Stealing My Own Bike - 7 Bike Locks Vs Angle Grinder
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2024
- 7 bike locks and 3 methods of theft, lets see how long each one lasts.
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For those wondering:
1) Yes angle grinders ARE the preferred way to steal bikes nowadays, and pretty much all bike thieves have them. They are cheap as hell these days, one stolen bike will easily pay for a grinder. No-one picks locks to steal bikes. Bolties are used for more opportunistic thefts of bikes with weak chains.
2) Angle grinding the frame to remove the lock IS a thing. The thieves dont want the bike itself, most of them part out the bikes and sell the components, then toss the frame in a river or beck.
3) People just watching? Yup that happens as well. When you see someone stealing a bike, they rarely act alone. They tend to work in pairs, often travelling 2-up on a moped. The passenger does the angle grinding and rides the stolen bike. He however is not the one you need to worry about. Should someone try to intervene, the other guy, riding the moped, will be carrying the team's knife. Thats why people dont try and stop them. They are not afraid of getting attacked by an angle grinder, they are afraid of getting attacked by a knife.
4) CCTV is no deterrent. In fact thieves actively look to target areas under CCTV coverage, as people tend to be more lax with security, and also park higher value bikes, in CCTV covered areas. Wearing a hoody/baseball cap and a face mask gives complete immunity from identification by CCTV.
5) Avoid those little bits of metal that only allow you to chain a wheel to them like the plague. Even if both they and the lock you use were made of adamantium, a thief could easily steal (parts of) your bike using no destructive tools. They simply take the front wheel off a bike chained by the rear wheel, the rest of the bike off a bike chained by the front wheel, and stick them together to make a ridable bike.
6) So how *do* you lock a bike? The best D-lock you can afford, through the frame and 1 wheel, together with a half decent chain lock, through the frame and the other wheel. Multiple locks is the only way to go. Even a really good D-lock with an amazon basics chain offers much more protection over just one lock - it prevents the 'angle grind the frame' attack and forces a second attack on the chain, most thieves will pass and go for an easier bike.
Very good info here. Thank you for sharing.
Also, bike garages are not safe. There are bike boxes in my country that alledge safety but they don't. I hear semi reluary how bikes get stolen from these and no one can do shit about it.
Debbiebabe this is some really good information, I don’t think that the thieves in my area are as sophisticated as the ones you mentioned but the point of multiple locks and locking both wheels is very good idea. Thanx for the information.
@@randylahey7343 Id hardly call it sophisticated - if you find a bike you want, grindy grindy, if someone tries to stop you, stabby stabby. ;)
@@Debbiebabe69 maybe sophisticated is the wrong word. My point was that where I live (Canada, East Coast) we don’t have bike thieves working in pairs and riding mopeds. Of the 3 dozen or so countries I visited while in the military as well as personal travel, we have a lot less crime here than most places I have been to but we do have bike theft, most of it is opportunistic but some of it is targeted so the advice on locks is definitely appreciated.
Speaking as a a former sketchy person, The best way to secure your bike, especially in a high theft area such as mine, is this patent pending threefold combo:
1: Heavy U-lock around the back wheel and frame, with the additional cable to secure the front wheel
2: Have a bike that doesn’t look appealing to steal. If you’re loaded and can afford multiple bikes, get a used one that does the job off Craigslist to use for like, around town purposes or it it’ll locked up out of your sight for a while. If , like me, you can’t afford multiple bikes, get something used but solid, ideally with cosmetic damage that doesn’t affect its ability to help you get around.
Sometimes you can stop there. Inexpensive bike with good a lock that takes longer to get past isn’t as worth it to them. Still though, to be extra sure, throw in
step 3: Lock it up close to, but not on the same rack as a more expensive, less or equally secure bike. Sounds cold but if there’s a better, easier score nearby you’re less likely to be a target. Avoiding the same rack is just in case they pull up in a truck/van and boost the whole thing.
If your employer or HR tells you not to bring your bike into your workplace or office, kindly show them this video
😂😂😂😂
why would any employer even have a say in how you get to work?
@@SprezzaturaLifestyle they don’t. But they can if you try bringing your bike up the stairs or elevator and stall it next to your desk.
@@esoekidjo They should at least explain why, and listen to ideas how to mitigate that / those concern(s) so someone can get to work via their preferred method and not have to worry about whether they can leave the same way. Everybody who has means and control of a destination should consider what they can do to help make it an easier choice to do what it takes to lighten traffic, clean the air and get where you need to go timely. Even install machines to quickly clean tires without damage if tracking muck is an issue.
