Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit Chain 1415 & New York Disc Lock

I'm going to review the initial thoughts about this from the perspective of someone whocs wife has had 5 bikes stolen before we were marries and this is my first set of very expensive bikes and I did a bunch of research about this beforehand cause I'M NOT GONNA LOSE $2K CAUSE OF A BAD LOCK OR CHAIN. Note that I've only had this for a few days, so I cannot say how good it is about the actual test of time. That said, this thing...it's massive. I have two pedal assist e bikes that we bought and the links fit through the wheel spokes on each but barely. I am able to connect the chain through both bike frames and through both back wheels with this one chain. Mind you, it's HEAVY. Unless you want to get some serious gains from heaving this around every day, I would not suggest this as a typical lock to take with you. You COULD throw it over your shoulder but it'll eventually dig into your collar bone because it's so heavy. That said, I don't see someone getting through this unless they really know how to pick a lock or if I'm stupid enough to leave the bike locked up somewhere overnight in a place where no one will notice a grinder going at a chain for an hour. This is definitely a "leave the bike overnight in a garage" type of chain. Very happy to have gotten this one for the price it is. Again, this is too heavy to carry around every day, in my opinion. If you love the idea of carrying 20lbs around every day OR if your bike is super expensive and you need a real chain, then this is your perfect chain for a decent price. (Although I would also bring a serious U lock as well to use in tandem). Anyway, I'm happy and it's a good chain. Heavy and good, exactly what I wanted.

Returned because order was very late but the lock itself is amazing. A bit heavy but expected since I was going for security and sturdiness. Highly recommended based on short first impressions

This chain is great for securing your pedal bike or even your motorcycle. It is extremely heavy duty. It has the highest rating you can get from a bike lock out there that I have seen. Personally I use this chain to secure my pedal bike. I live in a busy city that has a bike theft problem. I have not had to worry one bit about my bike when using this chain. While it does bring a LOT of security to the table, that security does come at a cost. It is a very hefty chain. Weighing in at 15+lbs it can be difficult to carry while on a pedal bike. Personally I have wrapped it around my seat with good luck. I also have wrapped it around the center of my frame and I have carried it in a backpack. All of those methods work pretty well. Dimensions of the chain are confirmed as advertised. Pictures have been uploaded to show what the chain is like. I have also included photos of it hooked up to secure a bike. Included in this set is: -The chain -1 primary key with an LED light -2 spare keys Pros: *Extremely secure *Plenty of included keys *Primary key has an LED light. Great for dark areas Cons: *Heavy (-1/2 a star) Additional Considerations: Kryptonite has a lot of different locks for all of your needs. I definitely recommend a long chain lock so you can secure the front and rear tires and have more bolt cutter resistance vs a cable lock. Overall: 4.5/5 stars (>=.5 rounds up, <.5 rounds down) => 5 stars If you have any further questions regarding the product in my review please leave a comment below and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

When this sucker showed up, the delivery guy, after putting the forklift away, came back and punched me in the face. I was not upset as I had just tried to pick the box up and realized I had put his life in danger by ordering this burley, tough, heavy bastard. The first time I took it out, slung over my shoulder like one of those huge automatic weapons slung by our favorite action movie stars, I inflicted $26,000.00 in damages to the bicycle rack I locked my bike to. When the police showed up to investigate the massive damages to the otherwise innocent rack, I merely swung the chain over my head and they made me their leader out of fear, and awe. And they were right. Two days later, I came out of a coffee shop to a disturbing scene: A craven thief had seen my bad-ass bike and tried to break this behemoth in order to steal it: he simply exploded. Needless to say, I had to find a hose to clean the 150-plus pounds of meat and guts and hair from my bike and the surrounding landscape. I was late to band practice and am considering legal action against the Kryptonite Corp for damages due to being summarily fired as the hamonica player for my (former) band. I am currently in talks with local organized crime figures as they want to rent or lease the chain from me on occasion to sink stool-pigeons, uncooperative football teams, and other undesirables in the river. Even when I leave it at home, I am no longer allowed to fly on domestic airlines as they feel the mere ownership of this unstoppable theft-ender makes me too dangerous for their formidable insurance policies to bear. And it's worth all this. This is the toughest, most evil bike lock ever conceived by mankind. It weighs in at 2,300 kilos and can (and has) withstand a 40 megaton nuclear detonation. The warnings on the package state clearly to NEVER store this chain in a pile because its intense density will trigger a major cosmological event generating a deadly black hole as the absolute cruelty displayed will fold in on itself and create a singularity. Plus if you lose your keys, they'll send you new ones.

