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Home > OnGuard Akita 5043 Bicycle Security Cable (Lock Not Included)
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OnGuard Akita 5043 Bicycle Security Cable (Lock Not Included)
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- Heavy-duty extra flexible steel cable
- Strongest, most flexible and cut resistant cables in the business
- Integrated locks feature dual lock mechanisms with Dual Lockdown Protection
- Reinforced sleeve over crossbar and cylinder for additional security
- Tough vinyl cable cover protects against scratching
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Product Description:
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On Guard Akita 10mm Steel Cable Heavy-duty extra flexible steel cable
Strongest, most flexible and cut resistant cables in the business
Integrated locks feature dual lock mechanisms with Dual Lockdown Protection
Reinforced sleeve over crossbar and cylinder for additional security
Tough vinyl cable cover protects against scratching
Automatic dust cover protects cylinder
Double rubber coating
Convenient strap for compact storage
Size Info 4 Cable Only....Akita 5044 120cm. x 10mm 4 x 25"
7 Cable Only....Akita 5043 220cm. x 10mm 7 x 25"
15 Cable Only..Akita 5080 4.6m. x 10mm 15 x 25"
30 Cable Only..Akita 5073 9.3m. x 10mm 30 x 25"
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Customers' Reviews:
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 Just the right size!, August 22, 2010
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This 15' security cable is just right length for locking up two bikes and even works with Thule 822 Bed Rider for pick truck bed rail mount. This cable was hard to find at any brick and mortar. The cable is easy to bend and is very flexable too.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
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Hasn't been stolen yet!, May 31, 2010
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Unfortunately, I often have to leave my bike locked up in more dangerous parts of Oakland, CA for 4+ hours a day. This cable (to lock the front wheel to the U-lock) used in conjunction with a solid U-lock (to lock rear wheel and frame to the bicycle rack) is usually sufficient to deter thieves.
However, last night I came back from work to find that someone had attempted to cut through the cable to steal my front wheel, successfully sliced through the vinyl cable cover and a few strands of steel, gave up, and contented him/herself to letting the air out of my tires and stealing the bicycle light mounts. Everything else was still there.
The cable did its job, and I will buy another one. (Only negative observed so far: It's about a foot longer than I or most people require.)
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
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So far so good, July 8, 2009
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I use this to lock bikes to my car while they're on the hitch-mounted rack. A cable maybe 2-3 ft. shorter would have been better, but the next length down would have been too short.
Includes 2 velcro straps, making coiling easier.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Great product, June 30, 2009
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Works as designed. Nice and flexible, easy to snake through tires. I use it to lock down 8 scooters and it works fine. Don't forget you still need a lock, this is just a cable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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High Security, but thick and heavy, March 27, 2009
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The thickness of this cable is about as thick as a woman's pinkie finger. It's pretty thick as cables go. The ends are plenty big enough to slip over a U-lock. This is a good cable for going though a front tire, but it's so thick and heavy that it is be somewhat difficult to slip through anything else, and a bear to carry.
Cables of any kind are really just to keep someone without tools from walking away with a part of a U-lock secured bike. I keep one of my bikes parked at a train station overnight with other bikes: the thieves always take the ones locked only with a cable. You need a U lock to protect a bike parked for more than about 30 minutes or a bike worth more than about $300. I've seen Wal Mart bikes that had been stripped to the frame, worth no more than about $30, stolen when they were locked only with a cable like this one with a padlock.
Cables are only used to lock accessories. I have a bike worth about $150 used I leave overnight at a train station locked with a U lock, and this cable goes through the seat, rear storage rack and front wheel, with the U lock locked using Sheldon Brown's lock technique, and twice, thieves have come through and stolen anything secured only with a cable (the cut cables are strewn all over the lot), but they left my bike alone, because the cable was just protecting the accessories and the U lock was really protecting the bike.
A thinner cable is going to provide just about the same security, but they make the thinner cables just a little too short 6' compared to this cable's 7' length. I have both sizes, but this is the one I use on the bike for which weight is not a great concern. I keep it threaded through the seat and rear cargo rack and when I unlcok it, I leave it threaded through those things and just wrap it a couple of times around the seat post and then I thread one end through the other to keep it in place. Threading a cable of this thickness through the seat and cargo rack takes too long to keep installing and removing it. However, I appreciate the added one foot of length, so it's my cable of choice.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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