After this Francis is going to quit CZcams, Attacus is going to shut down, Lawrence is going to retire from racing, Backyard Bike Shop closes it's doors and the UK is going to have the most dangerous bike heist crew since The Italian Job.
You were only supposed to cut the bloody lock off.
There must be a law that stealing bike is like stealing a car. Please try to understand that riding a bike or ebike minimizes Earth's global warming.
Il primo 😂
That was great fun to make. More of these please, Francis.
Agreed
Who are your and how do you know his name?
@@rufusgillespie9940 lol its the channel name
Hey Francis,
I used to work for a British Bicycle Lock company so I know pretty much the ins and outs of the tests.
Sold secure only give Sold Secure Diamond if a lock can defeat an angle grinder and huge steel cable cutters for a certain amount of time (I don’t think it’s that long mind.)
Sold Secure Gold approval doesn’t use an angle grinder or steel cable cutters.
EU standard ART is a lot stricter. ART3 is their Gold and ART4 is diamond…VERY hard to get that approval.
When I was working there, we always talked about layered protection. A Cable lock, D-lock and a Wheel lock if you can fit onto your bike.
No lock is angle grinder proof (may be the new Hiplok but they will just cut the bike OR the post that it’s locked too like you did and sell the parts.)
All you want to do is slow them down, and make them be seen.
But cyclists need to insure their bikes as well, it’s the best way to cover your bike!
You don’t need to be secure against angle grinders. You just need to be parked near a comparable bike with a lesser lock. :P
@@amyx231 don't assume that a meth addict bike thief is going to have the same logic as yourself.
Wow. That's very interesting! I use a 2 part system for locking mine up in my shed. I will be adding a alarm in future for the door.
The thing that impressed me on that massive lock is the smoke created.
Cable locks could easily contain a tube of Dye that when cut stains the thieves hands. Or a wire that when cut short circuits and triggers an alarm.
All D locks could have a added coating that Stinks and makes coloured smoke when an angle grinder is used. A liquid stink bomb chamber for thieves that succeed
@@lisat9707 but the "two-part system" he suggested really isn't. A cable lock is a completely worthless waste of time, money & effort. Why?
Use a second more secure option like another u-lock or chain.
Better yet, utilize a better lock. The Altor SAF lock has been available for a few years now. It's grinder proof. Expensive, heavy and a bit challenging to use, but it's a great solution.
@Sister Mary Clements many bicycle commuters ride to the same spot each day to lock and leave their bikes while in school or at work. This is the situation for which the Altor lock is intended.
It's 13 lbs., not 500. You might want to get on the bike, climb some hills and work on the free weights if 13 lbs. is too much for you.
Good luck with that.
NEVER did I think a video about the strength of various bike locks could be so damn entertaining. I laughed my ass off!
That last part where they cut through the bike is critical. Most things you lock it to, are far more weak for an angle grinder than a hardened U-lock. What you lock it to matters.
When commenting on Lock Picking Lawyer vids about secure locks, I often use the phrase "At some point the lock is so good, the robber just puts a stone through the window or breaks the door down"
absolutely correct! the tool that most "professional" bike thieves rely on most is a van into which they lift the bike and lock into after cutting through the railing or fence that the bike was attached to. they can then remove the lock at their leisure in their workshop. BTW they look like fairly standard cutting discs, much better ones are available.
A bike lock can only do 2 things
1) send the casual thief off to steal someone else's bike.
2) demonstrate to your insurance company that you've taken reasonable precautions to prevent your bike from being stolen.
If I owned a bike that was expensive enough to warrant a £250 lock, I doubt I would ever get off it in public.
A bike lock that smokes then EXPLODEDS if you try to cut it! Killing the bike thief! Someone should invent that. At least a exploding dye pack.
The LockPickingLawyer doesn't need noisy Tools and is still quicker. Even without cutting up the Bike 😆.
Exactly !
Please send all locks to him and see if he can beat the times
I think he did all of them,@@synik224 . Around 30 seconds for the hardest (with disc retainer)...
Was going to say the lock picking lawyer can have any lock open in seconds with out any tools just his pick set.
Problem is you need to be as skilled and experienced as him…not many opportunists are.
