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The battery powered angle grinder was the end of useful bike locks AFAIK.

• knodi123 3y ago
  Pfft. I had a medium-grade bike lock in college, and I once accidentally stole a bike because somebody with the same color/model/lock parked in front of the same building as me. My key was a bit stiff and I kind of had to force it, but it worked fine. I just remember thinking "why does this seat feel different?" Took me a couple of days to figure it out. I put it back- sure hope the original owner came and looked again after his initial disappointment that day.
• hathawsh 3y ago
  There are bike locks that do mostly defeat angle grinders. They are not cheap, of course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpVOTEOMRuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpVOTEOMRuE https://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Evolution-Integrated-Chain-Orange/dp/B009IH7RR0 https://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Evolution-Integrated-Chain...
  • asddubs 3y ago
    I don't know why you would link a video instead of saying the sentence "chain locks are hard to cut with an angle grinder because the chains are hard to hold steady"
    • hathawsh 3y ago
      I forgot to add that clarification, thanks.
• ethbr1 3y ago
  Ref: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aBxyaFf379g&t=1m4s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aBxyaFf379g&t=1m4s Tl;dr if your lock doesn't double-lock (both sides) and have a cut-resistant core, it's only stopping people who can't afford a Ryobi angle grinder