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TECH NEWS
2021 Hiplok D1000 ATTACK TESTING BOOTHHiplok reveals ‘world’s first truly portable bike lock to resist angle-grinder attacks’
British security and storage brand Hiplok has launched a 1.8kg portable bike lock solution that it claims is capable of resisting "a severe, sustained angle grinder attack".
Angle grinders are motorised hand tools that are commonly used by professional bicycle and motorcycle thieves as they are highly effectively at cutting through locks, no matter how big or chunky... but “the grind is over”, claims Hiplok, with the launch of its D1000 D-lock. Hiplok want to set a new bar for portable angle grinder-proof locks, given the relatively low weight of 1.8kg (if it is in fact angle-grinder proof - we have one on the way to find out!)
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Ferosafe composite graphene material is used, that according to Hiplok, “effectively resists high power angle grinders due to its unique chemical and physical properties”.
Independently tested by Sold Secure and carrying their top level Diamond rating, Hiplok’s D1000 should also stand up to all other traditional methods of attack.
Its square profile hardened steel core should protect against tools such as bolt croppers, and the D1000 also features Hiplok’s anti-rotation double locking tabs found in all its D-locks. With this technology thieves will need to cut through both sides to steal the bike, according to Hiplok.
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The 1.8kg lock is available with an optional Carry Pouch for transporting on the handlebars or pannier rack of the bike, or the waist via the integrated belt loops.
A hard-wearing rubberised outer surface of the lock is also included to prevent the D1000 from scratching the frame when locked up.
Its rubberised weatherproof key seal should protect against elements, while the scalloped design ensures easy access when wearing gloves.
With an internal locking dimension of 155mm high by 92mm wide, and overall dimensions of 225mm high by 155mm wide by 40mm deep, Hiplok says this sizing is ideal for portability, locking convenience, weight and security.
With a claimed weight of 1.8kg, that’s really quite impressive. US brand Altor Locks created the first angle grinder-proof bike lock back in 2019, but it was not one for carrying around with you; the SAF Lock is a meaty 6.2kg.
Compared to other Diamond rated D-Locks, the D1000 is around double the weight. Master Lock’s Mini U-Lock is the lightest I’ve come across and it's 929g. This difference seems reasonable enough to me, if the D1000 really is angle grinder-proof.
Hiplok is launching the D1000 lock via a Kickstarter campaign which can be found over here, and production is already underway with delivery expected to be in early 2022. You can 'secure' one for £150 if you're one of the first 150 backers, which is a 40% discount off the eventual RRP which will be £250. £168 gets you the lock and a carry pouch, and then the next set of backers after the first 150 will get a 20% discount.
Anna has been hooked on bikes ever since her youthful beginnings at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. As an avid road and track racer, she reached the heady heights of a ProCyclingStats profile before leaving for university. Having now completed an MA in Multimedia Journalism, she’s hoping to add some (more successful) results. Although her greatest wish is for the broader acceptance of wearing funky cycling socks over the top of leg warmers.
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Now to find something to lock it to that a grinder won't cut through..
Or just cut through the bike frame; actually happened to me.
Wheels and group set are probably safer to steal and fence on a high end bike than the whole bike.
But you're unlikely to see a tea leaf sitting next to a locked bike frantically unscrewing the rear mech and shifters. Even with wheels which could be liberated quickly its pretty obvious they are being nicked.
If you believe this, I have some magic beans to sell you. Zero chance the claims are true. By the sound of it they're pretending a dremel or mini grinder is a proper angle grinder as used by thieves.
Reality is a proper angle grinder with a 300mm+ cutting disc will make short work of titanium bar, hardened steel, anti-cut rollers in door locks, and so-on. There is no possibility of building a bike lock that will prevent your bike from being stolen. There is only deterrence, and almost none of that since people will ignore the most blatant thievery.
It is currently not advisable to lock up your bike in public and leave it unattended. There is no suitable anti-theft mechanism available.
The ony real solution to this is to vastly increase the sentences for bike theft and related crimes.
You watched the video over at Cycling Weekly? You say they are in on the conspiracy?
No, I think they're daft or stupid.