Thank you guys for this review. I need a REAL theft difficulty level lock for the sport bike I’m going to get. Most thieves who steal motorcycles research what is needed to remove a lock. If not adequate they’ll just come back with something serious to get the job done like angle grinders.
hmmm on second thoughts, would the bike thief just angle grind through the bike stand that you are locked against? So effectively shifting the attack from the lock itself?🤥
8:41
Not effectively shifting though😂
Past that, I've heard of some lockups being pre-cut/looking bolted down but loose, so they wouldn't have to bother with doing the cut there/then at all.
@@OrangeCrusader or street poles which aren't securely anchored into concrete. Many are just jammed into dirt or broke from the concrete and simply stuffed back into the hole.
There's no point having a diamond rated chain lock if you lock it to a fence that's easier to cut.
@@tconnolly9820 an extra secure lock still limits the options for thieves even if they can cut through the thing locked to easier than the lock. Yes it is far better to lock your bike to a thick and heavy pole which is solidly connected to the ground... That said bike locks have reached a point of diminishing returns in that street poles and bike racks are typically much easier to cut through than the best locks. Also thieves can steal parts off of bikes such as the crankset, handlebars, fork, seat... as they are typically not secured by bolts which require a weird security wrench that thieves are unlikely to have. In addition some bike thieves have been known to cut through the bike frame to steal the rest of the bike. In addition thieves are known to purposefully destroy bikes that are secured with locks that are better than their tools. Bike locks are imperfect and there is typically a way around them. That said the imperfect compromise of leaving your bike unlocked or not being able to ever leave it are often worse.
Really interesting... so basically if you're out, lock up your bike next to one that isn't locked and don't leave it for long, especially in urban areas.
My wife recalls being at uni in Scotland, and her friend having lost the key to her bike lock, sat in the middle of a town centre with a hacksaw cutting through the lock 🔐. Not one person challenged her. Took 10 mins apparently!!!
Nick, a great bike mechanic and also a pretty handy bike thief.
Absolutely incredible. Sunday entertainment at its finest!
I haven't had any HUGE issues with this lock yet! czcams.com/users/postUgkxfyHDlEqk6hqu9acdvK5NGzZsGKSokSbv It seems sturdy and like it will get the job done. I really like that it has a twisting lock feature to keep out dirt and debris. However, the mounting system is much too light for the lock, and continues to get loose/move around. It's mostly made of plastic parts, and I've had to tighten it a few times in the past week or so that I've had it. I'm worried that it's going to break off at some point while I'm riding. I'm considering just scrapping that part, but that would mean having to carry the heavy lock i my backpack and adding more weight. I wish I could have given this more stars, but without the mounting system, it's just another heavy lock that I have to cart around. UPDATE: Increased rating to 5 stars because the seller offered to provide a new lock and mounting system. Really appreciate the attention to customer service!!
Shocking and as a roofer i know you can also get diamond edged blades for the angle grinder 😅. I was also thinking, I'm guessing the bike thief wouldn't care about public property and would just cut the metal railing the bike was locked to? Note to self never leave my bike anywhere!!. 🤣🤣 Thanks for info.
I know right.. I keep seeing this stuff and it's like... well, I never want to leave my bike for more then a few within my range of sight XD Granted for the occasional suburbs store I may leave it at a few times a year, and in remote trailhead entrances where it's may be the only bike there in both cases, there's probably low chances that anyone prepped to steal a bike with some kind of lock will be around right then. But still... lol
This 💯% kicks Antiques Road Show into touch! 😁👌🏻
absolute mad lads. I love it
I had a lot of old pipes and rebar to cut up and from what I read czcams.com/users/postUgkxPDBfLu68o58Aw85O_J-zIFfjJARBhp-3 this would be the tool for the job. Since I had never used one, I watched a couple of youtube videos and I'm so glad I did. Some really good safety tips, which I followed, and this tool did a splendid job. One good thing to know is the weight of the tool puts just about the right amount of pressure on the metal I was cutting, so I didn't have to use a lot of pressure, which is more likely to jam the tool. It made fast work of my job.
Great test folks ! also an enjoyable few minutes being naughty critters 😉 with cutters and angle grinders 👍
This was what we needed to see - nice one
Here's hoping Kryptonite sees this and casually sends you a NYC lock. "Here you go, mates. Good luck with that."
Same with Abus and their GRANIT XPlus 540.
They get cutted fast too. Its just about getting spme more seconds in hope someone scares them away
any lock except for the hiplok d1000 doesn't withstand angle grinder attacks.
they are designed to withstand bolt cutters and other kinds of attacks.
