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The best and most cost effective defense against thieves with regards to portable bike locks is a quality disc lock with a built in alarm, such as the Xena or Oxford brands. Plus a throttle/brake lock, such as the Croc-Lock. Both are small, light and easily tucked away somewhere like a back-pack, or a jacket pocket. And also they are far more portable than lugging around a big heavy chain. Plus they lock the wheels and stop the bike from being moved, with the exception of it being lifted away with a lorry crane of course!!!
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I was thinking a twelve gauge was bette...
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@nottsbiker LOLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Only if you catch the douche-bags in the act!!!
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@cyber-ninja no but it's a bit obvious if they're not taking your bike in a van there probably not really that bothered about the bike or how they get away with it
they could just cut the brake line twist the throttle till it stuck open and use clutch or just break the lever so this won't even stop opportunists disc locks there good shit but if I was carrying more than just a disc lock which I do then it would be a chain and lock disc for opportunists chain to slow the van men down or the experienced hooded thugs with a grinder -
it's really about what measures and expense you're willing to go to
Agreed and if they want your bike bad enough they will go to extreme lengths to get it, like using an angle grinder on your locks, as you have stated. And not everyone wants to lug a big heavy chain around with them each ride, which makes a throttle lock more convenient. So it's all about slowing the toe-rags down and making your bike harder to steal than the bike next to it. Probably the best deterant is to only park your bike in the most public of places. Which would increase the risk of them getting caught and hopefully make your bike not worth the Muppet's taking the risk in the first place.
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Having experience the loss of my red dt even only for a short time I was feckin furious, have to thank the police for locating it. The problem is the police are just another underfunded state responsibility and we are all paying the price for it, not just in bike thefts. Agree more should be done but if the resources aren't there what can you do. If you faced prosecution and imprisonment as a consequence of chasing one of these scrote who then got injured or killed, would you? Police need a level of immunity to tackle these counts and put them where they belong (on the gallows
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Whatever measures you take to protect your property, as has been said, it is just a delaying tactic or at best a deterrent so they pick on someone else's bike, if they want it that badly they will take it whatever you do. Sad truth -
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Debating whether to get a immobiliser alarm and tracker for mine as chains won't do much down here as the little bastards got firemen bolt crops
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@vtrn_raptor I got one of those Cyclone alarms, which is perfect for my use case.
A full paid tracker system can really save your bacon.
