Can anybody recommend a Really Good Lock for a Bike

faolteam

one that is not to bulky but compact and keeps the Bike at Bay ?

Tar.Aldarion

Kryptonite mini evolution 7. Nice little lock, comeswith flex cable for front wheel, you can get ssomething better for that wheel though!

faolteam

recommendations

petethedrummer

I have an orange kryptonite mini. It is very good. The only problem is that because it is so small, you can only really get your frame and rear wheel locked together on proper bike stands. You can't lock to random objects. If you have a MTB this might not even be possible.

The upside is that it is very difficult to get anything into the lock to pry it open and because the bike is very fastly secured a thief can't twist the bike and use it as leverage to pop the lock open.

My next lock will probably be a longer orange kryptonite.

Civilian_Target

As recommended above, I've got the Kryptonite Evolution Mini - it's got a good security to weight ratio (because it's small, which also limits what you can lock to), and it's reasonably priced. I've also got Pitlock skewers on the wheels, I'd definitely recommend them, they've saved my bike from being stolen in the past (they thieves buckled the wheel, but didn't get the bike)

If I was locking outside every day though, I would get something heavier. Of this great short list http://www.lfgss.com/thread17938.html I've tried the first two and would take the Abus - but I'm sure either of them is likely to be tougher to cut than what you're locking to!

Plutonium Kun

Abus locks are about the most consistently good, any locksmith will tell you they are the best designed and constructed regular lock. But for a small lock, the Kryptonite Mini is very good, but you need to check first that its big enough for the wheels on your bike, its not always easy to find something to lock your bike to with it.