Stocks Lock

[smn]

Hi,
Got a Stocks Lock yesterday at MEC. Anyone have any experiences on this
one. The Cycling clerk said his bike was the only one not stolen out of 3
because they could not cut through it with an angle drill. (Whatever that
is) Would a Dremal spin through it I wonder?

What have you noticed good or bad? It is the flexible one.

Thank-you team

[Zoot Katz]

Post by smn
Hi,
Got a Stocks Lock yesterday at MEC. Anyone have any experiences on this
one. The Cycling clerk said his bike was the only one not stolen out of 3
because they could not cut through it with an angle drill. (Whatever that
is) Would a Dremal spin through it I wonder?
What have you noticed good or bad? It is the flexible one.

The stainless steel makes it pretty and the flexible cable makes it
somewhat easier to get through the wheel and rack. Nice looking
Canadian made product.

The thing that bugs me is some idiot might try the Bic pick, simply
because it uses a tubular key, break his pen and leave my lock
inoperable.

I suspect the clerk meant angle 'grinder' which is the tool of choice
for cutting hardened steel shackles and chains. The thieves either
didn't think the bike worth stealing, were interrupted or didn't bring
a big pair of bolt cutters for chomping through the cable bits of the
Stocks Lock. The flexibility of the Stocks Lock helps it to defeat the
jack attack.

Any lock can be defeated given enough time and tools.
The strategy is to make them work hard with a variety of tools. Though
the angle grinder is pretty darn versatile it's not the best for
cutting through a cable that keeps moving around. If they'd wanted the
bike really bad they'd have come back with bolt cutters.

[smn]

Doing that in a crowded mall would be pretty difficult.
Night time raid I would have no doubt my bike would be gone with lock so I
cannot claim it.

Guess the cycling clerk would say anything to sell it to me. ha ha
Cheers

Post by Zoot Katz

Post by smn
Hi,
Got a Stocks Lock yesterday at MEC. Anyone have any experiences on this
one. The Cycling clerk said his bike was the only one not stolen out of 3
because they could not cut through it with an angle drill. (Whatever that
is) Would a Dremal spin through it I wonder?
What have you noticed good or bad? It is the flexible one.

The stainless steel makes it pretty and the flexible cable makes it
somewhat easier to get through the wheel and rack. Nice looking
Canadian made product.
The thing that bugs me is some idiot might try the Bic pick, simply
because it uses a tubular key, break his pen and leave my lock
inoperable.
I suspect the clerk meant angle 'grinder' which is the tool of choice
for cutting hardened steel shackles and chains. The thieves either
didn't think the bike worth stealing, were interrupted or didn't bring
a big pair of bolt cutters for chomping through the cable bits of the
Stocks Lock. The flexibility of the Stocks Lock helps it to defeat the
jack attack.
Any lock can be defeated given enough time and tools.
The strategy is to make them work hard with a variety of tools. Though
the angle grinder is pretty darn versatile it's not the best for
cutting through a cable that keeps moving around. If they'd wanted the
bike really bad they'd have come back with bolt cutters.

[Zoot Katz]

Post by smn
Doing that in a crowded mall would be pretty difficult.

You've evidently not seen this 5 minute Quicktime video.

http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/bikethief_holding.htm

The Neistat brothers locked up their bikes in NYC and filmed
themselves stealing them. Passers-by, including cops, never blinked.

Post by smn
Night time raid I would have no doubt my bike would be gone with lock so I
cannot claim it.
Guess the cycling clerk would say anything to sell it to me. ha ha
Cheers

A friend's bike, though not stolen, was virtually destroyed in the
attempt.

[smn]

That's just great.
Now what do you do?

Post by Zoot Katz

Post by smn
Doing that in a crowded mall would be pretty difficult.

You've evidently not seen this 5 minute Quicktime video.
http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/bikethief_holding.htm
The Neistat brothers locked up their bikes in NYC and filmed
themselves stealing them. Passers-by, including cops, never blinked.

Post by smn
Night time raid I would have no doubt my bike would be gone with lock so I
cannot claim it.
Guess the cycling clerk would say anything to sell it to me. ha ha
Cheers

A friend's bike, though not stolen, was virtually destroyed in the
attempt.

[Zoot Katz]

Post by smn
That's just great.
Now what do you do?

Get yourself a Chinese roadster.

It's the old "fifty-pound rule" wherein it's stated that all bikes
weigh 50 lbs.
The twenty-pound bike requires 30 lbs of lock
The thirty-pound bike requires 20 lbs. of lock, etc.
The fifty-pound bike doesn't require any lock because nobody is going
to steal a 50 lbs. bike.

Of course that old rule no longer applies because those ton-of-shit
downhill bikes are much in demand by people who like to drive around
with them hanging off their car rack since that's the only way they'll
get anywhere gravity doesn't take them.

Make sure what you're attaching to is secure. Hand railing and some
street signs can be, and sometimes are, unbolted by bike thieves.

If it's any reassurance, I've never had a locked bike stolen.