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The best bike locks — stop your bike getting stolen
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The '80s and '90s saw an arms race between lock makers and bike thieves that eventually settled down when lock makers figured out how to make locks that would resist everything but hefty portable power tools. Here's our selection of the locks that have the right stuff.
A sufficiently determined thief can breach any lock. However, for the best locks 'sufficiently determined' means 'carrying a portable angle grinder'. That's not a cheap tool in itself, and while it's quick, it's also very conspicuous.