| Manufacturers |
Description |
| ABUS |
From basic protection right through to hi-tech products |
| Almax Security Chains Ltd |
Almax Security Chains information and online UK store |
| Axa Basta |
Component manufacturer |
| Kiramek |
Security product manufacturer |
| Kryptonite Locks |
"The people at Kryptonite have a pure passion for creating the best security in the world. It's their innovative product designs, intimate knowledge of market trends and complete commitment to customers that will continue to keep the competition striving to reach the high bar Kryptonite sets and allows their customers to feel free to stop wherever they want." |
| Lock Alarm |
"Affordable and effective security products" |
| Magnum Locks |
Global manufacturers |
| Masterlock |
Lock manufacturer |
| Pinhead |
"The ultimate in anti-theft technology for bike components" |
| Pitlock |
Manufacturer of secure skewers for components |
| Pylones |
Snake Locks |
| Onguard |
Lock manufacturer |
| SG Locks |
Alarmed Bicycle locks |
| Squire Locks |
Lock manufacture |
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| Lock Testing Agencies |
Description |
| ART Foundation |
Dutch foundation with the aim to increase the level of anti-theft prevention of two-wheeled vehicles |
| BSI |
British Standards Institute |
| Sold Secure |
Range of security products |
| SRA |
Certification Body France |
| SSF |
Swedish Theft Prevention Association |
| Varefakta |
Danish Institute for Informative Labelling |
| Vds |
Certification Body Germany |
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| Key Commentators |
Description |
| Core77 |
Core77 One Hour Design Challenge to design a better bike lock |
| CTC |
The UK's national cyclists' organisation |
| LCC |
London Cycling Campaign |
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| Security Technologies |
Description |
| Alpha•Dot |
Property marking security |
| Datatag |
Permanently mark and protect your property |
| Immobilise |
Registration system |
| Selectamark |
Selectamark specialises in the permanent marking and asset identification of property |
| SmartWater |
SmartWater is a forensic fluid containing millions of microscopic particles that make up an individual property identification code |
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| Misc |
Description |
| Austin Bike Blog |
Review: AXA Defender rear wheel lock |
| BBC News |
Bicycles Stolen Every 71 Seconds |
| BCS |
BCS British Crime Survey - source of BCS PDF |
| Bike For All |
Bikeforall.net is a joint initiative of the Bicycle Association and the Association of Cycle Traders via the Bike Hub levy scheme |
| bikeradar.com |
Kryptonite hit back after TV bike theft documentary |
| bikeradar.com |
The worst places for bike theft in the US, according to Kryptonite |
| Core 77 |
SeatLock-Theft Proof Bike, Core 77 1 Hour Design Challenge Winner |
| Cycling In Hackney |
Hackney Cyclists' trailer recovered |
| Design21 |
Social Design Network, in partnership with UNESCO |
| DesignWeek |
St Martins tackles cycle theft |
| Fear of Crime (essay) |
From John Howard Society of Alberta 1999 |
| Flickr |
Lost Locks group |
| Joe Wentworth |
Designer of the Handlebar Lock |
| McMaster University |
Photos of good and bad locking practice |
| Mike Lambourn |
Designer of the SmartLock, exploding lock |
| Ride Rage |
Short film by Joe Hunter, shown at Bicycle Film Festival |
| Sheldon Brown |
Sheldon Brown's lock strategy |
| Slate Magazine |
Avoiding the Bicycle ThiefThe best locks to protect your wheels.
By Scott Elder |
| thelondonpaper |
Keep your bike safe in the city by Sebastian Lander |
| Theory for Crime Prevention |
"Opportunity Makes the Thief" by Marcus Felson and Ronald Clarke |
| Tower Hamlets Wheelers |
Brick Lane Market & Stolen Bikes |
| Treehugger |
"Design for a better lock" - SeatLock, The Theft-Proof Bike |
| Willamette Week |
Steal This Bike - If you saw a man on Hawthorne liberating a bike with 2-foot bolt cutters, would you intervene? Say something? Call the cops? You may think so, but we say fat chance. (+ Video!) |
