If you are riding a bike outside and leaving it inaccessible for any length, then you need one of the best bike locks to prevent and prevent thieves from making it with it.
The correct lock for you will depend on some factors, including the budget and how weak your bike is going to be. There are many different types of locks available, so if you are new to cycling, it can be difficult to choose the perfect for your situation.
To help choosing the right lock for your bike, I talked to Bike Lock Company co-founder Ben Smith HiplokHere you have to think while buying your lock.
1. Your position
The first thing is when and where you are using your lock, and for how long.
Smith says, “It comes very low at the level of your risk.” “A person is going on a training ride on his bike, which is closing his bike in London throughout the day. They are two different landscapes.
“One may be involved that involves a quick coffee stop, and you are trying to stop the opportunistic snatching your bike, vs. someone who can have a few hours to attack it.”
If you need to lock your bike for a long time in urban environment, you will need a serious lock to stop the thieves.
2. Cost
“There is a huge range,” Smith says, “anything from $ 30 to $ 350 of our anti-angle-grinder locks.”
“There was a rule of thumb during the day, where people say 10% of the value of your bike will be spent on a lock, which is a little bit in the way and in other ways matters a lot.
“It comes down where you live, what is your risk. As a safety company, we would always advise you to buy the best that you can buy, and it is really from a safety perspective, not from a professional point of view.”
3. Type of lock
There are four main types of locks, which come in a series of all prices and safety levels, but some types will be better for your regular locking landscape.
“You have found cable locks, which are steel braided cables that come in different weight and sizes,” Smith says.
“Then you have chain locks, which are one of the most traditional types of locks – they are a series with a pedalock.
“You have found de-lock or u-lock, which are fixed shakel locks, and then you have folding locks, which expand but are quite small.
“All of them have different benefits and different deficiencies. Chain locks are flexible what you can do and how many elements of the bike you can get.
“D-locks are generally slightly more secure for the price because it contains fewer materials, but they are actually less flexible to lock. There is a big difference between a cheap de-lock and a super secure de-lock, although.
“Folding locks are usually for moderate to moderate (safety) conditions. You require some kind of equipment to get through them, but they are not normally strong as chains and de-locks.
“Cable lock, generally, is a low price point, preventive type lock. They are easy to cut or stretch in different lengths. They come in different lengths. For a long time you help you do many things like bike locks simultaneously.”
“We have anything called Z-Loke, which is very light.”
4. Authentication
As long as you do not have a trained eye, it is difficult to know how safe the bike lock is at first sight, so it is intelligent to look out for independent verification that they meet some standards.
“In Britain, we use safety,” Smith says. “If the product is of a sufficient standard, it will have a rating of bronze, silver, gold, or a new diamond prize. These basically rate the lock based on the time of the time and attacks of the attack.
“Looking for those independent security logo on locks and packaging is always a good idea. While America does not really have its own standard, many countries do. The UK is sold safely. In the Netherlands, they have a thing called Kala.
“Because most people sell their lots in all countries, you will see those certificates on packaging.”
Do you want two bike locks?
When I regularly riding a bicycle in London, the common advice was to use two locks to give myself the best opportunity to stop the thieves, and even with the arrival of highly safe anti-anty-ante-grinder locks, you want two locks to cover more areas of your bike.
“If you look at places like London or New York, where the first people will potentially use two best de-locks, a final security anti-antiti-grinder lock now does that work now, so you probably don’t need to use two for that purpose,” Smith says.
“That said, you want to protect wheels and accessories. Therefore, a very good lock for the main locking – we always recommend the frame to lock for a lifeless object because the frame is the most expensive part of the bike and the bit that is actually holding things together.
“Then you may want to lock your front wheel on your frame or lock the front wheel on the bike rack. At that time, you are just making people strange to steal bicycles.
“So, the best case scenario, you have really found a good lock and something that is potentially locking loose accessories.”
6. Weight and portability
Heavy locks can provide more protection well, but there may be a pain to travel. Check the weight of your lock and what are the options to bring it with you, using a bracket on your bike, or wearing it around your waist or shoulder.
“Our best de-lock, for example, is about 5.5LB,” Smith says. “The chain lock can be slightly heavier than that. Anywhere there is a normal range between one and 6.5LB.
“There are different ways to carry the locks. I also call on-bike products.
7. home security
The above is related to most of the locks you use, but you can also get locks to use at home if you are not going to bring your bike in.
Smith says, “A large number of bikes are stolen from private property.” “When you are not locked with you, obviously the weight is actually less than an issue. We do a product, called mega chain, for example, which is 26LB.”
