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Velocio in reply to @Pragma

I'm not sure why you found it difficult to find the dimensions on our chains

I was looking at the product page, the "Detailed Info" link which goes here: http://securityforbikes.com/proddetail.php?prod=P19-x.x

I'm not convinced of the value of 19mm chains on bicycles in general as the advantage they give over 16mm is basically down to angle grinder resistance, and realistically an angle grinder has a chance of getting through anything.

Very true, I've cut a few myself. However the deterrence of a 19mm chain compared to a 16mm adds a little to the risk mitigation.

My bike is custom. It's rather ridiculous, the majority of motorcycles cost less. I'll be locking it on a London street during the day, and the bike screams high price tag. I'll go for every insane option I can, especially as even though it is fully insured the money is totally irrelevant... what matters is that I'm not sure the framebuilder is even making new frames any more. If it gets stolen I will never get an equivalent replacement. A 19mm chain for a usability headache is fine... and the chain will do the frame and rear wheel... Kryptonite mini for the front wheel, Xena alarm on the front disc (most likely to move).

Does that help?

Yes.

I'll still go for the Abloy PL362 though.

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Pragma in reply to @Velocio

Ah, that product detail page is just inside our shopping cart, whereas our 'Info' pages have the main guff on our products. It is on my to-do list to restructure the site to make all this easier to navigate. Apologies that it is not as easy to find info as it should be. Most people come to our cart via the info pages, but if you bypass that then you may think there is a dearth of detail. Checkout the other pages (at the top of the navbar) if you want detail on any of our stuff, and we always try to answer questions ;-)

I'll still go for the Abloy PL362 though.

Fair enough, but PM me separately with an address and we'll send you a 13mm offcut link and an 11mm link as well, FoC. If you put one or other of those in the gap next to the chain, whichever is the tighest fit, you should be able to obstruct access to the shackle and get the best of both worlds, hopefully. I'd be interested to know if this works as we've got loads of offcuts from the smaller chains and it might be something of use to others :-)

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