Belting down William Street at about 17:45 this evening, having hit the Flinders Lane tram lines particularly hard, I heard something heavy and plastic following me down the road. Assuming it had come off my bike, I had a look around to make sure everything was still attached. Computer - check. Lights - check. False leg - err whatever. Anyway, it's not until I'm home and try to lock my bike up.... ahhhhh! So that's what it was.
Despite heading back to the scene 30 minutes later and having a good scout around (including under parked cars, much to the amusement of passers-by), my precious lock had gone. I'm very keen to get it back, not only because it will be a good $100 to replace (it's an Abus Manhattan), but it has faithfully protected my bike for over two years, including an unsuccessful attack by 5 yoofs in central London last February.
So in the vague hope they are reading this, if anyone has picked a U-lock in central Melbourne, or if they can suggest a reasonably-priced replacement, I'd be very glad to hear from them.
"Craigster" <[email hidden]@m.co.uk> wrote in message news:[email hidden]
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So in the vague hope they are reading this, if anyone has picked a U-lock in central Melbourne, or if they can suggest a reasonably-priced replacement, I'd be very glad to hear from them.
I use a Kryptonite LS D-lock. $89 at MBC Prahran for the long one. I wouldn't touch the cheapies.
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Belting down William Street at about 17:45 this evening, having hit the Flinders Lane tram lines particularly hard, I heard something heavy and plastic following me down the road. Assuming it had come off my bike, I had a look around to make sure everything was still attached. Computer - check. Lights - check. False leg - err whatever. Anyway, it's not until I'm home and try to lock my bike up.... ahhhhh! So that's what it was. Despite heading back to the scene 30 minutes later and having a good scout around (including under parked cars, much to the amusement of passers- by), my precious lock had gone. I'm very keen to get it back, not only because it will be a good $100 to replace (it's an Abus Manhattan), but it has faithfully protected my bike for over two years, including an unsuccessful attack by 5 yoofs in central London last February. So in the vague hope they are reading this, if anyone has picked a U- lock in central Melbourne, or if they can suggest a reasonably-priced replacement, I'd be very glad to hear from them. Cheers, Craigster
Dang. the Abus is meant to be the best going round if the C+ reviews ar anything to go by. commiseration
Did you look in the nearby drains? I know the intersection quite wel and there cant be that many places it could have gone there, withou human intervention
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Craigster said:
So in the vague hope they are reading this, if anyone has picked a U- lock in central Melbourne, or if they can suggest a reasonably-priced replacement, I'd be very glad to hear from them. Cheers, Craigster
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Dang. the Abus is meant to be the best going round if the C+ reviews are anything to go by. commiserations
Did you look in the nearby drains? I know the intersection quite well and there cant be that many places it could have gone there, without human intervention!
What colour is/was it? Was it intact?
Black, yes intact (and locked) - with some major scarring due to the aforementioned attempted theft, but otherwise in perfect order. Had a fairly good root around, including through all the leaves in the gutter but no joy. I'd imagine that if a car had hit it at full whack it could have done some nice damage, so someone probably picked it up fairly quickly.
ISTR, what I liked about it over the Kryptonites I tried at the time, was that you didn't need the key in the lock to close the shackle, you just push and it snaps into place.
