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I wore a wedding ring happily for for 14 years until I dislocated my finger and needed the ring cut off. Now my finger is deformed and you can't fit a ring on it :D

Anyway, enough ring talk already.
 
Shame to waste that sunset ,big 300g for £4 Lidl, not sure why the reduction tbh

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I'm fully aware that if someone really wants to steal my bike, they will have the necessary tools and knowledge and it will be gone, but I've purchased what seems to be a half-decent lock for an upcoming trip where I might be leaving my bike unattended for short periods of time.

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I think it took the LPL 90+ seconds, with a custom-made tool for the job, to pick it. If you've seen his videos, that equates to actually being pretty damn secure! :cry:
 
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AndyCr15 said:
I'm fully aware that if someone really wants to steal my bike, they will have the necessary tools and knowledge and it will be gone, but I've purchased what seems to be a half-decent lock for an upcoming trip where I might be leaving my bike unattended for short periods of time.

I think it took the LPL 90+ seconds, with a custom-made tool for the job, to pick it. If you've seen his videos, that equates to actually being pretty damn secure! :cry:
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Guess it's all about making it just difficult enough for thieves to have easier pray to pick from.
 
MatsyLR said:
Guess it's all about making it just difficult enough for thieves to have easier pray to pick from.
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I guess the way I see it, no lock, maybe... I don't know, 5-10% of people would walk away with your bike? Any crappy lock, you're maybe down to 1 to 2% of people that would be bothered to bust the lock and take the bike. Put a decent lock that's going to take 5 to 10 minutes of work, make a fair bit of noise or need real skills to break, you might be into the 0.05% or so?

Also, as you say, a tough one to take and an easy one to take... they maybe just take the easy one and leave yours!
 
AndyCr15 said:
I guess the way I see it, no lock, maybe... I don't know, 5-10% of people would walk away with your bike? Any crappy lock, you're maybe down to 1 to 2% of people that would be bothered to bust the lock and take the bike. Put a decent lock that's going to take 5 to 10 minutes of work, make a fair bit of noise or need real skills to break, you might be into the 0.05% or so?

Also, as you say, a tough one to take and an easy one to take... they maybe just take the easy one and leave yours!
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That relies on you always locking it near a bike of simular value with worse locks though.

For ebikes thefts most are using grinders to cut the locks off so it doesnt really matter.
 
Tony Edwards said:
That relies on you always locking it near a bike of simular value with worse locks though.
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Yeah, for sure. Thankfully, I'm not relying on this.
Tony Edwards said:
For ebikes thefts most are using grinders to cut the locks off so it doesnt really matter.
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Yes, the 0.05% or so of people tooled up. As I say, if they really want it, they're prepared and they're taking it.
 
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