OnGuard Akita 5043 Bicycle Security Cable (Lock Not Included)
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Manufacturer: OnGuardBrand: OnGuard
Model: 45005043
Color: --
Product features:
- Does not include bracket
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Sports reviews of OnGuard Akita 5043 Bicycle Security Cable (Lock Not Included)
Customer Review: High Security, but thick and heavy
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
The thickness of this cable is about as thick as a woman's pinkie finger. It's pretty thick as cables go. The ends are plenty big enough to slip over a U-lock. This is a good cable for going though a front tire, but it's so thick and heavy that it is be somewhat difficult to slip through anything else, and a bear to carry.
Cables of any kind are really just to keep someone without tools from walking away with a part of a U-lock secured bike. I keep one of my bikes parked at a train station overnight with other bikes: the thieves always take the ones locked only with a cable. You need a U lock to protect a bike parked for more than about 30 minutes or a bike worth more than about $300. I've seen Wal Mart bikes that had been stripped to the frame, worth no more than about $30, stolen when they were locked only with a cable like this one with a padlock.
Cables are only used to lock accessories. I have a bike worth about $150 used I leave overnight at a train station locked with a U lock, and this cable goes through the seat, rear storage rack and front wheel, with the U lock locked using Sheldon Brown's lock technique, and twice, thieves have come through and stolen anything secured only with a cable (the cut cables are strewn all over the lot), but they left my bike alone, because the cable was just protecting the accessories and the U lock was really protecting the bike.
A thinner cable is going to provide just about the same security, but they make the thinner cables just a little too short 6' compared to this cable's 7' length. I have both sizes, but this is the one I use on the bike for which weight is not a great concern. I keep it threaded through the seat and rear cargo rack and when I unlcok it, I leave it threaded through those things and just wrap it a couple of times around the seat post and then I thread one end through the other to keep it in place. Threading a cable of this thickness through the seat and cargo rack takes too long to keep installing and removing it. However, I appreciate the added one foot of length, so it's my cable of choice.
Description of OnGuard Akita 5043 Bicycle Security Cable (Lock Not Included)
The On Guard Akita Cable Lock Series are available as single cables and as cables with integrated combination or keyed locks.
- Cinch-loop; requires less cable for effective lock-ups
- Heavy duty, flexable steel cable
- Does not include bracket
| Item Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Lock Size | 7' x 10mm |
| Bracket Incuded | no |
| Lock Style | Not included |
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