Naw, fahgettaboutit!

today i rode into town to buy chunky locks for my new baby. i was thinking "get the most hardcore lock you can get, ted."

ended up with a kryptonite fahgettaboutit mini d-lock (for the front wheel) and a fahgettaboutit chain with teensie d-lock (for frame and backwheel).

chucked the new locks around my waist, got about 3/4 of the way home and thought, "this is f*cking ridiculous!!! i can't be doing this." i kept the d-lock but ended up taking the chain back and got an abus city chain x-plus instead. still damn heavy, but about half the weight of the fahgettaboutit.

does anyone actually use a fahgettaboutit chain? who the hell can carry that much weight on them? together, the two locks weigh about three times what my bike does...

I have the same combination, i normally just keep them for special occasions such as gigs, partys, clubs etc. When i know i may be away from the bike for a while in a shady area

For day time trips to the shop i use the evolution and fag mini d's.

I've been using my fug chain for the last year....always carry it around my waist....and i only weigh ten stone!!!
sure you've not got it too loose and hanging round yer arse making it seem heavier?
Oh...and i use the fug mini too....:)

how would you shorten it? that was part of the problem, but the lock wouldn't fit mid-way through the links of the chain, and i didn't fancy testing how hardcore the chain was with a hacksaw.

i think i'll stick with the abus lock -- it seems pretty strong -- and mini d lock.

I think someone posted a few months ago about putting a mini climbing caribener on one of the links for when you're wearing it.

Hacksaw, no; angle-grinder, yes: do your cutting at night, for that added pyrotechnic goodness.

Just don't lock through the carabiner when you lock your bike up...;)

Do you speak from experience?;)

I think the best tactic for a heavy lock is to leave it where you lock up regularly, at work or at home. Then your bike will be safe while you are sleeping/working, and you can use a lighter lock to lock up outside shops for a few minutes.

By the look of the stolen bike posts on here, it seems like people should be storinging faghedda locks for use outside their favourite hackney pubs.

Council + Angle Grinder = No more lock.

Think of the extra weight of the chains as building up strength/endurance :)

Give it a little, a month at most, you won't even notice it.