Best Bike lock for Fiamma Bike Rack (1 Viewer)

[themountaintiger]

Hi All

is there a recommended lock solution to tie together 3/4 bikes on a bike rack? Im going through reviews but cant find a definitive "this is the thing to buy"

thanks in advance

 

[Bluemooner]

We took our bikes for the 1st time last weekend i used two kryptonite d shackles one through the bike rack the other fixing both bikes together, also i used 2 shorter kryptonite wire things going through bike rack wheels etc and a longer wire going through Motorhome chasis through bikes back to d shackles

 

[Deleted member 29692]

You could spend a couple of hundred quid on one really good lock. It depends how much your bikes are worth.

If you do that and someone really wants your bike all they'll do is cut the rack to get it. That's only made of aluminium.

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[Bluemooner]

All you can really do is make it harder for them

 

[themountaintiger]

You could spend a couple of hundred quid on one really good lock. It depends how much your bikes are worth.

If you do that and someone really wants your bike all they'll do is cut the rack to get it. That's only made of aluminium.

yes was thinking the bike rack might be the weakest point.. thoughts were to chain up 3 bikes together.. might be too heavy for one person to nick..

 

[TheBig1]

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[TheBig1]

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[Bluemooner]

yes was thinking the bike rack might be the weakest point.. thoughts were to chain up 3 bikes together.. might be too heavy for one person to nick..

Yes ours are D shackled together

 

[Bluemooner]

This is what we use http://evanscycles.traffic-defender...k-with-4-foot-kryptoflex-cable-combo-ec027275

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[Judge Mental]

What's the value of the bikes? The weakness is the bike rack! As an aluminium rack can be cut though easily...

 

[Deleted member 29692]

What's the value of the bikes? The weakness is the bike rack! As an aluminium rack can be cut though easily...

Absolutely. If it would be cheaper to replace the bikes than the rack then don't make it too difficult to steal them.

 

[Robert Clark]

We ran a long locking bike chain through one of the cut outs in the MH chassis, upto the bike rack, then ran another chain through the first chain and then through the frames of the bikes.
Worked a treat !

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[themountaintiger]

one of the bikes has value, but i intend to downgrade as i dont need level of spec.. childs bike was £60 new and is a couple of years old.. misses bike is base model giant..

 

[Deleted member 29692]

If you had a Strikeback alarm then you would get an external loop that you can thread through things like bikes. To move them the thief has to break the loop which sets the alarm off. Just another deterrent.

 

[Judge Mental]

You can get a movement padlock alarm for a few quid...

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[LesleyC]

We got one of last week, and are quite impressed with it - enough to get another.

 

[daveandsan]

If someone wants your bike they have it. Any lock, chain, or the flexible wire type can be defeated in seconds with bolt croppers or angle grinder. Maybe the type that are alarmed might just put them off.
I never put my best bike on the motorhome for this reason.

 

[mitzimad]

ive put an eye bolt through the back door and run a wire lock through that

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[Deleted member 29692]

We don't have a bike rack. If we take our bikes they fit in the garage without dismantling them.

 

[Judge Mental]

We don't have a bike rack. If we take our bikes they fit in the garage without dismantling them.

Still need securing most garages can be opened with a screwdriver. Saw a Carthago the other week and door edge was wrecked.

 

[Bluemooner]

Judge how do you lock your seat when out and about

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[Robert Clark]

If I had bikes in my Garage I would chain them to a security anchor bolted to the floor

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Still need securing most garages can be opened with a screwdriver. Saw a Carthago the other week and door edge was wrecked.

The van's got a Strikeback which would be obvious to anyone who came sniffing around it. As has been said if anyone wants them they will have them it's all about deterrent. Also if they are out of sight they won't attract opportunists.

 

[Paddywack]

We store ours in the garage whilst travelling with front wheels off:

Unlike on a plastic box MH the rear doors have a external "builders" van type lock.

On arrival at site throw front wheels and seats in and on, and then secure to front towing ring using a

The advantage of the noose is it effectively doubles the length of the chain, its bloody heavy but will deter most thief's. And I know the front towing ring can be unscrewed but trying to unwind it with two bikes attached will be quite a floorshow.

If I was carry the bikes on a rack in transit as the OP is, I would either find (rear towing point?) or have a secure point fitted / welded- so in effect you are locking to part of the chassis and lock to that.

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[WAG2CRU]

Our bikes are fitted with these:http://www.abus.com/eng/Mobile-Security/Bike-Safety-and-Security/Locks/Frame-Locks/Amparo-4850-Black, the cable add on then goes from one bike to the rack and the other to the other bike, the rational being that it would be very difficult to remove them from the rack and, a thief would still be unable to wheel them away even if the cut the cables.

 

[Paddywack]

Some useful info here: http://thebestbikelock.com/ particularly his views on the uselessness of cable locks!

 

[Bluemooner]

Our bikes are fitted with these:http://www.abus.com/eng/Mobile-Security/Bike-Safety-and-Security/Locks/Frame-Locks/Amparo-4850-Black, the cable add on then goes from one bike to the rack and the other to the other bike, the rational being that it would be very difficult to remove them from the rack and, a thief would still be unable to wheel them away even if the cut the cables.

Our bikes have something similar to that built in not sure how good they are

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[Judge Mental]

Judge how do you lock your seat when out and about

Have a cable lock secured to rack. Haven't got round to changing quick release yet on new bike

Pinhead locks best for seat snd wheels. or at least change to allen key fitting amd remove quick release

 

[mikekaren2]

Have a cable lock secured to rack. Haven't got round to changing quick release yet on new bike

Pinhead locks best for seat snd wheels. or at least change to allen key fitting amd remove quick release

I also use pinheads, but if you do decide to use Allen key fittings then I suggest that once you have set up the saddle drop some solder into the Allen key heads.
This is another deterrent, but can be removed (given time) if you need to at a later date. The same applies to nuts once fitted tape plastic around the hex edge and fill with solder, but not on parts like wheels eg punctures, pinheads are best for this.

Mike

 

[Paddywack]

Have a cable lock secured to rack. Haven't got round to changing quick release yet on new bike

Pinhead locks best for seat snd wheels. or at least change to allen key fitting amd remove quick release

I can see the value of pinheads if on a rack on the back of a van, but I have only ever had my saddle nicked once in thirty odd years whilst "out and about", so just leave the allen key fitting and QR for the wheels, certainly wouldn't be soldering anywhere near any of my bikes. Always park the bikes up in a prominent and highly visible spot.

Just wondering if, in posting this just before we depart for 3 weeks in Denmark and Germay, I may have upset the karma police, expect a post asking for more info on the pinheads on my return!

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