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How easy it is for your bike to get nicked
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 5:54 pm
by rickyt28
Watch this vid, its in New York, its near the end of the vid when the action happens.
Its pretty

how quick and easy its done... I watched the timer and it takes them 20seconds from the moment they grab the bike, to the moment they drive away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D96QM-lzLM8
Re: How easy it is for your bike to get nicked
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 12:15 am
by Neosophist
http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/
http://www.torc-anchors.com/
Those two are the BEST chains you can buy.. uncroppable by hand.. I have the 19mm protector chain..it's a beast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpf35C7wu6Q
^^ Thatcham chains get cut in a few seconds :-/ Hope yours isn't in there...
The Almax & Torc-Anchors chains dont

Re: How easy it is for your bike to get nicked
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 10:18 am
by cargo
A chain is only as good as the ground fixing it's attached to...................and the only ground fixing you can be certain of is the one you have at home.....................
Re: How easy it is for your bike to get nicked
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 1:41 pm
by Neosophist
Very true.
the torc-anchors ground anchor is one of the highest rated ground anchors (when properly installed obv)
Some tips I should put up for people who don't know.
Keep your bike covered up when it's at your house if you store it outside.
Never secure the bike by the front wheel, it's a doddle to remove.
Always leave the chain and lock off the floor..
Add an extra disc-lock.
Secure to non-movable hard to cut obects like lamp-posts, motorcycle racks. not thin railings.
Re: How easy it is for your bike to get nicked
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:06 pm
by Jamz
Neosophist wrote:Very true.
the torc-anchors ground anchor is one of the highest rated ground anchors (when properly installed obv)
Some tips I should put up for people who don't know.
Keep your bike covered up when it's at your house if you store it outside.
Never secure the bike by the front wheel, it's a doddle to remove.
Always leave the chain and lock off the floor..
Add an extra disc-lock.
Secure to non-movable hard to cut obects like lamp-posts, motorcycle racks. not thin railings.
Or if you can't lock it to anything solid get some concrete or postcrete and fill a bucket with it, putting your anchor and a few choicely welded iron bars through it for added strength.