immobilisers

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Almax.

Apparently even the pros walk away from those

And maybe those on a tight budget? But TBH, if I was buying a bike that I thought was worth nicking and would inconvenience me so much then I'd factor an Almax into the initial outlay on the bike itself.

Security shouldn't be an after-thought on your pride and joy.

Personally I don't care if my bike gets nicked ... it's a copper pointy after all ... seriously though, if it got nicked, I have a car I can use in the meantime and all available security declared to my insurers is being used on it, so they can stump up if it goes ... and then I can go and buy a black pointy with black frame and black wheels

[northwind]

You can still cut an Almax with the right hardware, but the idea is just to make your bike harder to nick than the next one. They're expensive but no more expensive than most of those joke chains, you don't always get what you pay for.

OTOH, my chain is a £10 Oxford Bathplug (that may not be the exact model name, but it is what it is) which I could probably bite through. Its job is to deter random passersby from just wandering off with my bike, cost isn't really a concern tbh for something so important but convenience is- the Almax chains are mahoosive.

Originally Posted by Pedro68

And maybe those on a tight budget? But TBH, if I was buying a bike that I thought was worth nicking and would inconvenience me so much then I'd factor an Almax into the initial outlay on the bike itself.

Security shouldn't be an after-thought on your pride and joy.

Personally I don't care if my bike gets nicked ... it's a copper pointy after all ... seriously though, if it got nicked, I have a car I can use in the meantime and all available security declared to my insurers is being used on it, so they can stump up if it goes ... and then I can go and buy a black pointy with black frame and black wheels

You always have the other option...








... move to a less pikey area

Originally Posted by northwind

cost isn't really a concern tbh for something so important but convenience is- the Almax chains are mahoosive.

So much so that it's a bugger to fit anywhere through the bike, other than a wheels, which will pose little problem to anyone who is going to chuck the bike in the back of a van (rather than ride off); you'll just find a wheel chained to your nice ground anchor in the morning.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

You always have the other option...
... move to a less pikey area

Hmmm, well if Steven Gerrard's house can get burgled in the rather affluent Formby area then I'm afraid I'll take my chances where I am and rather bank on no-one wanting to nick a copper-coloured bike