What locks do y'all use?

[Bromptonaut]

None.

The Brompton lives under my desk and goes with me to meetings. Never had a problem with that and those I'm meeting either regard it as routine or comment kidly on my fitness and bravery!

Any jobsworth denying it access can explain my broken appoinments to his and my bosses.

 

[mattyashy]

Hmmm, I just looked at a quote on More Than to insure my bike only - it came to £300 a year - not too sure that's right?

 

[fossyant]

Yes that's right - try to insure a good bike...more than the bloody car..hence why I do it through CIS...........as an extension to my home policy.

Insure any £1k plus bike will cost you more than a average car........mad... even if the bloody thing lives anchored to the garage floor, is only used on occasions.......

TBH the quotes I got for getting my best bike insured 13 years ago were obscene.... and it was never left anywhere - locked up in a garage anchored to floor, ride, back.... never left...... more than the car....FFS.............

 

[BentMikey]

I have a big Abus lock, the top one, and the bike stays locked to my desk (actually a park bench), right near where I work. I have a lot of skater mates in the park, and I'd hope they'd kick the thieving scumbag in the heid if they saw someone taking my bike.

 

[eldudino]

Abus cable lock at work. Gets left outside the office but I'm always aware that I need to check it for signs of tampering.

Kryptonite D and cable lock combo at home. Lock both bikes together in the shed with the cable looped around various things such as ladders and garden shredder. Should really get a ground anchor installed.

Does anyone else have an anchor system in the shed?

 

[Jonathan M]

Abus cable lock at work. Gets left outside the office but I'm always aware that I need to check it for signs of tampering.

Kryptonite D and cable lock combo at home. Lock both bikes together in the shed with the cable looped around various things such as ladders and garden shredder. Should really get a ground anchor installed.

Does anyone else have an anchor system in the shed?

I used to leave a lock at work, but had to buy a new one when it got glued up. Fortunately this was on a day when I wasn't on the bike. It's still there now.........

On my main work site I'll always make an effort to check the bike during the day, I work at a hospital and until the PFI build opens next year there are no specific bike parking areas (not even a changing room anymore!) but next year we should get bike boxes on both sites. Still means carrying a D lock though for meetings off site.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

I have a Sold Secure gold standard Kryptonite D-Lock. My insurance demands silver standard minimum (through Evans, both bikes insured individually). Not had one nicked... yet. In London I take the view that it'll probably happen eventually so I have mine insured just in case. The idea of being without a bike is just too much to bear.

 

[Davidc]

MasterLock Street Fortum. It's got a Gold rating and it only cost £22 on-line somewhere. A word of warning. The clamp that stashes the lock to the bike frame is a bit feeble. If you hit a bump, the lock sometimes jumps out onto the tarmac... a bit dangerous. I keep it in a pannier or bag now.


I hope this helps.

Likewise. Sturdy looking lock.

Use a velcro stap which was on my laptop power cord to hold the D bit against the frame - stops it jumping out - if I'm not using a panier.

Also have an evil loud alarm on both bikes which gets set in dodgy places and when parked in my garage.

 

[semislickstick]

Likewise. Sturdy looking lock.

Use a velcro stap which was on my laptop power cord to hold the D bit against the frame - stops it jumping out - if I'm not using a panier.

Also have an evil loud alarm on both bikes which gets set in dodgy places and when parked in my garage.

Which alarm is that?

 

[iacula]

I use a case hardened chain with 14 links, covered by a cut to fit inner tube to protect the frame. This is all locked together with a heavy Squire combination padlock. About £25 all in.

Cheaper and better than most of the overpriced bicycle kit?

 

[garrilla]

Cheaper and better than most of the overpriced bicycle kit?

Aye.

 

[Crankarm]

I use a case hardened chain with 14 links, covered by a cut to fit inner tube to protect the frame. This is all locked together with a heavy Squire combination padlock. About £25 all in.

Cheaper and better than most of the overpriced bicycle kit?

Nice idea, but what's case hardened and how does it resist theft?

 

[iacula]

From wiki...

"For theft prevention, lock shackles and chains are often case hardened to resist cutting, whilst remaining less brittle inside to resist impacts. As case hardened components are difficult to machine, they are generally shaped before hardening."

It took 5 minutes for the locksmith to cut off the ajoining links in workshop conditions.
So I suppose it'll be somewhat harder in the street!

 

[garrilla]

its basically a steel that has been coated with a hardened low-carbon alloy.

If you get a chain in hex form, its very hard to crop or wiz. Not impossible, but diffcult.

I got three lengths of 12mm hex chain for £8.99 and a 30 minute wait as the ironmonger had problems cutting the chain and 3 gold rated MasterLock weatherproof padlocks £9.99 each. I attach the bike to railings or sheffied stands at 3 points with the tube-covered chains: f/wheel through frame, top-tube, r/wheel through stays. All nice and tight and if some scroat comes with a method, they got to do three times.

 

[Davidc]

Which alarm is that?

The two I have at the moment both came off ebay and not now available, but there are others around.

I've got one of these on my shed, and if locked around a bike frame it would be effective

http://cpc.farnell.com/securesight/ap08/padlock-alarm-110db/dp/SR07375?Ntt=alarmpadlock

They seem to change every 5 minutes, so google bicycle alarm and the current ones should appear.