Lightweight lock recommendations

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  • After a lock that isn't too heavy or bulky. Nothing to lock my bike too, so just needed to secure the rear wheel. Any recommendations?
    Thanks

  • How much is light??

    Krypto evo mini is 0.8kg and currently £29.21 on amazon.
    OnGuard Bulldog mini is slightly heavier (0.9kg ish i think) and with aux cable, £20.37 also on amazon.

    Both mini u-locks (8.5cm x 14cm) so ideal for rear wheel. Both fit in most back pockets.But these maybe overkill for just rear wheel, both sold secure silver.

    Hope it helps

  • light lock = weak lock.

    evo mini fit the bill, or just get those wheel that have a quick release system, and replace that with a secure one.

  • As above, but.............

    Onguard Brute Mini or the Xena XSU102

    But for lightness, and therefore LESS security (ie. CAN be cut with handpowered boltcutters), the Kryptonite Evolution Mini is probably the best.

  • from all reviews i've read the evo mini will resist bolt cutters and effectively all hand tools

  • Resist is different from refuse.

    16mm hardened steel U-Locks refuse to be cut by hand/arm-powered bolt cutters.

    13mm resist cutting, but will be cut by hand/arm-powered bolt cutters.

    The exception is the ABUS Granit X 54. This is because its narrowest part of its bar diameter is 13mm, but its diagonal cross section is closer to 16mm. Its square shaped, not round like other 13mm U-locks.

  • Tynan security paste ftw

    you should always be able to access some freshly

    or use dental floss and tie a really compicated knot in it

  • ahh fair enough so thats where the fahg comes in, for the purposes of just a rear wheel and this thread i would suggest that just resisting cutters is more than enough, go for the evo.

    Then again if you've got a set of 4' cutters you can get through any of it. There's a video on youtube of them cutting a ny fahg chain with boltcutters, scary waste of £90.

  • You're new here MDS, go to the Locks That Work thread, and just read the first post.
    Its pretty well known, but maybe not to all the newcomers.

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