Cafe Lock

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reohn2
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Re: Cafe Lock

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Mick F wrote:I bought a curly wire plastic-coated lock from B+Q a few years ago. Quite cheap £3.99 I think, and it fits in a jersey pocket ok. It stretches out to about a metre.

I've used it many many times, and I'm very pleased with it.
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+1 though I don't think it'll fit in a jersey pocket too well. B&Q do sell them in packets of three(steady :roll: )that use the same key for all three (six keys, three and three spare,I think) which is handy if you, like me have three different bags on three different bikes :? .
I have one key left in each lock and a spare on my house keys in my pocket so when any one of the bikes is locked up I have a spare key with me at all times(now) as it has been known for me to loose a key,only once,but I'd locked four bikes up with it.
Someone found it under-the-table-in-the-tearoom-where-we-were-sat,but only after we'd sawn-through-the-cable-with-the-borrowed-hacksaw :evil:
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Erudin
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Re: Cafe Lock

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Top Features of the Abus CombiFlex 202 90cm Cable Bike Lock

* Same size as a mobile phone and weighing just a few grams
* Compact, convenient secuirty solution for low risk applications
* Retractable plastic coated steel cable and simple 3 digit resettable combination mechanism
* Ideal for club run or cafe stops
* 2.5mm thick
* 90cm long

Given 9/10 by What Mountain Bike.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/abus-combiflex-202-90cm-cable-bike-lock/

Or you could use a seatsaver cable with your choice of padlock:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kryptonite-kryptoflex-seatsaver-76cm-cable-bike-lock/
ojw
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Re: Cafe Lock

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Dave Barter wrote:I had a genius idea though. A locking QR would do the trick with a length of copper pipe cut to hub length and ends stopped with old cone nuts...


Except that the "locking QR" is just a 5-sided allen-key which you can buy in any bike-shop?
Dave Barter
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Re: Cafe Lock

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Onguard do a set that use custom keys
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Why not have a brief glance at http://www.phased.co.uk for some lighthearted cycling blathering
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quiksilver
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Re: Cafe Lock

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Get yourself some shorts with a belt, a Fabric Horse and a Kryptonite Evo Mini.
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