Well, that was an eye-opener! Just watched two guys bolt-crop through Thatcham and Sold Secure chains in literally seconds. Apparently if a chain is approved by either of these testing companies then they're guaranteed to last a minimum of five minutes when attacked by croppers. It turns out that that's complete bollocks. The longest any of the chains lasted was about 90 seconds - and we're not talking cheap, Taiwanese crap either. These chains were the £100 plus models made by people like Oxford and Abus. The only chains that survived at all were two Almax ones, and they survived intact, with little evidence that they'd even been attacked. -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
Were any of the chains low enough to allow the cropper wielder to have one arm of the tool on the floor? It turns out that that's complete bollocks. Even the weekly comic have said that. The longest any And they probably don't have approval either. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
I hadn't no. But my filming is going to end up being used for such. -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
Sorry, I've no idea what the question is... -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
Slightly less than your insurance excess and a damn sight less than the cost of a new bike? Aye, they're not light by any means. -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
Did the bloke using the bolt cropper have one arm of the cropper on the floor, allowing him to use two hands and most of hs body weight on the remaining arm of the cropper? -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
Yep, and when they did the Almax they ended up with two experienced guys both jumping on the croppers. -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
I'll be looking at those then, coz the alarm on the Zed just decided to die. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
Pretty sure the Almax III that I bought when I got my new bike was rated as Thatcham Gold or sold secure gold or something like that. At the time they had a newer, even more chunky Almax IV which wasn't rated.
