How do you secure your bike?

Adam123

Adam123

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How do you lot secure your precious bikes when out and about?

Has anyone used / using / have an opinion on the Pinhead range of products..?

They range from £35.99 - £53.99 on Wiggle and look like this (4 piece set which includes front & rear wheel, saddle, handle bars and forks quick release replacement locks):

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Pinheads official site

I have just had the rear wheel pinched off my new bike :-( so im dreading how much it will cost me tomorrow to replace the whole thing... the one time i dont secure the back wheel it gets pinched!!! GRRRRRRR :mad::mad::mad:
 
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I luckily don't need anything like this, I only lock my bike up at work, and there are only certain staff with access to the room the bikes are locked in, so just use a gold rated D lock for insurance purposes, but I'd not be worried if it wasn't locked at all.
 
The first thing I did was take off all the quick releases and use something similar to what you've posted, but just with normal hex heads. To lock my bike, I use a D lock round whatever I'm securing the bike to, through the back wheel and frame. Plus I've got a thick cable lock that goes through the frame and front wheel and round whatever I'm securing the bike to. I leave the locks there and I don't carry them around. The thinking is you need two types of tools to cut through two different types of lock, or you need to be able to pick two different types of lock.
 
I've got the pinhead wheel skewers, however I don't really use them anymore as I think they are probably a bit pointless. The best method of locking is using a D-Lock and a Cable lock together in the correct way.

The saddle lock might be quite useful, but then if you have a decent saddle and seat post, probably safer just to have a quick release and take it with you.
 
The problem with cable locks is you can use side cutters to cut or nibble through them. The problem with D locks is you can use a small jack or freeze spray and a hammer to break them. I'm pretty sure a big set of bolt croppers will go through either. Neither of them are perfect, but if you use one of each, it means the thief probably needs to have two sets of tools to steal your bike. Hence I use one of each. Plus my braid is about an inch diameter because it's a motorbike one and the lock itself is actually an inline padlock that fits round the rim, so even if you cut it and stole the wheel you'd still have to cut through the padlock bit to be able to use the wheel.

I like those short D locks because they are almost impossible to get anything into them to pry them open, unlike normal size D locks. I feel like I need to invest in one :D
 
Never need to lock mine up, gets left at work all day, you would have to be a grade A moron to try and nick anything from my work. Out and about i never leave it out of my site, the local shops i sometimes visit have been very nice in letting me take my bike round with me.
 
I have a Kryptonite New York lock and another Kryptonite lock, but I keep my bike in my spare room and never leave it locked up in public without it being in my direct site! I've read so many stories of people with protable angle grinders cutting through locks and poles etc.
 
I've got a Kryptonite D lock and a cable. Do what others have said and put the D lock through the back wheel and cable to the front.

Maybe I should look into getting rid of the quick releases.
 
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