Help identifying a bike lock
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Some drunken scummy flatmate knobber thought it would be funny to nick the lock I had lying on the floor next to my bike in my flat last night, after I had told them to STFU at 3am. So, they owe me £25 for a new one - the only trouble being that it appears to be impossible to get such a lock any more.
I think it was made by ABUS, but it was a combination lock that consisted of a cable with a armadillo-like armoured casing made from interlocking metal hoops. it was fairly long as well - it would easily go round really fat lampposts and through the frame with plenty of slack. this is the only picture I have of the bike that shows it in detail (the plastic finishing collar is missing from the end of the tumblers closest to the camera):
The closest I could find was this:
http://www.wittons.co.uk/product_info.php?products...
It appears to be the same lock but with the addition of a light-up numberpad. however, I dont want some huge heavy light up bit on it especially as it often gets left out in the pouring rain, and all the other armoured cable locks I have seen are key operated (which I dont want). I am somewhat pissed off as it was a great lock, someone please tell me it is still availble somewhere? I got it about 4 years ago
I think it was made by ABUS, but it was a combination lock that consisted of a cable with a armadillo-like armoured casing made from interlocking metal hoops. it was fairly long as well - it would easily go round really fat lampposts and through the frame with plenty of slack. this is the only picture I have of the bike that shows it in detail (the plastic finishing collar is missing from the end of the tumblers closest to the camera):
The closest I could find was this:
http://www.wittons.co.uk/product_info.php?products...
It appears to be the same lock but with the addition of a light-up numberpad. however, I dont want some huge heavy light up bit on it especially as it often gets left out in the pouring rain, and all the other armoured cable locks I have seen are key operated (which I dont want). I am somewhat pissed off as it was a great lock, someone please tell me it is still availble somewhere? I got it about 4 years ago
Edited by mat777 on Sunday 11th March 20:49
From your description it definitely sounds like an Abus Steel-o-Flex.
How about this one that doesn't have the light up keypad?
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/abus/tresor-13...
It's worth noting that the Raydo with the light is one level higher on Abus' own security scale
How about this one that doesn't have the light up keypad?
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/abus/tresor-13...
It's worth noting that the Raydo with the light is one level higher on Abus' own security scale
Edited by Viperzs on Friday 16th March 10:41
Hi Viperzs,
Apologies for the delay in reply, but thanks very much for your recommendation! That is indeed just like the one I had and works perfectly again. The extra security of the raydo was noteworthy but after 2 years of being left in some pretty dodgy areas of Bristol, no-one had dared challenge the existing mutha of a steel-o-flex so I decided against spending more of my student beer tokens on it
Apologies for the delay in reply, but thanks very much for your recommendation! That is indeed just like the one I had and works perfectly again. The extra security of the raydo was noteworthy but after 2 years of being left in some pretty dodgy areas of Bristol, no-one had dared challenge the existing mutha of a steel-o-flex so I decided against spending more of my student beer tokens on it
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