Well, I haven't actually ordered the security bolts like I said I was planning to. But I did jump in on an interesting kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hexlox/hexlox-anti-theft-for-saddles-wheels-and-more-made Probably should have just ordered the security bolts, but I'm a sucker for a new gadget. On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Tony <tony.m...@astound.net> wrote: > Thanks for the tip about the upgrade available for the Allen wrenches. I > bought the Security Bolts a couple of years ago, but gave up due to the poor > quality tool that came with the bolts. My Riv has been fine here in the > suburbs so far with a tether cable through the saddle, but I recently had my > Specialized saddle/seat post stolen inside a BART station overnight - they > cut the cable. I use a new cable with a ball bearing now in the bolt head, > kept there with bee's wax, but I'm gonna try the Security Bolt again with > the Bondhus tool. I'm actually gonna but five of the 5mm wrenches, since > that's the only size I need - "Bondhus 48364 5mm Tamper Resistant Tip Hex > L-Wrench with ProGuard Finish and Long Arm, 119mm, 5-Piece" $18 on Amazon. > > Tony > > On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 7:42:51 AM UTC-8, jeffrey kane wrote: >> >> Nothing against the Pit Lock using contingent here (he says in advance to >> avoid further ruffling anyone's feathers) but the security bolt idea is a >> great and inexpensive solution -- you just need to remember to pack along >> the appropriate tamper resistant hex L- wrench if you're the type that likes >> to make adjustments on the fly. It's a nearly fool-proof solution since the >> Riv binder design embeds the nylock nut flush on the other side .. all >> you're left to worry about is the parts pinching thief who carries around a >> set of security wrenches with him while out hunting. And btw: you can >> replace the saddle clamp bolt the same way, as well. >> >> Shioji's spec is spot-on for the Riv standard seatpost binder. Lastly, the >> wrenches that Security Bolts supplies with your purchase are pretty nice but >> if you're looking to upgrade then Bondhus sells a decent set work looking >> into: >> >> http://www.bondhustools.com/ccp0-prodshow/bondhus_48386.html >> >> On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 12:49:34 AM UTC-5, Patrick D Kelly wrote: >>> >>> I've got a joe appaloosa on order. I'd like to try out securing my seat >>> post and saddle with bolts from http://www.bicyclebolts.com/. Anybody know >>> what size/which bolts I should get? >>> >>> I've used pinhead locking skewers on my bikes up to now. Any >>> (anti-)recommendations for skewers and the joe? >>> >>> Assuming I used a good u-lock and sheldon brown locking method, are there >>> any other bits that I can/should worry about locking? I'm guessing there's >>> nothing to be done (nothing available) for the quill stem/handle bar. >>> >>> mahalo > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
