allengeorge
Senior Member
Litelok X1 and X3, as well as the Hiplock D1000. I have the X1; it’s a chonker and significantly heavier than my Abus Granit. I cant imagine how heavy the X3 and D1000 are.
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imerk
Active Member
$252 though? I imagine that's as expensive as the average rider's bike.
allengeorge
Senior Member
Any locking technique has to be a balance between what you’re willing to spend and the cost of what you’re securing.
Often the best strategy - as @evandyk pointed out - is to make your bike harder to steal than the surrounding ones. Or, just use Bikeshare.
Also, I think it’s a little sad that the vast majority of people have never experienced (or will never experience) anything better than a department store bike. They are awful. One would be better off buying a used bike from a coop. That said, I don’t judge people for buying what they can to get some wheels.
smallspy
Senior Member
Two things....First, you get what you pay for.
And second, $252 wasn't even half of average price of a rider's bike when I was last in the bike industry almost 20 years ago.
To reiterate @evandyk 's point.....I recall many, many years ago interacting with bike courier downtown who had a very high-end carbon fibre bike frame well before they were commonplace. He wrapped his frame in electrical tape so as to disguise what it actually was. He had it for many years. But if you knew, you knew.....
Dan
generalcanada
Senior Member
as someone that owns a high end bike worth over $3000 I think the whole "someone cut my lock" is a bit exaggerated.
In the way that you cant buy a $15 wallmart lock expecting it to keep the bike safe, you have to invest in a good lock.
This isnt an ad, but I use a "kryptonite new york lock" which comes with insurance because they are so confident its that hard to cut. They will give you the full cost of the bike if your bike gets stolen while locked up
Its just over $100.
In the way that you cant buy a $15 wallmart lock expecting it to keep the bike safe, you have to invest in a good lock.
This isnt an ad, but I use a "kryptonite new york lock" which comes with insurance because they are so confident its that hard to cut. They will give you the full cost of the bike if your bike gets stolen while locked up
Its just over $100.
Bojaxs
Active Member
And so why would that mean slower trains? Help me understand please. Aren't the C-trains in Calgary also governed by a signalling system? They seem to go fairly fast.
imerk
Active Member
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate paying for quality as much as the next person, just had a bit of sticker shock. A Kryptonite lock in the $100-150 range was more so my expectation.
As a pretty casual rider who mainly uses BikeShare now I might be a bit out of touch to what daily cyclist commuters are using these days. I guess it's very possible most people are riding $1000 bikes and locking them up outside..
smallspy
Senior Member
It's not.
I worked at a host of different bike stores in my youth, most in the east end but one in Cabbagetown. In the east end, we'd get a couple of people a week coming in looking for a new bike because their previous one had its lock cut. Downtown, it was more like daily.
And that was 25 years ago. More people are cycling today. I don't have any hard numbers unfortunately, but it stands to reason that more people are getting their bikes stolen, too.
Agreed.
It's way more than $100. I used to sell them by the tonne at $150, and that was 25 and more years ago.
Dan
The REAL
New Member
Apparently the EELRT will use different vehicles because of how the tunnels will be positioned away from Kennedy station and the SSE (Line 2 extension to STC)Lots of new detail on the Eglinton East LRT here:
Eglinton East LRT: Public Consultation
For Phase Two Public Consultations, Public Drop-In Events were held on May 29, May 30 and June 1, 2024 that included an opportunity to speak with project staff and view display boards. Members of the public can complete a survey before June 30 to provide feedback as part of the Transit and Rail...www.toronto.ca
generalcanada
Senior Member
I got this for 130$ total 2 years ago
inflation hurts
my point was that there is alot of people who buy sub-100$ cable locks and think its good enough.
You say people came in saying their lock was cut, but didnt say which one. How do you know they didnt use cable locks?
eglinton1661
New Member
Yes, the reason for this is explained in Steve Munro's post here from 2022:
Eglinton East LRT Update, June 2022 (Revised)
Revised June 9, 2022: A section has been added at the end of the article based on the discussion at the Executive Committee meeting. Two reports are on Toronto’s Executive Committee Agenda fo…
stevemunro.ca
Also, I am old enough to remember when this thread was about the Eglinton Crosstown. Two pages on bike locks, my god. Make a different thread
cplchanb
Senior Member
seems like they next train signs are now showing actual train info. saw the ones at Aga Khan station showing next 2 train etas
turbanplanner
Active Member
Just what we need, more orphan threads with less posts than I have fingersYes, the reason for this is explained in Steve Munro's post here from 2022:
Eglinton East LRT Update, June 2022 (Revised)
Revised June 9, 2022: A section has been added at the end of the article based on the discussion at the Executive Committee meeting. Two reports are on Toronto’s Executive Committee Agenda fo…
Also, I am old enough to remember when this thread was about the Eglinton Crosstown. Two pages on bike locks, my god. Make a different thread
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I thought the issue was derailments? In this video Alstom is blaming loose wheel nuts.
Let's hope we don't suffer such issues with the Crosstown.
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T3G
Senior Member
How many times have you been told that Ottawa and the Crosstown use different types of train models?