TIGR mini bike lock ?

[Kenneth]

Has anyone used the bike lock featured on the cruzbike site on an S40 with any regularity? I'm considering buying one but wonder how versatile it is to use in varying situations? Right now I still carry a kryptonite chain when I need a lock.

 

[BikeGary]

Has anyone used the bike lock featured on the cruzbike site on an S40 with any regularity? I'm considering buying one but wonder how versatile it is to use in varying situations? Right now I still carry a kryptonite chain when I need a lock.

While I have not used that lock, locks are all about conditions. I own a kryptonite chain and at 8lbs is ridiculously heavy to carry around. I used to leave it at work for commuting. When out for an errand, I would take a cable and a kryptonite U lock. The key is that your bike becomes more difficult than the bike next to you, and just hard enough to not bother with. Where I work now I could use a clothes pin and the bike would still be fine. But at one place I worked they had a cage, and we had thieves cut the cage apart to get inside at the bikes.

Back to the lock sold here, I suspect you would also need a cable to lock up the wheels and to thread through any bike rack.

Here's a video of a pair of bolt cutters going right through it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/1n13in/the_tigr_lock_is_incredibly_easy_to_break_127/

But here's a video of a breaking every other lock...

So it all depends on what you think your actual threat is.

 

[Mathew Fy]

I use the TIGR and like its light weight medium security. (I had a heavy duty cable lock I cut through in 10 seconds with a pair of side cutters.) I travel with it in a Jandd bag.
I got mine from the manufacturer so I could get the lock keyed to match the bow lock I used on my DF bike.
Here’s some pics of the TIGR with a V20.

 

[Kenneth]

While I have not used that lock, locks are all about conditions. I own a kryptonite chain and at 8lbs is ridiculously heavy to carry around. I used to leave it at work for commuting. When out for an errand, I would take a cable and a kryptonite U lock. The key is that your bike becomes more difficult than the bike next to you, and just hard enough to not bother with. Where I work now I could use a clothes pin and the bike would still be fine. But at one place I worked they had a cage, and we had thieves cut the cage apart to get inside at the bikes.

Back to the lock sold here, I suspect you would also need a cable to lock up the wheels and to thread through any bike rack.

Here's a video of a pair of bolt cutters going right through it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/1n13in/the_tigr_lock_is_incredibly_easy_to_break_127/

But here's a video of a breaking every other lock...

So it all depends on what you think your actual threat is.

I've had a bike stolen twice in my life, once when I was in 4th grade and again 35 years later from my work , both times it was a sinking feeling to walk out and find the bike gone. So I don't use a lock because I think it's not possible for a bike to be stolen with one, I use a lock to keep the casual opportunist from walking away with my bike easily and for me to know I did my part by at least trying to keep it safe.

 

[Kenneth]

I use the TIGR and like its light weight medium security. (I had a heavy duty cable lock I cut through in 10 seconds with a pair of side cutters.) I travel with it in a Jandd bag.
I got mine from the manufacturer so I could get the lock keyed to match the bow lock I used on my DF bike.
Here’s some pics of the TIGR with a V20.
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Thanks the pictures help. I'll be ordering one soon.

 

[BikeGary]

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I've had a bike stolen twice in my life, once when I was in 4th grade and again 35 years later from my work , both times it was a sinking feeling to walk out and find the bike gone. So I don't use a lock because I think it's not possible for a bike to be stolen with one, I use a lock to keep the casual opportunist from walking away with my bike easily and for me to know I did my part by at least trying to keep it safe.

That's an interesting setup with the Jandd Bag. How did you attach it to your seat? And that's a Thor seat right?

 

[BikeGary]

Oh, and even though cables are an easy cut, it's worth cable'ing the other wheel, and just add another padlock. The goal is to require a thief to have a variety of tools necessary to take your bike.

Of course riding a Cruzbike prevents many people from "just riding away"... as there is a learning curve!

 

[Mathew Fy]

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That's an interesting setup with the Jandd Bag. How did you attach it to your seat? And that's a Thor seat right?

I drilled holes into the Thor’s ribs and crimped rivet nuts with a dab of JB Weld glue for extra security. The Cruzbike Race Case has these rivet nuts on the sides.

 

[kling]

I have most variants of the Tigr locks and agree it is good (especially being able to order same keyed).

Find that the Tigr mini+ https://tigrlock.com/collections/all-products/products/blue-mini-plus (not sold on the Cruzbike store) is best for locking Cruzbikes as it has the rectangular rather than triangular lock space. [exception- T50, which is difficult to mount a mini+ without impingement on the rear wheel wide posts].

I’ll check out the Jandd bag. Thanks, Kendrick

 

[BikeGary]

I have the Cruzbike underseat bag and I love it, except if you want to take the stuff that is in it along with you. Then I use another bag inside of it (roll top) and then I can grab that. For commuting I've mounted a set of front pannier racks on the rear wheel facing in reverse on my S30. There is another thread around which shows that setup. It allows me to clip in my Ortlib panniers and carry the usual crap I haul to work and home.