Save £8 on this bike lock at Halfords. Reduced to £2!
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rehydrated
15 Feb 173#2
Alright for locking your wheels to the frame, but I personally wouldn't use it as my main and only lock! :o
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JC1997
15 Feb 172#1
This can only keep your bike safe from honest person :smile:
Pateo to JC1997
15 Feb 171#9
Don't forget to regularly grease all keyholes and moving/connectible parts to stop the tealeaves from super gluing your Lock's!
rehydrated
15 Feb 173#2
Alright for locking your wheels to the frame, but I personally wouldn't use it as my main and only lock! :o
dewonderful
15 Feb 171#3
They say you should buy a bike lock that is about one tenth the price of your bike, i.e. £500 bike - spend £50 on a lock.
By that reckoning, this lock should only be used on a bike worth £20 :smirk:
ebble to dewonderful
15 Feb 171#11
I've never understood this rule.
My bikes vary in value from about £150 to £2000.
I lock them all up using my £70ish lock which is one of the best available.
If I locked up my cheap bikes with a cheap lock they'd probably be stolen very quickly, and I don't think a £200 lock would safeguard my most expensive bike much more.
Whatever the cost of your bike, if you want to leave it locked up for a long time in a public place it is sensible to spend about £60 to £80 on a good quality large D lock which can fit round the cycle stand/railings, the frame and both wheels when the front one has been detached.
Derek_Duval
15 Feb 171#4
Reviews not good.
braken68
20 June 2012
As you can probably guess from the title, I am recommending against anyone buying this product.
Unbelievably, this was the first time I had used the lock. I arrived at work at 9:50 and the bike was gone at 12:45. The lock had been cut or snipped though. Looking at the quality of the wires that make up the main cable, the thief could have used a pair of scissors to get though it.
I locked my bike on a private pedestrianised walkway directly under 4 security cameras and outside a security office. With all this in mind the thief must have taken only seconds to 'bypass' this DREADFULL bike lock and cycle away on my beloved bicycle.
From this experience I can only recommend that you not buy Halfords own brand locks! They are substandard, a complete waste of money and you will end up loosing a lot more cost wise than spending a bit extra on a proper lock.
Personally I have been put off purchasing any Halfords own brand products in the future. I wouldn't want to get burned again by useless tatt!
I don't like as much:no apparent resistance to theft whatsoever, bike stolen on first use of lock
Quality
1 / 5
kos1c to Derek_Duval
15 Feb 172#7
But I'd you're going to use a thin cable to hold a bike what do you expect?
My bike isn't worth much, but it has 2 locks on it 90% of the time. Unless I walk into a corner shop, only one gets used.
I wouldn't trust a thin lock for my bike, and I wouldn't go without putting the lock through my front quick release.
People are scum, don't give them a reason to try steal off your bike.
INDUSTRYHATER
15 Feb 17#5
Not available to c and c at my local Halfords but I can see it in stock a little further afield. Heat added
caseyeverett
15 Feb 172#6
can get the same in pound land
melted
15 Feb 171#8
This type of lock is pretty much useless, easy to cut and thieves can break the lock off by either yanking the bike or twisting it around and around like a tourniquet.
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Don't forget to regularly grease all keyholes and moving/connectible parts to stop the tealeaves from super gluing your Lock's!
By that reckoning, this lock should only be used on a bike worth £20 :smirk:
My bikes vary in value from about £150 to £2000.
I lock them all up using my £70ish lock which is one of the best available.
If I locked up my cheap bikes with a cheap lock they'd probably be stolen very quickly, and I don't think a £200 lock would safeguard my most expensive bike much more.
Whatever the cost of your bike, if you want to leave it locked up for a long time in a public place it is sensible to spend about £60 to £80 on a good quality large D lock which can fit round the cycle stand/railings, the frame and both wheels when the front one has been detached.
braken68
20 June 2012
As you can probably guess from the title, I am recommending against anyone buying this product.
Unbelievably, this was the first time I had used the lock. I arrived at work at 9:50 and the bike was gone at 12:45. The lock had been cut or snipped though. Looking at the quality of the wires that make up the main cable, the thief could have used a pair of scissors to get though it.
I locked my bike on a private pedestrianised walkway directly under 4 security cameras and outside a security office. With all this in mind the thief must have taken only seconds to 'bypass' this DREADFULL bike lock and cycle away on my beloved bicycle.
From this experience I can only recommend that you not buy Halfords own brand locks! They are substandard, a complete waste of money and you will end up loosing a lot more cost wise than spending a bit extra on a proper lock.
Personally I have been put off purchasing any Halfords own brand products in the future. I wouldn't want to get burned again by useless tatt!
I don't like as much:no apparent resistance to theft whatsoever, bike stolen on first use of lock
Quality
1 / 5
My bike isn't worth much, but it has 2 locks on it 90% of the time. Unless I walk into a corner shop, only one gets used.
I wouldn't trust a thin lock for my bike, and I wouldn't go without putting the lock through my front quick release.
People are scum, don't give them a reason to try steal off your bike.
I'd sooner use a long rope:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tufnWwV2J5I:smiley: (contains swearing)