Using real CCTV footage of a bike being stolen, and with the help of Northumbria Police's anti bike theft squad, this two and a half minute video could keep your bike safe. Hi-res version of video for iPhones and iPods etc: www.tinyurl.com Tips in great detail here: tinyurl.com
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I'm here to present you with some of the BEST bike locks on the market so that you can choose the one that's right for you! I know first hand what it's like to get your bike stolen!'
I use a D-Lock for the frame, and picked up two cheap cable locks for like £15 in a sale and use them on the wheels.
The last part about thieves not bothering with doing 2 or 3 locks is, I’d say, good advice. I haven’t had my bike nicked in the past year.
yeh u lock solid steel cant be cut wiht normal cutter u need realyt big ones
I noticed where I live quite a few of those bike racks in supermarkets etc aren’t concreted down. I don’t know if the scum bags have loosened them purposely but it’s a potential trap for the unwary!
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good advice
Well the best thing is to buy some cheap shitty bike for 20$-30$ and ure fine, no one is gonna bother even looking at it.
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You know what I hate, is that there are people out there who take your bikes. Imagine locking your bike when thieves don’t exist, there wouldn’t be any point! and that’s what I want, to know that people aren’t going to steal my bike if I leave it around, but, that’s just too much to ask for.
Where do you lock your bike if theres bike racks?
That’s called a perfect world and it’ll never exist. That’s why they invented Kryptonite!
May I just add that in addition to the excellent advice given in this video, that D lock users fill the lock as much as possible with wheel, frame, post, anything, just make sure that D is filled, don’t just leave in hanging there because it can be easily broken with the appropriate tool.
Nice work Carlton.
Good point regarding the Bike Registry. And as mentioned, NEVER use a ANY cable as a primary means of securing any bike that you would rather keep.
I just bought one two weeks ago on craigslist for $60, crapper, somebody took off the front wheel.
my bike just got stolen again:( hate low life criminals. It especially sucks if you get it stolen with a lock on.
Thank you I will be using those tips.
Same rules apply, as you can put the rear of a bike into a rack – use a U-lock around the rear wheel and maybe a cable for the front wheel.
will the kryptonite ny fegetaboutit u lock fit around he frame wheel and bike rack i have a kona blast plz reply
Depends what you’re locking it to, I guess. Why lock the rack, though? If in doubt use a socking great motorcycle lock. Too big to carry but perhaps you could store it at your locking location?
Lol…. I have 20 locks on my moto…. and two pounds in keys:)
Not many people carry really big chain cutters.That’s why i have a U LOCK.
I have seen places with just a lock locked up, and I swear this is the owner leaving it at their work or something for use when they get there.
D Lock + “Wire” without it’s own look seems like a good idea, use a thinner wire part just to secure your front wheel and seat, and use the key for the d lock to secure it. Don’t know why I never thought of that before.
Not that I ever want to leave my bike out anywhere, druggies here will steal anything even if its only worth £10.
there is nothing you can really count on except taking the bike with you. and that is the true fact. all the locks can be broken and even if you take a tire or the seat, if you have a bike they want they will take it when you stop for the traffic light. i know.
watch the you tube and lock pickers, they can defeat the u lock with a bic pen, or a beer can metal bent, there is just no lock that they can ‘t break,i have had even two u locks on my bike, i just don’t get really nice bikes anymore, they get stolen.
you must be in a fairly nice area, where i live they would knock a person off one of those and just take it.