Cable Lock Vs Angle Grinder

[drfrank]

At work yesterday and a young girl had lost the key for her bike lock. Maintenance staff came out with a tiny, portable angle grinder and were through the lock in under 5 seconds !!

It made me think.....you wouldn't even notice if a thief was doing this to your bike on a busy high street. Very little noise and not much to see !

[Lost soul]

Fantastic

[Slaav]

WHat was the lock?

IF one of those expensive Kryptonite ones we have a problem - if a £3.99 combi chain lock; not massively surprising?

WOuld be interested to hear though....

[y2blade]

you can't tell me that you are honestly surprised by this can you?

seriously?

[boobles]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... lesson learnt today - Cube Ltd Team spirited away

[drfrank]

I was genuinely suprised !!!
I thought an angle grinder was some massive cutting machine that had to be lugged around and sounded like a harrier taking off.

(The lock was one of those cable in a cable type locks - looked cheap !)

[WeirdNeville]

Wrong tool for the job. Cheap D-Lock or cable lock + these (or actually a slightly cheaper, smaller, sharper pair are better for cable locks = 3 second job.

Angle grinders are for locks harder than bolt croppers can cope with, and tend to take 30 sec-2 mins to cut through.

[y2blade]

fair enough

depending on the type of disc used, you'll get through pretty much everything with one of these




Packing energy from a 3.0Ah Li-Ion battery that doubles as a counter-balance, the grinder is capable of powering a diamond cutting blade for extended run periods.Running at 10,000rpm, it’s light and easy to use thanks to a slimline body and 1.9kg operating weight.

[nofuse22]

I had my Condor racer nicked from outside work (on a busy street) by someone with an Angle Grinder (what was worse, I was due to ride the etape 2 days later on it... not great doing the etape on a borrowed bike!). They were filmed on cctv by the office opposite (although they couldn't show me the footage - "data protection" apparently), and the security guard described what happened: guy leant over the bike, long coat obscuring frame and lock. 25 seconds later bike was released and he was off on it.) As it was an expensive bike it wasn't a cheap lock (£60 or so). Lesson learned: never lock a bike in London....