@@SprezzaturaLifestyle No lock withstands an angle grinder
@@otozinclus3593Well, no lock withstands a small hand saw either if you saw long enough. For a thick lock you would have to saw probably for hours but eventually you get through. The Hiplok D1000 does withstand angle grinders for 20 minutes or so. Long enough to get the battery of an angle grinder empty. Also you would have to change discs multiple times for even cutting half through. Good enough for almost any situation.
Just bikepacked through Normandy..had the Hiplock Z lock on the outside of the Tailfin…. Seemingly 4 hours of rain and bit of sand grit renders the dials useless anyway. No longer secures… will see how their returns policy fairs….
Top Content!!! 😁👊🏻
The ending with Emily talking and someone coming past on the busted bike. Gold.
The balaclava doesn't conceal your identity especially with the Backyard t-shirt and those glasses. Informative and entertaining. Thanks .
Love this style of video!
Nice video; a subject near and dear to my heart. Please consider doing a comprehensive video on several popular lock brands.
I feel like no matter what I do I may as well always consider my bike stolen 😭
buy a folding bike and take it into your home and workplace. Don't ride a bike to any place you are not allowed to bring it inside with you
@@chenyang9303 That would defeat my entire purpose of having a bike sadly...
@@caesiumx1334 I've got a folding e-bike. I would never leave it locked outside.
@@caesiumx1334I have a bike that i take into my workplace everyday and take into my apartment and it still serves the purpose of a bike. I just don’t leave it unattended and the rare case I do it will have two locks on it
@teeambird2079 which locks have you got? In the market for one
By far the funniest video of 2022 so far!
Hilarious i use the same face shield as Nick at work in the ER. Great vid as always!
This was really fun to watch. But yes, try the Abus and Kryptonite's
Brilliant. I want one of those £250 D locks. Great video Francis.
Hello. Well if you want one of the Hiplok D1000 anti angle grinder locks, then you are going to have to wait a long long long time. I pre ordered one at least nine months ago, paid the 250 quid about 4 months ago and am still waiting. What I did not know they are made in China as all Hiplok products are and guess what, they are being held up at felixstowe because of the strike. I do not know when I will get the Lock, communication from Hiplok is not brill.
I would say near Christmas. They have sold out as far as I know and you cant preorder anymore. Why they dont make them here in Britain is any ones Guess. The actual lock seems to be very good, look at the videos on line etc, I would have thought that any thief would not bother if they know and reconise the lock, but it would be very easy to cut the hollow steel u poles which most places have to lock your bike to, then take the bike away and use an acetale cutter or lock picker to remove the lock. Sorry to be pesamistic.
Regards Graham Tarling
The final comments were really funny... Loved the video... Didn't realize how weak all these locks were. Wow.
very nice video guys! I enjoyed
I've been waiting for this one!
Hello from Texas. Great video, very funny. Thanks.
Wrong discs, try a diamond disc it will cut through the £250 D lock.
love this video, lots of fun breaking, eventually the bike itself 😂
The most funny and profesional test of bike locks i have ever seen.
8:42 absolutely howling !!😂😂😂
Mr Cade, you should try one of the hand held hydraulic cutter. They can cut through the Kryptonite D locks in about 8 squeezes of the handle and they are silent.
Well.....crap.
Not the case with the Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit czcams.com/video/jXoS_HB1I3o/video.html
don't give them any ideas
Kryptonite NY Fahgettaboutit U-lock broke the cutters in the Lockpicking Lawyer's hydraulic cutter test
Where can you get them.???
great and funny video guys, thanks
Lol ! Although Nick could wear that balaclava when he's cutting a carbon stem !!! 🤣
Tony would've been absolutely STELLAR as the thief in this vid tbh! Geordie accent and cutters! Primo content!!
You gonna give Kryponite New York a go?
Sooooo, you guys invented the dropper frame... that was some quality content and laughs. 🤣
Decided to watch this as I'm getting an ebike, got a Kryptonite U lock with extra long wire for the front wheel. I'm impressed with that unreleased lock.
The end of the video: I know of an easier way was priceless 🤣🤣🤣
The moral of the story, do not leave your bike unattended, ever.
There will come a day when you have to piss
@@DanaTheInsane for how many hours?
after all, Hiplok D100 again did it and saved the bike... before it was cut, I mean. Looking forward to have one with me daily as I'm into the restoration and transformation of an old glory into a commuter.
Great video folks, I'm still PMSL!!!
