Well with ALMAX you get a 16mm or 19mm which should be unbreakable (or at least half of central London would notice if you were to break it due to the machinery and noise).
That is disturbing though… maybe I ll be having my lunch breaks ON the bike from now on.
Pic looks a bit staged to me. The chain still in situ dangling over the pole? One of those ends would have been threaded back through the wheel to get the chain free.
(Sorry to hijack your thread Chris. Glad u got the bike back)
Well… you can’t really do much more than that, can you?
It is true that if they do want the bike, they will get it.
We are just trying to make is as difficult as we can for them.
Even I had a chat with the guy from ALMAX and suggested that I go for the 16mm chain, the 19mm would be an overkill, unless it was parked overnight somewhere.
If its a carry chain you’re looking for then a 1.5M x 14mm will be about as much as you want, it’ll offer virtually the same protection as a 16mm chain too. It’s a simple equation really, what extra protection do you think you get for the extra 2mm?
Art - can you post up a link to the thread that it came from pl? Bit hard to tell by looking at it (on my mobile) but looks like it might have been angle ground.
If someone attacked a bike chain with an angle grinder in central London, chances are no one would engage them, especially if they wore a hard hat and a high vis vest. The police might intervene but I don’t think anyone else would stop walking.
To be fair unless you can handle yourself what can you do to a person holding an angle grinder if you are on your own.
if you do want a carry chain then I can confirm that the 19mm Almax is fookin heavy, and in your top box will slowly destroy everything else you carry in there, it will tear apart tail packs and don’t even think about dropping it on your toes. But if you want the best then you’ll manage. An angle grinder will still see it off though for the most determined. If the pro’s want your bike then they will take it, no matter what you do, but if you can put off the scrotes and the opportunists by securing it properly then you should.
best defence against the pros seems to be the tracker, many bikes have been found using it.
I have had to attack a couple of push bikes chained up to our fire exits with an angle grinder, and can certainly confirm, that even with an 8’ shower of sparks all over a busy west end street, not a soul takes a second look, let alone challenges you. the owners of the bikes got them back by the way, safe and sound. One guy had even locked it to the enormous sign saying FIRE EXIT, CYCLES ATTACHED WILL BE REMOVED! it was like he was daring us to get the croppers out.
“that even with an 8’ shower of sparks all over a busy west end street, not a soul takes a second look, let alone challenges you”
Soul destroying. :crying:
Ive watched as 2 guys “helped” a very drunk friday night reveller, off Oxford St and into a side street before. Being all chatty & friendly to him but obviously with all intention of mugging him. All it took was a few minutes standing on the corner, eyeing them intently as once they realised I was watching, they left him alone.
Ok, not the same as watching a bike being nicked but all it takes is a bit of observation and taking the effort/time to question what’s going on around you.
A couple of years back a guy at work went to ride home and discovered the local scrotes had tried to smash his disk lock with a hammer. The lock survived and the bike was still there but the lock couldn’t be opened.
Went back to site, got a mate & a Stihl saw (bright orange petrol saw with 12" blade), walked back to the bike and cut off the lock (in a cloud of 2 stroke smoke & sparks) and got off & rode away. Nobody in the surrounding buildings or walking past batted an eyelid.
