Thorn Cycles Forum
Community => Thorn General => Topic started by: wookster on January 03, 2007, 02:07:56 PM
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how secure are these couplings??? i use a £60 D lock on my stealth raven but could someone come along unscrew the coupling and walk away a bike??? the best bike i've owned along with my brompton..
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wookster,
The S&S couplings need strength to undo even with the necessary sizes of dedicated spanner - not something I would expect an opportunistic bike thief to carry.
If your bike is locked to a solid object with a gold rated lock through the rear triangle, lock attached to a high quality cable through your front wheel and both wheels fitted with pitlock skewers this leaves the bike reasonably secure.
A thief could still undo the S&S couplings, remove the stem and slide the forks out. This would leave the front section of frame at risk. Would a thief bother for only this bit of a bike?
Enjoy your S&S raven, secure your bike as above and let bike insurance cover any theft attempt.
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Cheers for that i was just wondering,i use pitlock skewers, can recomend them saves a lot of worry about those posh hoops.. As for owning a s&s raven? I doubt it somehow quite happy with what i've got, maybe a dynamic when baby "W" is a bit bigger??? Any other ravens in devon?