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Lock question...

  • 16-09-2011 5:52pm
    #1
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,406 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭


    I need to get a lock and I just got an e-mail giving me 10 pounds off at Charin Reaction Cycles. I was just wondering which I should get, I know the supposed golden rule is 10% the cost of your bike, so that would mean this one: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=12767

    Is it worth shelling out for that one or am I just as well to get the S4 or Series 2?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    That 10% rule is crap invented by people who sell locks, like spending a month's salary on a rock for your future ex-wife.

    The 3000 is fine, but a bit long in the shackle. This makes it heavier and more prone to leverage attacks than the Mini, but more convenient for locking to awkward fences, gates and poles.


  • #3
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,406 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Long enough to get around the frame, wheel and post you think? Bikes a GT Avalanche 1.0.


  • #4
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Long enough to get around the frame, wheel and post you think? Bikes a GT Avalanche 1.0.

    Read this carefully.

    http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lock-strategy.html


  • #5
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    I need to get a lock and I just got an e-mail giving me 10 pounds off at Charin Reaction Cycles. I was just wondering which I should get, I know the supposed golden rule is 10% the cost of your bike, so that would mean this one: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=12767

    Is it worth shelling out for that one or am I just as well to get the S4 or Series 2?

    Thanks

    Kryptonite is a good lock brand. The normal advice is get the smallest one that will fit around whatever you usually lock you bike to.


  • #6
    Harpz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭Harpz


    kryptonite new york can be sourced from ebay for considerably less than chain reactions.


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  • #7
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,406 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Thanks for the advice guys.

    So basically there's no need to shell out loads for the new york? Am I aswell to just get this one?

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=27019


  • #8
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Thanks for the advice guys.

    So basically there's no need to shell out loads for the new york? Am I aswell to just get this one?

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=27019
    the new york locks are a class above the standard ones, i would go for the new york one if your likely to be locking it in a high risk area and leaving it for the day.


  • #9
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,406 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Outkast_IRE wrote: »
    the new york locks are a class above the standard ones, i would go for the new york one if your likely to be locking it in a high risk area and leaving it for the day.

    Probably just outside the college in castlebar, most of the bike racks are in places only students would really be, always a few smokers knocking around, don't think it should be too high risk?


  • #10
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Probably just outside the college in castlebar, most of the bike racks are in places only students would really be, always a few smokers knocking around, don't think it should be too high risk?
    I do remember quite a few posts over the years of people bikes robbed from dublin colleges especially on dark winter evenings etc, if you have the extra few quid spare go for the new york if funds are tight go with the one you have linked to.


  • #11
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,406 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Outkast_IRE wrote: »
    I do remember quite a few posts over the years of people bikes robbed from dublin colleges especially on dark winter evenings etc, if you have the extra few quid spare go for the new york if funds are tight go with the one you have linked to.

    Thanks man, appreciate it.


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