4 stars and fully expect to upgrade it to 5 within 3 months. People said it was huge. Huge is not a big enough word to describe this product. You need more letters. 3 keys, one has a light and its a bright blues color, thats a nice thoughtful gesture. I dont know if its just to stand out from the crowd or if they did it on purpose, because blue and green light is a far superior light to see by at night time compared to red. Its also more visible to others, not that you would really use this as a signal but you could if it was all you had. Red gets used so much because it doesnt effect your night vision as much, and its not as persistent as other colors. So its stealthier, but thats not the point with this light, so it was done right. The chain is freaking scary. Im glad this was for a motorized bicycle, this would be too much on an unpowered bike. I dont think you will even have to lock it to anything. Just lock it around the back wheel and toss it onto the ground, you bike will be there in an hour, tomorrow, next week, two years from now, and 10000 years from now, long after your bike has rotted away, the chain will still be there. Actually though, dont toss the chain anywhere, lay it down gently, if you toss it, it might damage the surface it lands on, concrete, steel, rock, whatever, just be gentle. All kidding aside, im sure this chain can be defeated, but its gonna take a dedicated and properly equipped thief to do it if you do your part and lock it right. Love the independent security rating, i wish we had an american version of that. The cover for the chain has velcro straps on the ends to keep its pants pulled up which is nice, the last kryptonite chain i bought had rivets going throug the nylon cover. They ripped and the cover wpuldnt stay in place. If these fail i will use grommets to hold it in place through a link. One complaint about the chain, it doesnt interlink, in the future, i may want to use this chain with a different lock and my choices are limited by having to have both end links through a shackle rather than one. They dont have to make all the links bigger, just the end links. This chain would not work with the abus granit insurance lock or many other high security guarded shackle locks. So a n interlink or noose feature would be good. Also at the price, a carry bag would be nice. Peerless makes a set with a comparable chain, a lock and a carry bag for this price point. So, onto the lock. It feels right, its smooth in its mechanism as long as you push the key in all the way, if you practice, you wilk get it, i was used to kryptonite disc detainer locks so this was no different for me. If you dont get the key all the way in, it will feel chrunchy or gritty, this means you are doing it wrong, back out and start again. Ive heard so many people review kryptonite disc detainer products saying that the lock jammed up on them and i think the majority of them are just not pushing the key all the way in.it feels very solid, and the sliding cpver for the keyway is a great touch. The locking mech looks like ball bearing from the shackle cutouts, but its not. Still looks solid, but it might be shimmable of one had enough time and inclination. I might try this and see what happens. Im not a huge fan of u locks as primary locks, but this one seems like its pretty competent. Its heavy too and the shackle runs de, helping to defeat prying attacls, everything succubs to a grinder, but i think it will take a grinder or a portable electrohydraulic cutter to brute force this open quickly. Picking remains an option as it does for most any lock, but it not a very likely scenario. Disc locks take a pretty specialized pick set to do quickly and they take practice. Dont get scared about a video you watcjed in which someone used a specialized or even custom made tool that allowed them to pick the lock. They might have spemt 3 weeks or 3 months before they got it. Then they dpubled down amd figutred THAT locks algorithm so to speak. Just because they picked a similar lock doesnt mean they could cold pick your lock or that there are armies of lock picking bike thieves out there. Definitely not something you wamt to ride with all the time, as it is heavy, unless you just want to build leg muscles. Get a basket and a tool bag to carry it in. Also im pairing this with another kryptonite chain (smaller thankfully) and a bully alarmed u lock, which i something i recommend for securing bikes of moderate to high value. I will have 1000 just in the bike and motor just about 20% of the value again in locks isnt bad. Dont use this chain to secure a standard bicycle wheel, its heavy enough to damage spokes, only through the main triangle or the stays if you have nonother choice, but be careful as its heave enough to damage delicate things. 16lbs shipping and i bet the chain is 15 of those. Also, got the chain in two days. Super fast shipping even without prime. Also, i tested to see if its shimmable and its not. I did this by taking the shackle out, then locking the lock and trying to push the shackle in and the shackle will not push past the locking pawls. So if the shackle will not push past them the me bearing down on it no one is getting a thin aluminum, or even steel shim between the pawls and the shackle and then getting the shackle out pf the lock body. Plus the gap on the pawl side of the shackle hole is really tiny, even if you started from a side and worked it around, i doubt you could get anything in there. Its a prettt secure lock. Sold secure gold. Yes, i love this lock and chain. The lock still functions smoothly if you do your part and PUT the key in all the way. Look up a couple of videos about this. One is by wayne winton he is a locksmith and he has to break stuff for a living sometimes and he does product reviews on his ypu tube channel. He bolt cutter tested this chain and he couldnt get through it with 42" bolt cutters. Theres another video showing a mobile locksmith just wailing on this chain with all sorts of stuff and just getting nowhere. So pros, Just about totally secure with the right lock and habits. Weather proof for the most part. The cover works both the one on the chain and the one on the lock. The lock is unshimmable at least by me and my efforts, the dead bolts seem to be secure. I have not hammer tested it yet, if i do i will post results. Just looking at it will probably deter most people who do not have a grinder as the chain is so thick smaller croppers probably cant even fit on it. Lock is smooth and very heavy duty, may not be unpickable, but its virtually so. Good luck cropping this shackle. I dont see cons to this as in it fails to do what it is supposed to do or it does something it shouldn't and doest have to, so im going to replace cons with "things