Love the Flensburger beer in the background :D
Really useful video!
For the "diamond lock", get a diamond 5-inch round blade (the one used for masonry). It will get through that lock like butter and you don't even have to change a single blade.
Stop telling the thieves how to succeed 🤦♂️
@@meauvedrun9669 Tell lock makers how to make a better lock! Security through obscurity is not security.
Bike thieves know what there doing
Do you have a CZcams video doing it, or are you just full of hot air?
Even if they made an uncuttable lock, they can just spray the works with canned air and hit it with a hammer.
You guys are hilarious. Keep it up please.
Good vid. Had to 🤣 though; reminds me of a group of public school sixth-formers doing a project.
The last one: at that point, you're not locking your bike, you're biking your lock.
While watching this video I get an advertisment shown for a very compact hydraulic 12ton bolt cutter. Thank you YT for this kind of customer service! You really understand our needs. 😀🤣😆🤣😆
This is the best funny video EVER!!!! also scary too I think someone likes to wear a balaclava!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Hilarious, the best youtube video yet
thanks fellas, good info.
That C tube stunt 😂
Next video: how to steal bike locks and angle grinders . . . as a cyclists!
Best one yet ! How many tube can you cut out of a bike and still ride it ?
Wonder how much quicker you'd be with a diamond metal wheel cutting disc on the grinder. Sad for the bike though. For cafe stops I just find an expensive bike that is not locked up and lock mine next to it.
Next video, Nick shows us how to repair a cut bike frame with a toilet roll and double-sided sticky tape!
Should have got an OnGuard Brute as an comparison, it is 16-17mm of hardened steel but only £30. It is pretty heavy to lug around though, but can't image that last lock was light, and the "gold" chain one wasn't worth having!
Thank you for this. After having done this, would you say that the difference between the Silver rated Hiplok and Gold are negligible? Both resist against the bolt cutters in the same way and when an angle grinder is used, they're basically the same, right? So conclusion is save your money and get the silver, it'll be lighter and thieves probably can't tell the difference between silver and gold anyway and wouldn't really avoid breaking into it based on the two ratings?
If you get a sizzor jack between any D-lock and open it (jacking against the sides of the lock, not the length, ie..not key section to bend) it will break the lock as they are not designed to have strength in this plane..
When I lost the key to my Kryptonite lock that's how we opened it, no real noise and scary fast
Great video Francis, as jimmy said it would have been good to see a kryptonite New York lock go through the same test as they are popular. Cheers
The Kryptonite Fahgettaboudit NY lock can be cut in under a minute with today's grinders. It used to be the gold standard and took over 10 minutes. Then grinders got better and better so now it offers very little security.
You might have been stealing bikes….but Bella was there stealing hearts ♥️
Also we need to intervene more and stand up to these bike thieves and look out for one another’s bikes.
These more common ways to pinch a bike are way more fun to watch. Loved the video. Cutting the bike was not expected but he got it in the end.😂👍
I've cut through a NY Fahgettaboudit in under a minute (I'm in the bike biz and we have to deal with abandoned bikes from time to time). This new hiplock looks very promising. People need to be aware what they lock it up to tho. Sometimes the lock itself isn't the weakest point.
As shown in the video, the bike itself can always be cut through if the thief already has an angle grinder.
That was GREAT !!! and FUNNY !!
Genuine laugh out loud at the frame being cut as the only way to free the bike... 😂
They could have cut the fence it was locked to, but then they would have been on camera committing a crime. It's not a crime to "steal" your own bike by cutting up your own locks.
Good content
Did you try the freeze spray and hammer? Often used in Amsterdam when I lived there.
Time0830
When using portable griding machine. The steel railing tube / steel flat bar seems weaker than the heavy duty U-type lock.
The professional way is to create a 30mm gaps from the railing tube / flat bar (cutting twice to the railing / flat bar by grider machine instead of cutting the heavy duty lock directly)...
I bet less than 60 seconds, the bike able to detached from the railing in good condition.
My mountain bike was stolen with less than 60 mintues parking (I am reviewing better secure locks). The police told me that I should park at location somewhere within CCTV range (I.e. outside a shop). Thieves usually avoid location with CCTV.
When he looked over the edge and said I wanted to cut it 😆 was like a kid who showed up when the candy was gone 😕😆
Moral of the story is that if someone really wants to steal your bike, they will. A good lock might slow them down, but it won't stop them. As a last resort, they can simply cut the frame in half and sell the components.
