>>1398332And to continue, in the shipyard bikes are public property, because way too many of these
>>1398126 on the premises, along with angle grinders. It's just, your lock may be good, that's okay, they just cut whatever you tied your bike to instead. That's what the van-gangs do too, sadly few bike racks are hardened.
>>1398282Chain lock is a colloquialism for cable lock. The sad part is that on the most locks the lock part itself will give away with enough pull, so finding a good lever for twisting the lock is enough. That's what I caught both of the drunk idiots trying to do. As my bikes are worthless, I haven't bothered with a proper lock because haven't gotten hardened chain yet. Btw, with that, any cheap padlock will likewise give away much before the chain, if pounded with a big enough rock a few times.
This bad boy would set one back only about 110€, because it comes with classic half moon key. It is of course totally over kill for a bike lock, but their iconic brass padlock is very weak against blunt force)
I think in practice, one would need maybe 50€ lock for good safety against casual theft.
