Gear Guard Cable Upgrade?

[Wefty]

I use the Gear Guard Cable (GGC) every time I put my bike in the truck bed and think it is a great way to easily secure things. I don't want to test this but I'm guessing it could be cut very easily. This means it is only good for casual theft. So for a little extra protection I was thinking of covering it with something orange and having it say "High Voltage". At this point I don't have any good ideas on what to cover it with but it will have to look pretty good to be convincing. Any ideas?

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[crashmtb]

All cable locks are relatively easy to cut, although the jacket on the gear guard cable might be enough to foul a cutting blade. Get a kryptonite New York chain and mill the end down to fit in the gear guard receptacle ?

 

[COdogman]

All consumer size cables can be cut pretty easily with a grinder or heavy duty bolt cutters. The best you are hoping for is they will slow down the thief long enough it’s not worth the risk. And if I understand correctly, the gear guard cables should trigger the cameras and even the alarm?

 

[Dark-Fx]

All consumer size cables can be cut pretty easily with a grinder or heavy duty bolt cutters. The best you are hoping for is they will slow down the thief long enough it’s not worth the risk. And if I understand correctly, the gear guard cables should trigger the cameras and even the alarm?

I think they wanted to do that but I am pretty sure they are just dumb cables.

 

[godfodder0901]

I think they wanted to do that but I am pretty sure they are just dumb cables.

100% truth. Dumb cables.

 

[Wefty]

My point is to make the cable look dangerous. As if it were electrified. It might thwart someone from trying to cut it. I think of this protection as a step or two above casual thieving.

I could use a real chain connected to the bed for actual protection. But the GGC is so convenient.

I didn't realize that heat shrink tubing was available in so many colors and sizes.
heat shrink

 

[Christopher]

You can cover it in some orange corrugated cable cover. I think that's what the high voltage cut cables for first responders looks like.

 

[moosehead]

How about just adding actual high voltage to fry the horse thieves. Backlit label the cable.

 

[crashmtb]

My point is to make the cable look dangerous. As if it were electrified. It might thwart someone from trying to cut it. I think of this protection as a step or two above casual thieving.

I could use a real chain connected to the bed for actual protection. But the GGC is so convenient.

I didn't realize that heat shrink tubing was available in so many colors and sizes.
heat shrink

Just go to your local farm supply store, get an electric fence power supply and a bit of wire, plug that in to the outlet into the bed.

 

[Dark-Fx]

All cable locks are relatively easy to cut, although the jacket on the gear guard cable might be enough to foul a cutting blade. Get a kryptonite New York chain and mill the end down to fit in the gear guard receptacle ?

Ah yeah, milling a hardened chain sounds like a great idea, I'll let you know how it works out.

 

[Riviot]

Bed has 110v plugs, wire it up! A little shock is better than nothing.
Be sure to test it and film for us please.

 

[MountainBikeDude]

Just go to your local farm supply store, get an electric fence power supply and a bit of wire, plug that in to the outlet into the bed.

Unplug.
Cut.
Ride away

 

[crashmtb]

Unplug.
Cut.
Ride away

Gotta get past the electrified everything first!

 

[crashmtb]

Ah yeah, milling a hardened chain sounds like a great idea, I'll let you know how it works out.

I’m not the one paying for inserts ?

 

[Dark-Fx]

I’m not the one paying for inserts ?

I'm actually quite curious what the hardness of the chains are now. I'll have to grab one from home and test it at work.

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