I won't condone cutting the frame, although, that was hilarious.
I once left a very decent Trek bicycle locked in Dublin city centre for two weeks, after a bit of a late Saturday night and then being very busy with college. It was a very silly thing to do and I really didn't expect it to be there when I went in, but it was! My Abus Bordo lock had the marks of bolt-cutters in it, so obviously someone tried and failed. When I got a very good bike, worth about e1000, I bought a second, newer-generation Bordo lock and I would use both of them every time, as well as a cheap coil lock. That was e180 worth of locks, but that's what you need for a good bike! I feel anxious when I see the locks many people have on their bikes, like I could walk away with it myself in a few seconds, if I was so inclined.
Good video folks 👍👍 the diamond lock was awesome them again was the price. But if you have a valuable bike it' is worth the money. When will it be on sale?
I have a disc brake lock that emits a 120 decibel alarm, if you even jiggle the bike it goes off, it’s seriously piercing. I think that with a decent lock is about as good of a deterrent as you can get. Nothing is fully theft proof but criminals don’t like attention.
Nick is brilliant
Thanks for adding to my paranoia :D
The D1000 is designed to resist angle grinders, so not really surprising (although good to confirm that the manufacturers claims hold up). Would be interested to see if it holds up to more advanced non-angle grinder attacks that thieves use, like a bottle jacks, freeze spray & hammer or drilling the lock cylinder.
diamon testing also test other methods of attack, so it should resist all of those you menitoned
That D1000 was a monster
you should have got in a Stanley lad - Tony would have been away in seconds ;-)
As usual, a great video. As others have suggested - could you retest the same locks by attempting to pick them. Cue the Lock Picking Lawyer or UK equivalent. The barrel is the weakest component of all these locks, rendering the whole point of locking up your bike futile, especially in the wrong location.
"As others have suggested.."
Yeah, others with NO CLUE as to how bicycles are stolen! Ask your nearest cop or police station how many bicycles are stolen due to picked locks. The answer is zero. None are stolen by picking. LPL has done a HUGE disservice to the world by giving people the impression that thieves will pick your lock to steal your bike.
I purchased a 7-pin cylinder lock pick and attempted to pick several old locks I have. I haven't been able to pick a single one. The whole, "gate #1 is open" rigamarole is pure BS. I've disassembled & rekeyed 7-pin cylinder locks, so I know how they work and what's involved to pick them. It is not NEARLY as easy to do as LPL says it is.
I left a 7-pin cylinder lock with a locksmith for over a month and he couldn't pick it.
But that's not really the point, because it doesn't matter if locksmiths can pick locks. It's like saying, "Your home alarm installer can defeat your alarm, so these systems are useless!" No they aren't.
Again, thieves aren't picking locks. They're using brute force. So LPL and the whole worry about picking is a lot of hot air.
@@dudeonbike800 Absolutely true. Lock picking in any case happens so rarely it is statistically insignificant.
Lmao my face when he cut the tube 😮
Nearly 2 years ago I had my Cervelo S5 stolen fm my work place bike shed I had 2 locks 🔒 to the bike and they still cut the locks
Francis, Do a video about using a garden pressure sprayer for inflation of tubeless tyres, I recently had great success using one to seat a stubborn tubeless tyre, might make interesting content and help people out who don't have access to a compressor.👍😉
What, using a pressure washer?!
No, using a garden sprayer that you'd using to apply weedkiller etc.pump to charge type and you can put it back to how it was afterwards, this link is how it's done it worked for me but I did wrap some ptfe around the valve to get a better seal. czcams.com/video/bxNWiLQKxOs/video.html
Can you guys review the Hiplok Gold vs the Kryptonite chain lock? They are very similar but I’m wondering which is better
i like how dude's head just blends into the white sky at 7:31 mark
Those Z locks can also be shimmed with a coke can... they are an expensive joke! Did you consider rapid freeze and a hammer for the D lock, quick and quiet... and the last one... GOLD! I think you would have to cut through both sides of the prototype lock as well as it locks both sides.
You should stick with making beer, and leave the bikes alone, haha
Nic's sadness when he can't cut the 2nd lock 😂
Was this filmed right next to the Royal navy office? in Newcastle
I was told that the bike locks are more of a deterrent. then for making your bike secure. you want to make it seem like the hardest one to seal out of everyone else's so having multiple locks is the best way to go. it cafe wheel lock a ulock and maybe a change or bar lock and put it in a high traffic area.