Bike Security

Have a look at this photo, and make up your own mind: This was all that was left of someone’s bike that’d been stored in the factory yard at one of my clients’ offices. They had a break in just before christmas, and as well as a bunch
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Our car failed its annual MoT test. That means mandatory remedial work before it’s allowed on the road, we won’t get it back ’till Monday evening . . . and an unplanned bill of around £800. Bah! You could buy a great town bike for that sort of money. But on the bright side, it means...
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So over at the HiR Information Report, my attention was drawn to a post by AxOn, which  has what looks like a step-by-step guide on how to get around Masterlock’s Python. Basically, he shows that with a strip of alumunium cut from a drinks can,
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The weather here’s been properly wintry over the last few days. It started off with a cold & clear weekend of heavy frosts and bright skies, and then descended into freezing rain, hail, sleet and all that jazz from Monday lunch time. I was supposed to be on the BikeAbility instructors’ course from Monday to...
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This video shows a reformed ex-bicycle thief in the Netherlands. We’ll call him Fritz, but that’s not his real name. Anyway, the premise of the film is to show you just how easy it is to break into most cheep bike locks - in this case less
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