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One minor meta-recommendation on the sturdy-lock front is to look for content from the "Lock Picking Lawyer" and find out if there are any bike locks that he re
by abawany 4y ago
One minor meta-recommendation on the sturdy-lock front is to look for content from the "Lock Picking Lawyer" and find out if there are any bike locks that he recommends. He tends to make short work of most locks but there are some that gain his grudging recommendation; the number of severe vulnerabilities in many "high security" locks is eye opening. Edit0: added "front" after sturdy-lock.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoAre locks ever actually picked? I have only ever seen brute force approaches. If you have the inclination, a proper, heavy chain is better than a D-lock - both should be impervious to bolt-cutters, but a D-lock can be forced open/broken with a jack and a chain usually cannot. Also a chain is more difficult to cut with an angle grinder as it moves about and might break the cutting disk.
- riscy 4y agoYep spot-on, I'll add: From a weight perspective, a well-sized D-lock used correctly should not have enough space to permit an attack with a jack, so don't get one that's too big. Also, one mistake chain-users might make is allowing enough slack that a link is close to the ground, which can be used as leverage with a bolt cutter, etc.
- aidenn0 4y agoDownside to chain is weight; a robust chain is about 2x the weight of the equivalently robust d-lock; if you are allowed to leave the chain at work, it's definitely worth it though.
- abawany 4y agoHe tends to not just pick locks, despite the name. If there is a vulnerability due to shoddy construction, he seems to use that to break through the lock as far as I have seen.