Timeline for Locking your bike in public areas
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| May 6, 2018 at 11:32 | comment | added | ChrisW | @gerrit The point is it's easy for a petty thief to carry little bolt-cutters, in their jacket; whereas to cut a U-lock, a thief would need to be carrying an angle-grinder (i.e. a power saw). | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 15:43 | comment | added | gerrit | You're saying usea U-lock rather than cable, but according to your own answer, this only buys 2 seconds. Then what's the point? | |
| Jul 7, 2011 at 4:14 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | Actually, the RIGHT cable can be fairly frustrating (though I've never seen one that was "ideally" constructed). Bolt cutter jaws tend to be relatively dull, and the jaws don't come tightly together. And the larger the bolt cutter the more this is true. A cable that's loosely woven and mashes in the jaws of the cutter will be quite resistant to cutting, and placing the cable inside a "fat" jacket will force the use of a larger, duller bolt cutter. I suspect that bike cables of this sort aren't sold simply because it would be hard to convince people that they'd work. | |
| Jul 7, 2011 at 4:07 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | Angle grinder doesn't require AC power -- there are many battery-powered units available now. | |
| Feb 22, 2011 at 5:22 | history | edited | ChrisW | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| S Feb 22, 2011 at 4:26 | history | answered | ChrisW | CC BY-SA 2.5 | |
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