Motor bike chains / locks - best place to buy them?

uberalles

Best bang for buck?
Pref dublin/collect. I dont think posty is going to want to deliver !

rat_race

uberalles wrote: »

Best bang for buck?
Pref dublin/collect. I dont think posty is going to want to deliver !

These two are very popular. I have them both.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8489

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=18394 (or a different size)

Also, you can get disk locks for pretty cheap.

Idleater

uberalles wrote: »

Best bang for buck?
Pref dublin/collect. I dont think posty is going to want to deliver !

Lol, you can imagine the face on the courier that delivered a shoebox size box from almax with immobiliser 3 ("portable") and 4 (in situe) locks. :-D
I recommend those locks with the added entertainment factor.

Cienciano

Idleater wrote: »

Lol, you can imagine the face on the courier that delivered a shoebox size box from almax with immobiliser 3 ("portable") and 4 (in situe) locks. :-D
I recommend those locks with the added entertainment factor.

I got four 2m almax chains and 4 squire locks. Could barely lift the bag!

Hornswoggle

Cotters has some well-priced Oxford Chains, picked one up from him a few weeks back

uberalles

Hornswoggle wrote: »

Cotters has some well-priced Oxford Chains, picked one up from him a few weeks back

Thats a serious chain. 1.2 cm thick !
I wonder what Cotters charge for it?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=33214

goodlad

I got a almax chain, squire lock and a ground anchor in the post a while ago.
Twas a good laugh looking at the face on the courier carrlying it to the door, lol

http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/ofcmje75/All-Products/c-1-73/

uberalles

goodlad wrote: »

I got a almax chain, squire lock and a ground anchor in the post a while ago.
Twas a good laugh looking at the face on the courier carrlying it to the door, lol

http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/ofcmje75/All-Products/c-1-73/

funny ....

Wall of Shame

Our latest chain is the ALMAX IMMOBILISER SERIES III; it has NEVER been bolt cropped. By anyone. Ever. The only damage was to the bolt croppers.

Cuddlesworth

Almax 100%. I saw two lads in 2010 walk up to my bike, take a look at the chain, lift it up and hold it in their hands, shake their heads and then hop back in the van and drive away.

uberalles

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Almax 100%. I saw two lads in 2010 walk up to my bike, take a look at the chain, lift it up and hold it in their hands, shake their heads and then hop back in the van and drive away.

I wonder how they would fair out to a hand held angle grinder.

Not the huge ones, I mean they will cut through anything.

carsQhere

Almax are the business. I have two, one at home and one at work. They are too heavy to carry on the bike. You can get the squire locks keyed alike which is handy. I also have the hardie anchor, nice piece of kit. Maxine in Almax was good to deal with and organised a tidy discount for a multi order at the time. Highly recommended.

Please Kill Me

uberalles wrote: »

I wonder how they would fair out to a hand held angle grinder.

Not the huge ones, I mean they will cut through anything.

Tested one in work for the laugh one day. I broke the key and lost the spare so it was no use to me anyway. We beat it with lump hammers, drove the forklift repeatedly over it, swinging it over our heads and smashing it on the ground, got a bolt cutters at it....nothing! Noting worked to open the lock. We HAD to get a big industrial angle grinder to cut through it and even then it took a bit of effort. Needless to say, I got another one of those!!

uberalles

Please Kill Me wrote: »

Tested one in work for the laugh one day. I broke the key and lost the spare so it was no use to me anyway. We beat it with lump hammers, drove the forklift repeatedly over it, swinging it over our heads and smashing it on the ground, got a bolt cutters at it....nothing! Noting worked to open the lock. We HAD to get a big industrial angle grinder to cut through it and even then it took a bit of effort. Needless to say, I got another one of those!!

So a small hand held grinder is no use / would take hours?

Im weighing up the cost of Chain + Lock for 100 euro
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=33214

versus Almax for around 200 euro landed. Big difference $

Ive watched their video and I cant really see a bike thief carrying a huge bolt cutters that big with them. Perhaps Im wrong.