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can anyone recommend a bike lock

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  • rev_henry
    rev_henry Posts: 4,965 Forumite
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    edited 13 August 2012 at 9:24PM
    I use this:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kryptonite-KryptoLok-Series-Standard-Cable/dp/B005YPK8G2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1344892733&sr=8-2

    Sold Secure Silver rated so fine for my bike insured for £350 iirc. Only trouble is it is quite heavy. They do a larger version but you actually want the smallest D lock possible, then fill it with as much bike as possible, so there's no space to jam a bottle jack in there to break it.

    And make sure you use it properly! D lock through back wheel and frame, cable to front wheel. Really irritates me the number of bikes I see around uni locked up incredibly badly. Most amusing was when I saw a SINGLE WHEEL d locked to a bike stand. Owner had clearly just d locked through the front wheel, which might even have been quick release, so someone had helped themselves to the rest of the frame.
  • Sgt_Pepper wrote: »
    Do try and keep up.

    sorry, thought you was talking about the bike i bought..........
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