Testing The World's Best Bike Locks 

Bought 2 of D16 because of this video and it's not the same lock...

You should try to grind the Squire Stronghold D16 that was around £130

I wonder how much time it would take to cut the base that the bike is locked to ???

I picked up a D16 today too but this seems like cheap plastic rubbish. Can't find a D16 Max anywhere!

I agree, my plastic even came broken.. ​@@SidLuther

Why not? Cheap. Easy to maintain. Don't need garage. Just why?

Eh???

Yeah also if the rack is not solid to the ground but have movement pushing it by hand then stay away of that parking spot

damn bro. ey thanks for the tip.

Someone once told me the best way to make sure someone doesn't steal your bike is to make it ugly AF (cover it in stickers) and park it next to a pretty road bike. Yours will become invisible.

If you have an expensive drivetrain, they'll just cut through the bike frame and part it out. If you ride a bike with cheap parts (e.g. 3x8 drivetrain) and put a second u-lock through the front wheel, it's probably going to be more trouble than it's worth to steal.

That said, I feel like people are quick to "not my problem" and ignore someone grinding through a bike lock, because they'll either figure it's not their problem or that clearly the blatant use of power tools means they're not a thief, they're retrieving a bike or something. If said thief is sawing through the bike rack though? Now that's _clearly_ not supposed to be happening, plus whoever owns said bike rack (a business or the city) is going to care about that very quickly. Of course, sawing the bike off is always the third option, but most thieves don't want a broken bike, unless there's a lot of expensive components on it and they're willing to 'settle' for just the components...

@@Saftkeur but how much used components are worth, even if expensive when new? Is there a well developed market for these?

@@borisgurevich5504 I have no idea tbh. I imagine they're still valuable, and the sort of thief willing to chop stuff up in public probably doesn't care so long as they get a bit of cash out of it. Though I also kinda doubt most thieves are paying attention to anything besides "that bike looks expensive".

Precisely zero bike thieves are going to pick your lock 😂😂😂 not while cordless angle grinders exist.

@@richiejames928unless the LPL is the bike thief

It may happen BUT it is extremely rare for any bike thieves to pick a lock instead of going straight for the brute force option instead.

@@tconnolly9820except that we have just seen a lock that cannot be cut with a regular angle grinder

@@borisgurevich5504 I wouldn't agree with that. You saw an inexperienced person using a mini battery powered angle grinder and not using the ideal cutting disc for the task. Straight off, using that same equipment I would have been walking away with that bike in less than two minutes. I'd just cut the f#&king bike rack and that bike is mine. It's at the stage now where in most cases it is easier to cut the bike rack than even a Gold rated lock. Take that bike back to my premises and I will make short work of those two "indestructible" locks in two minutes or less with a mains powered industrial cutter. When you are preventing the local scumbag kids and "amateur" thieves they are very good. Up against someone organised and experienced with powerful battery powered industrial cutters, they're an inconvenience.

These locks have finishes on them that wear down metal cutting disks. Diamond ceramic cutters work better on them.

Some locks has ceramic additives that eat up metal cutting discs, and some has plastic or aluminum coatings that melts, gunk ups blade and jams it. I guess it's the case with those angle grinder resistant locks they testes, so diamond disc is only way to go.

I thought the same thing. I haven’t found a metal yet I couldn’t cut through quickly with a Walter zip disc.

Also, sure it looks better but, you don't need to use a real bike for the cutting test, you re throwing a lot of metallic particles to the bike!

One at home, one at work. Then keep a lightweight lock with you for quick stops elsewhere.

I’ve found that putting the mount on the top tube so that the lock sits parallel to the frame and out of the way of your knees works well.

A lot of D locks come with a mount that allows you to store them inside the main triangle - little holder thing bolts onto the seat tube and you slot the lock in and out of there. Most of Hiplock's products can, as the name suggests, be worn almost like a belt around the rider's hips. When I used to need to, I carried a D lock in my rucksack along with my change of shoes and other work-related things. These days I have secure cycle storage at my workplace so I just leave a small lock in the cycle storage.

As well as all the other suggestions, Temple cycles makes a holster for d-locks that sits on the back of your saddle, sort of like a saddle bag

Mine I mount to the top tube so it just sits inside the frame. That’s what I do with my Kryptonite walks. Mine actually came with a pretty basic but effective little mounting strap for that purpose.

Thing is it depends on what they steal in the first place grinder wise.

