Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:14 pm
Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:02 pm Those litelock D locks are supposed to be good against angle grinders. Eventually go through but take more than 1 disc in tests I've seen.
Aren't the cylinder locks easy to pick? Or is that summat else?
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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:09 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:14 pm
Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:02 pm Those litelock D locks are supposed to be good against angle grinders. Eventually go through but take more than 1 disc in tests I've seen.
Aren't the cylinder locks easy to pick? Or is that summat else?
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All locks are easy to pick, have you never watched the LPL or Bosnian Bill
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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:23 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:09 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:14 pm

Aren't the cylinder locks easy to pick? Or is that summat else?
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All locks are easy to pick, have you never watched the LPL or Bosnian Bill
Yes. Love them. But didn't that big fat lad from VD reckon he could open the locks with a biro?
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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:24 pm
MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:23 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:09 pm
Tap tap. Can you hear me?
All locks are easy to pick, have you never watched the LPL or Bosnian Bill
Yes. Love them. But didn't that big fat lad from VD reckon he could open the locks with a biro?
Sorry, had to do the scouts run.

I don't believe that's the case anymore, although I could be wrong.

The LPL can pick anything but concensus seems to be that scrotes pretty much never pick locks
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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Apologies for the confusion. It was the Hiplok that I'd suggested and showed an image [much] earlier in the thread.
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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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"Call that a chain? THIS is a chain" :)

https://securityforbikes.com/proddetail ... od=P25-x.x
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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Scootabout wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:10 pm "Call that a chain? THIS is a chain" :)

https://securityforbikes.com/proddetail ... od=P25-x.x
It is almost twice the weight of our 19mm chain

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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:49 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:24 pm open the locks with a biro?
I don't believe that's the case anymore
That was the 'tubular' type keys. IIRC it cost one lock manufacturer a small fortune in supplying replacements.

A few years back, in the office, the key to unlock a laptop from a caddy was lost. One of the lads chewed a pen lid to soften it, lock open.
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Re: Lock and chain recommendations - is Almax still the one to have?

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Yorick wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:19 pm Dig a hole.
Drop a pole into concrete.
Weld the genny to the pole.
An Angle grinder that will go through a pukka chain will make light work of a few welds !