There are some tests and it is a lot more resistant to proper angle grinders. It's still possible to cut but it takes a long time and multiple discs... and you have to cut through it twice.
https://gearjunkie.com/biking/hiplok-d1000-bike-lock-review
Constructed with layers of resistant "ferosafe" material. But I guess unless what you are locking it to and your frame is made of the same material then it's just shifting the weakest point.
Still pretty impressive IMO and I'd be tempted if I regularly parked outside.
Yes, that's the bit that's bollocks. Bigger angle grinder will go straight through - and through both sides at once if lined up correctly.
But people aren't running around with 12 inch/300 mm grinders/disc cutters they are running around with 4.5 inch/115 mm battery powered grinders.
I'd even go as far as saying that if Hiplock are confident in their testing they have overengineered their lock, seeing as they claim they needed 10 discs to cut through it. Thieves aren't taking spare discs, and certainly not 10 of them.
In any case, it's a bit like the old joke about two guys running away from a lion. One says to the other - there's no point, we can't run faster than a lion; and the other says, I don't need to, I just need to run faster than yours. Thieves will go for the easiest bike to steal.
Judging by what I see at my local station on a regular basis, they actually go for the expensive bikes with good locks in preference to the BSOs with cheap locks.
If that were true, my Canyon Grail or my upstairs neighbours' Pinarello might still be attached with their respective serious U-locks to the fixed anchors in the common bike room, while the unlocked and unattached clunker from the ground floor owner would have been stolen. Things didn't turn out that way.
We're talking about bike thieves. They use whatever is needed. They aren't 'running around'. There's one who carries the tools, one who rides the bike away, and one in a van round the corner. It's carefully planned.
Only angle grinders with 300mm cutting discs I've seen are petrol powered ones like this. It costs £640, weighs 8.5kg and it's not exactly low-key.
Would you not need 3 folk to use that ?
One to cut
One to hold
One to take the holder to a&e
A) What you've seen is irrelevant. There are battery powered versions of the same. (Also, it looks to me like that's an even bigger one than 300mm in your picture.)
The power required varies considerably depending on what thickness of cutting disc you use. Bike thieves can go for the narrowest possible disc - cutting, rather than grinding.
B) The cost is well in the range of what 'professional' bike thieves spend on cutting tools. Good bolt croppers cost hundreds too. A van costs more.
No, I think the disc is 300mm. For men, the distance from the point of the elbow to the 1st knuckle is typically 300mm or so (for example, it's 330mm on me & I'm a slightly-above-average-for-the-UK 1.77m tall). Measuring off the photo, it looks like the disc diameter is a whisper less than the length of the operator's elbow-to-knuckle.
shhhh he has been telling Mrs Dave that his tool is 300mm for years
Funny, because just out of curiosity I just Googled 300mm cordless electric angle grinders and nobody seems to make one, the biggest available disc is 230mm. Could you provide an example or should we just assume you're making it up?
Your weak google-fu leads you to conclude people are lying about claims that are in no way extraordinary? Mate, you have a problem. Seek help.
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Damn, you've got an eagle eye there - it's actually 305mm (to begin with, at least).
https://www.toolden.co.uk/power-tools/cordless-power-tools/cordless-saws...
Heh, I meant like 450mm or something. Just bad guesstimating
I think your supplier may have hoodwinked you about those. How much did you pay?
This is rated Motorcycle Diamond (in addition to Bicycle Diamond). AFAIK the only other locks available with this rating are massive chain locks like the Oxford Beast - 3.6kg for the lock and another 12kg for the chain.
I bought a Kryptonite New York mini (the Fahgeddaboutit) for nearly £100, and I thought that was horrendously expensive.
I suspect that the group of people who can happily afford to buy a £200 lock are not the same group of people who would happily carry such a weighty lock around with them (even in what actually looks like a really good lock carrying pouch).
Cargo bike users are probably a notable exception - expensive bike but no issue carrying around an extra 2kg of lock.
Another scenario would be people who can leave a lock in-situ at their destination (i.e. leave it on the office bike racks) and so don't have to lug it around all the time.
I guess, but aren't many office bike racks in locations that make them slightly less vulnerable to lairy blokes with angle grinders?
Some are, but some aren't. I've certainly heard stories of theives targetting office bike racks - often tucked away out of sight and away from passing members of the public, and the owner unlikely to return until the end of the working day.
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