Yep, car racks have essentially no security, it’ll take you longer to find the key in your pocket and unlock it than it takes a thief to just muscle it.
ernielynch
Free Member
Aren’t folding bolt cutters now the tool of choice? Much quicker than an angle grinder
Up to a point- they’ll do a smaller/lightweight lock but they just don’t go big enough to do a bigger lock/chain. 16mm puts you beyond the abilities of most manual croppers- not because of strength, just because of size. And then there’s the swimming with sharks thing, why would a thief bring massive unconcealable cutters which scream “going prepared”, when they can just go and find an unsecure bike?Somewhere nearby there’ll be one that’s not locked at all, or where someone’s fallen for the bullshit of sold secure and magazine reviews and has chained their bike up with a £200 lock that you can break in seconds.
cookeaa
Full Member
It’s interesting that people think thieves would use a noisy, potentially snagging angle grinder, my assumption has long been that a bolt cutter or better yet hydraulic rebar cutter would be their default tool.
Grinder sadly isn’t that noisy if you wrap it in a towel, the cutting edge still is but you can reduce that too. And frankly, you can make a fair amount of noise without actually attracting attention, especially if it’s a weird noise. If you hear a silenced grinder against metal your first thought probably isn’t “someone is stealing a bike”
asically, if a thief comes for a bike with good security, they’ll use one or they’ll use hydraulics, essentially because nothing else works. If a thief is equipped with manual cutters they’re only looking for bikes with weak locks.
