Advice on reasonable security

[JBaptist]

I'm going to be parking my bike outside my missus's house, so I'm after a disc lock and alarm if possible

I do have a chain but there's nowhere to attach it to, and when it's parked at my folks place it's in a shed, with a van parked in front of the door so pretty secure

I was going to buy a disc lock / alarm from halfords but the salesman put me off (bad salesman)

He said he had one and it malfunctioned one time and he couldn't turn it off (ended up riding to the beach and burying it in the sand apparently)

Is this a common thing or was this just misfortune?

I don't want to be a nuisance and having to dealing with one going off all the time as I have kids and there are neighbours with young children too

Thanks if you can help

[Joeman]

Why didn't he taken the batteries out???

[Hoggs]

Why didn't he taken the batteries out???

 

Because you need an allen key and it's obviously quicker, easier and cheaper to drive to the beach and bury the damn thing than get a key from the place you work at.

[JBaptist]

I have no idea I didn't ask him, if he didn't tell me that story he may have made a sale

[Hoggs]

To be actually helpful, I had an oxford screamer disc lock alarm that had gone a bit funny and when you locked it it went off regardless (think the reset button had stuck but couldn't figure out how to get to that bit!) but it stopped as soon as you unlocked it. Took the batteries out in the end (which took 2 mins with an allen key)

[JBaptist]

Thats the one that was there haha, guess I should avoid them then

[Hoggs]

TBH I bought a couple more oxford (non screaming!) disc locks and I'm not massively impressed - especially as they were around £20. You have to turn the key back and forth a few times, then wiggle, then back and forth again to get everything lined up before they will open which isn't great when you're doing it in a cold dark garage.

[JBaptist]

Loads of the reviews for Disc locks with alarms on them say they can be set off by rain

I live in Wales, there's always rain....any good ones out there that are rain proof?

[JRH]

I use something like this.

http://www.fastbikebits.com/product/491 ... ac12802998

No alarms but can not be prised apart and bolt cropper can not be used. Could pair this with a movement alarm fitted under the seat so not affected by rain.

[Paul-Kent]

I'd avoid Oxford disc locks as Hoggs mentioned, I find the keys very "soft" and easily bent .

Saying that, I still use one as I'm too tight to replace it [emoji6]

[MR_W]

Been using my Oxford disc lock for 8 years and no issues....

[fullscreenaging]

I have the oxford patriot disc lock. Great piece of kit. The key shaft is a U shape so will not bend.

You could always look at the croclock. It goes on your throttle and locks the front brake on.

[CrookzV4]

In my experience the technology isn't there for alarmed disc locks. I've had two different Oxford ones (Screamer, boss). Within days of using both, as soon as we got wind or rain they went off constantly. Both times Oxford said it was a faulty sensor, but I don't believe them.