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Finally, a comm for that one user who hand-makes longbows. This ones for you, comrade.
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A bike lock is to prevent a bike being stolen in public. Even the best ones can't compete with a pair of bolt cutters and 90 seconds of nobody watching them.
I have twice seen videos of bikes being stolen with bolt cutters in broad daylight, surrounded by bystanders. One in UK one in Canada. Fucking useless ass anglos.
I once walked past some kids as they stole a bike, they took it with pit crew like efficiency and had someone riding it off in a second or so, before the security guard watching them a few metres away could fully react. Timed it to start working right as I passed between them and the guard. Really impressive work, 10/10 theft.
You're right, and even a shed isnt perfect because the security is deferred to whatever lock you attach to the door. I'll have them covered with a tarp or something for the rain which would hopefully obscure them from any opportunistic theft.