The old barrel key locks are easily defeated with the barrel of a Bic pen. Fortunately, you don't see the pens that were ideally suited for that much anymore & really who even uses pens very much nowadays anyway? So in reality these locks are probably safer than they were 20 years ago.
I believe a multipronged approach to locking is best. I use the biggest beefyest lock I can conjure at work and leave it permanently locked to the rack. For day to day errands I use either a middle weight Kryptonite chain or the Abus folding link thingy. Those are both middle security locks & will deter all but the "serious" bike thief. For my bikes that are not "thief bait" or if I am just popping in & out of somewhere. I'll sometimes use a coiling cable lock (although these just keep someone from jumping on the bike & riding off & are easily defeated with bolt cutters (which is how I lost my Rosco)) or a little Odessey light weight U lock I recently got. Horses for the courses as they say. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
