Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit Chain

I just received this lock today and was heavy! (15½ pounds!) While I was unlocking my bike a guy came up and tried to mug me at night at 8 PM. This guy came up to me with a knife and said give me your… stuff. Before I turned I said " Oh yeah?", I then proceeded to grab the chain and lock and started swinging violently and said " What now mother f****r!", the mugger got scared , dropped his knife and ran away. Pros: Strong Cons: Bulky , Heavy (15.5 pounds)

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I purchased this chain about a month ago. I could've sworn I've written a review, but here it goes again! This is a great chain. It weighs about 8 pounds without the lock on and 11 pounds with it on. This… is the first time I have owned a motorcycle and I did the stupid thing of just putting my chain on the back wheel... kind of like using it as a ginormous disk lock. I finally realized the best this would probably be to lock a wheel to a pole. I moved a couple things around in the garage and locked it to this nice pole. I believe no one can cut this chain without it being highly noticeable. I try not to ride it out to malls and such because I won't be able to run back to it in time if anything happens. At home, I park it fairly far from the already broken outlets so even IF someone wanted to cut my chain, they can't. If they DID, my dog would most likely bark. How do I carry it around? Well, when I DON'T have school, I put it in a banged up empty backpack. I have no idea how I will bring it to school, but another review suggested wrapping it around the waist, so I'll try that. The chain is kind of short, but it is enough to lock my wheel to a fairly thick pole, but not one as thick as say, a light post. Good product. The only problem I have is about someone picking the lock. There are a lot of videos about people picking Kryptonite locks. My question is, can they pick one of the most popular locks out there? Would they DARE? We'll find out soon enough.

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I lot of people recommend chains over U-locks, reasoning that chains can lock both the frame and front wheel. I got the fahgettaboudit chain, but it soon proved to be depressingly heavy, and made parking a… chore to do without scratching the frame. A friend who'd been biking for much longer than I recommended the alternative of using a simple U-lock and security pins. Security pins/skewers are replacements for the quick-release pins and hex screws that keep your wheels, seatpost, and front fork attached to the bike. You can think of them as hex-wrench screws, only instead of a standard hex wrench, they can only be opened by a custom key that comes with the pin set. The U-lock keeps your bike frame locked to some external object, while the pins keep your bike components from walking away. A chain, by contrast, won't deter seat or front fork thieves. I'm now using the fahgettaboudit mini U-lock with Pinhead security skewers (a 4-pack can be found for about $60 on the web). For reference, the U-lock is about 1/3 the weight of this chain, despite having an even thicker shackle. I highly recommend this approach over chains, unless you get a free chain, like my roommate did from me :).

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If you need a long super secure chain to lock your bicycle or motorcycle shed a couple of pounds and get the 4ft 6" NY Noose. The Noose has a loop on one end so you can run the chain through it. It takes an… extra moment to lock your bike, but it's more flexible in ways to lock the bike and it weighs less. Both chain systems use the same basic lock so no savings there. Don't get just the chain and one of those big ULocks, then the lock becomes the weak link in the chain so to speak, and then what is the point of carrying all this weight around? Either way your frame and wheels will still be there when you return even if they've stripped off all the other parts... Hopefully just the sight of the lock will cause the thieves to just pass on your bike and take something easier like a car.

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