Locking your bike

[H00dz]

Hi there

Has this thread been done???

what a great idea

http://www.lock2lock.co.uk/

Do we have this in NZ???

[ajturbo]

yeah.. i'll set it up.. but the stickers are going to cost everyone $10 plus GST and Postage.. direct debit into my bank.. only then will you get a $ 0.25c sticker

[FJRider]

With battery powered, hand held cutting gear available ... cheaply ... Chains/locks dont last long if "somebody" wants to take your bike.

Check with your insurance company to see what THEY reccomend (for a reduction in fee's maybe)

[jellywrestler]

With battery powered, hand held cutting gear available ... cheaply ... Chains/locks dont last long if "somebody" wants to take your bike.

Check with your insurance company to see what THEY reccomend (for a reduction in fee's maybe)

even cheaper than buying a grinder is become a member then you can unlock your chain and have a whole row of bikes...

[haydes55]

even cheaper than buying a grinder is become a member then you can unlock your chain and have a whole row of bikes...

doesn't work like that, that would work if there were 3 parked up and the middle one was a thief and both were chained to that one bike then they would be as secure as a bike chained around its wheel alone.

[SMOKEU]

I suggest purchasing a GPS tracker, they can be bought new for less than $150 and all you need to do is put a SIM card in it loaded with $20 of credit and you're good to go.

[Maha]

....or like they do in Wellsford.

[superman]

This idea is FAR TOO SOCIALIST!

[H00dz]

lol if they want your bike aint nothing gonna stop them but this seems a cheap way to deter the odd would be when your out away from your bat cave. I for one would be sweet for another biker to daisy chain around my lock for added security.....

[H00dz]

This idea is FAR TOO SOCIALIST!

LOL true true

[Matt_TG]

So the first rider in a parking area loops the chain through his wheel and nothing else, hoping that another member of the sect comes along and chains up to the bike. Brilliant!

[sleemanj]

Mmm, yeah, so you come along, lock your bike's chain through the chain of another bike.

That's all good, but when you're away and the other guy comes back, unlocks his chain and buggers off, your bike is now not locked to anything.

So at the end of the day, this is not really any better than having a chain through your wheel or disc lock, in'it.

If you think your bike might get nicked, I don't think this is much of a protection.

[haydes55]

and how long til a complete idiot joins up and locks their bike by wrapping his/her chain through the other bikes wheel. you just know some idiot will do it.

[Flip]

Lucky only smart people ride bikes.

I think it is a good idea for folk who commute in the big pond.

[H00dz]

I thought KB members were an intelligent bunch BUT ALAS I see I was Wrong

Let me explain how I think the process is supposed to work:

Your forced to park in an area that affords no suitable tie down points: say at an event ie rugby game etc.... so you disk lock a chain as per normal hoping for the best. Someone else comes along on their bike and sees your bike alone so then wraps his chain around your loop thereby using yours as a sort of temporary anchor and effectively making it more difficult for some criminal to come along and hoist your bike onto their getaway vehicle.....sure its not foolproof but then nothing is really LOL

I'm still down with the idea but i can see by the responses that its a fizzer I guess superman was right this is too socialist for us