canals

Of which i plan to ride along one day!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Of which i plan to ride along one day!

I highly recommend them, but the difference in surface of the tow paths is immense so chose wisely.

 

[MartinQ]

Town centre and not long. Probably ask people to do my shopping whilst I stand with bike!
A lot of bikes are getting nicked out of gardens round here so it's in my living room.

Get a 2nd cheap bike to use to ride to town?

 

[HLaB]

I use one of those New York locks with a kyrtonite cable for the commuter and I've bought a cheaper BTwin Triban 500 and touch wood it has survived for three months in the company car park just of Hills Road near the centre of Cambridge.

 

[Gasman]

My standard advice on these matters;

Your lock doesn't have to be that strong, just stronger than the one on the bike next to yours!

 

[andrew_s]

Stroud isn't that high a risk area.
Any decent U-lock will do, unless it's a particularly nice bike left regularly in the same place.
I'll suggest an Abus Granit 53, or maybe a Pitbull

If it was me, I'd probably pick something lighter eg this Kryptonite

 

[mjr]

A lock from www.lfgss.com/conversations/144109 for the back wheel, frame and parking stand. Any other reasonably good looking one for the front wheel, frame and parking stand, ideally, or wheel and frame at least.

 

[Drago]

Stroud isn't that high a risk area.
Any decent U-lock will do, unless it's a particularly nice bike left regularly in the same place.
I'll suggest an Abus Granit 53, or maybe a Pitbull

If it was me, I'd probably pick something lighter eg this Kryptonite

It's risky enough. For a small town the bike theft figures are about the norm.

https://www.police.uk/gloucestershire/CA1/crime/2018-05/bicycle-theft/

 

[Salty seadog]

My tip - 2 quality locks of different types, necessitating Johnny Scumbag carry 2 different types of tool.

Unless it's an angle grinder. Surely.

 

[Drago]

Unless it's an angle grinder. Surely.

Good point, well made.

A grinder will munch a run of the mill cable. Certain armoured cables are pretty resistance, and some high end cables have Kevlar fibres which either won t cut easily, or are designed to clog the grinder. Kevlar also laughs at bolt croppers - its like tryimg to cut a thick hemp rope with nail scissors. My handy tip (tm) only works with 2 x different types of lock of high quality, although decent steel/Kevlar combination cables can be had pleasingly cheaply.

 

[mjr]

My handy tip (tm) only works with 2 x different types of lock of high quality, although decent steel/Kevlar combination cables can be had pleasingly cheaply.

Combination locks are often depressingly easy to pick. I'd get a keyed one and not an O shaped key. I or waffle key.

 

[DaveReading]

If it was me, I'd probably pick something lighter eg this Kryptonite

+1 for the Kryptonite.

As well as being light, another advantage of being smaller is that if you lock a bike through the rear triangle, it leaves virtually no space inside the D for a thief to insert a jack.

 

[vickster]

The Orange Kryptonite is good and my go to if I'm just locking my bike and know I can use a stand rather than a signpost as it's lighter than the big beast Abus. However, it's sold secure silver so check your insurance Ts and Cs. They do one that comes with a cable for the front wheel. On special at Halfords

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bi...n-mini-7-d-lock-with-4-foot-kryptoflex-cable?