yes I think so.If they want bad enough they will take it is my motto.
Mainly BBC stereotyped helmet+lycra portrayal (2 exceptions). 51% increase in thefts year-on-year. CUK's Keir Gallagher commenting. Locks tested by "Guy" of the Master Locksmith's Association (conflict of interest? Don't they sell the Sold Secure licensing scheme?): "heavy duty" cable lock cut with a junior hacksaw in 50s, 1m17 with snips on a 1990 cable, 14s with hacksaw on some armoured cable, Kryptonite cable bolt-cropped quickly but D lock resisted 5 minutes of manual tools.Starts 4 minutes into the programme
The One Show, 20/10/2020: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000nppr via @bbciplayer
If they want it bad enough i'll do the fandango on their fingers.If they want bad enough they will take it is my motto.
The One Show doesn't do anything in depth!Mainly BBC stereotyped helmet+lycra portrayal (2 exceptions). 51% increase in thefts year-on-year. CUK's Keir Gallagher commenting. Locks tested by "Guy" of the Master Locksmith's Association (conflict of interest? Don't they sell the Sold Secure licensing scheme?): "heavy duty" cable lock cut with a junior hacksaw in 50s, 1m17 with snips on a 1990 cable, 14s with hacksaw on some armoured cable, Kryptonite cable bolt-cropped quickly but D lock resisted 5 minutes of manual tools.
Might wake some up to crapness of cables but a shame they didn't try a variety of Ds, an O lock, alarmed locks and so on, plus some jacks and battery tools.
It depends where on the scale of desirability your bike sits. If you park a bike that is considerably more crappy and considerably less valuable than the average bike in that locale, then taking your bike would not make financial sense to a thief if a better one worth more cash was available a few yards away.I was idly wondering while cycling the other day whether London might actually be better than many places for not getting your bike nicked. In that if you ride something not too flashy/modern/retro-trendy and lock reasonably well in clustered streetstands, you benefit from all the other far more attractive prospects for thieves.
I think they know that already.The One Show is the breakfast shownfor many light fingered scumbags, so its nice of the Beeb to demonstrate to them which are the easiest locks to target.