Yeah It isn't for Metal

Standard metal cutting discs get eaten up by the anti angle grinder locks, so you have to use diamond discs instead. We've done this a few times now ;)

I use one of those diamond metal blades, they cut pretty well

Yup , I get all my free e bikes using a DeWalt and diamond discs​@@amarya86

Same. It’s mostly about DETERRING

I have 2 u locks and 2 chain locks (gold, diamond and alarm) if they still manage to steal dat idk what to say man 😅😅

What city

@@blazeraz7666 i have 2 diamond u locks, a chain, bike cover, alarm and insurance. lol i live in brooklyn and my e bike stays outside. no problems so far after 3 years of doing this

Depends on the bike and city bro

Litelok x3 and Litelok Moto are the best you can get. Three batteries and up to 10 diamond disks put them streets above all locks tested here.

Yeah, thin metal cutting disc would do the job much faster

yeah. That bike stand isn't made of scaffold steel. One cut and bend it. Hopefully the disk would be dead before they thought of that 😀

@@johncoxy1 Although stealing bikes IMHO is stupid to begin with, I would never count on a thief being dumber than I am when it comes to finding a way to get my bike. The best way I know to keep mine is to never let it out of my sight.

a true thief revealing himself

he would be done before they described the locks.

"...3... 2...." "Done!" 😂

Kinda pointless though, no bike thief is going to pick your lock.

Easy mode for LPL, and luckily most thieves are too dim to have the skills to do so even if they had the tools.

solution: square pipe

​@@edmundas919 the solution to your solution is that the frame gets cut. No one wants to sell a complete bike with a identification number on the bottom bracket. A complete groupset and or wheels in fairly good condition however change hands fast and aren`t traceable.

@@georgzwiebel9585 It's not a problem in europe. Lack of unified register and open borders makes it easy to move bicycles abroad and sell them. Only cycling enthusiasts care about bike history, regular person cares only about low price.

​@@edmundas919 Most high end bikes (everything from 105, deore etc. upwards in terms of group sets) that get stolen are getting dissasembled and the parts except the frame get sold in the same country on second hand website as used parts. why should a bike thief group in for example germany transport the bike to poland, czech republic or austria when they get a higher price for the stolen groupsets, wheels and parts in the original country?

I'm happy they used diamond blade, because some locks have ceramic additives that eat up metal cutting blades when cutting and other channels who tested them came to conclusion that lock is uncuttable when diamond disc would have no problems with it. Of course I'd be happier if they tried with both type of blades.

Diamond cutting wheel is probably the worst disc to use, a 3M 125X1.0mm Cubitron 3 would rip the arse out of them locks in seconds!

manupulating results and promote brand thats why they using concrete disc :) its a joke.

A diamond one for cutting masonry 😔

In the States that red would be a Diablo diamond blade, idk if that translates across the pond though

At least then it would be a felony if they got caught. Destruction of government property in the U.S. is a bigger thing than a person's lock and a stolen bike.

That's why everyone locks the rear wheel to the rack, can't ride a locked wheel

@@IsaacRC But you can carry or drive it to somewhere else instead.

@@lindus9201 I wouldn't want going around showing the actual evidence of a theft

@@IsaacRC Sure, but you could just take it somewhere safe and use a corded angle drive and not having to bother with time or sound, was what I ment.

but this just means they did not buy the proper lock. because a properly sized and used locked bike prevents people from shoving things in between the shackles. its not usually a good idea to buy a lock with a massive sized shackle and lock one bike to a small thin object. if thats the case, you'll wanna size down and buy something with a smaller U.

Ermm.. are you sure about the FL/850? It's a 2kg lock

@@ehuremovic526 The FL/850 Is under 1Kg according to Squire. The Straplok is about 1.5Kg. They obviously arent going to be as as light or packable as an Abus Combiflex retractable cable lock but the FL/850 is no heavier than an bottle carrying 800ml of water. Maybe light locks was the wrong term.

@@Rose.Of.Hizaki turns Squire make two kinds of FL/850. I think you're talking about the Folda FL/850 and I'm talking about the Stronghold FL/850. Is my understanding correct?

@@ehuremovic526 Only the one i see on their website. So i assume its the folder.

I personally carry around a metal zip tie and just keep my bike in sight. Fits in jersey pocket and is light.

The high end Squires have hardened steel pins and ball bearings in the keyway to damage drill bits. Check out LPL Squire SS100CS teardown.

Check out LPLs Squire SS100CS teardown, high end Squires have hardened steel pins and ball bearings in the keyway to damage drill bits.

Custom titanium. Idk what brand made for him.