you should know" Think of the biggest longest most unusual word for heavy, this chain is that. Its probably too much for most commuters, unless you just want the weight. Its reall no safe to wrap around your bike frame amd ride with, if it shifts during a turn, its enough to cause a crash. If it falls into the wheel somehow, you are hosed, its gonna destroy a wheel. You need a basket or pannier or bag. It will fit in the rothco small mechanics tool bag with room to spare for tools and a flat kit easily. Thats how i carry mine. That will strap to a rear basket easily and can be carried with you when you lock your bike up. Its not something you want to be careless with. If you put it around your neck, be careful not to hit yourself in the head with it. If you drop this on your foot, expect some severe bruising and maybe an xray. If you swing this around and you hit yourself with it, its gonna f*^k you up. If you swing this in anger or defense, and it hits your target, you should be ready to explain to authorities why you felt you needed that level of force to protect yourself, because theres a good chance that the person you hit will need an ambulace. It can be awkward to use because of its weight it will not rest in a spot easily, it tends to pulls itself back down to the lowest level it can, so it sometimes takes a couple tries to get the lock on. Sometimes it might be easier to leave this at a regularly used location that is a high theft risk and just use it when you are there, but doing so might allow someone to cut a link that is covered by the sheath and install a quick link to let them steal your bike or asset. You could carry a smaller chain and lock for quick lock ups where you will be in sight. If you have more than one high risk area you spend lots of time in get more than one, remove the covers, spray them with silicone protectant and leave one in each place. You can carry the covers with you and put them on when you need to use it, or get some pipe insulation to use as a pad on your bike. Cant get a more secure chain and lock that isnt bigger and bulkier and rated as well for the price. Update 12/23/16 As for weather resistance , its been excellent so far. It has been kept outside almost everyday since receiving. Either in use or stored in a small canvas tool bag i hold all my locks in, its the rothco small tool bag and it holds: this chain and lock, the bully alarm lock, a smaller integrated kryptonite chain lock, a cable from anpther another lock i had for a while. So while it is heavy and long it compacts very well. When the bag is fully loaded, it traps birds and small pets in its gravity well. As i was saying though, the chain and lock have both been outside since i recieved it in june. I didn't notice any degredation of the sleeve or rust on the links, and the lock still works smooth every time, no hang ups. But that wasnt good enough for me. I wanted to make sure for the review and the cost that i really simulated heavy neglect. So we had a wimter storm coming up and i locked the chain around a stair rail outside and left it for a month. I left the keyway cover open but the keyway was pointed down. When the storm, came we had negative temps, freezing rain amd extreme windchill. After the thaw, i checked the chain amd sleeve for damage, none. The lock was still as smooth as butter but there was some light rusting in the holes where the shackle goes, thats to be expected moisture can get trapped there and that will do it. It wiped right away. Maybe just a few drops of oil or wd40 will protect it. So i don't know what other people are experiencing, but my lock and chain are rock solid and weather resistant. 11-3-20 update on weather resistance and durability. Have had this a few years now and it has spent most of that time outside and in the past couple years due to various reasons, its been sitting in same place and position, unused and uprotected at all. No lube or other slipricity preserving measures were taken. Ive had the lock taken completely apart and a couple occasions over the years because im a curious sort and i do that sort of thing. Which means that if one only kinda knows what what one is doing, this thing handles disassembly and reassembly fairly well. I told you that to tell you this, the keyway cover isnt all that skookum and hasnt survived the various things ive done to this lock and is no longer of this world, the lock has suffered none the worse for this and during the aformentioned period of time outside, the lock was positioned such the the keyway was straight upward facing to the sky meaning that all of the stuff falling out of the sky in the general vicinity of the keyway would as nature would have it, fall straight into it. For a couple years. Im sure the lock mech isnt pristine as the day i bought it, but i went outside today for the purpose of removing the chain and lock from the asset it was attached to so that i could rid myself of that particular asset, but keep the chain and lock for future use. The key is still on my keychain and i want to tell you that even after sitting straight upward and wide open through sun and rain and snow and squirrel turds falling in it, the key went in with nary a complaint and turned smooth as butter on a bald monkey and the shackle fell smoothly as well right the frig out of the lock. No preparatory slipricity addatives or precussive persuasion needed. There were signs of surface rusting on the lock and the chain as well but not what one would expect for have been in the wild that long. So again, im not sure what other people are experiencing, or why they ecperience it, but for me this product has far exceeded my expectations of durability. Im expecting many more years of service from this.

It’s strong, durable and well made. The protective sleeve protects my bike paint from the chain and is VERY much appreciated. Weight: Too large and heavy for me to use with ease. I find it difficult to hold all the parts in one hand in the correct position while also turning the key. I try to find a position where I can rest the parts on something—I usually a bike tire. Sometimes my knee. So, I don’t carry it daily. Otherwise, since my employers garage is secure and private, and I only take my bike to work, I leave the chain at home in my garage attached to a bike rack. However, if I ever need to park in a public lot or on the street, I’ll take this lock with me. Despite the weight and cumbersome mechanics, this is the price of security. It’s a good, strong lock

I own two of these. I bought one initially for locking up my expensive mountain bike (Yeti). The chain is pretty intimidating and really heavy. It could be used for self defense if needed. Ultimately the weight made it unpractical for the mountain bike plus I rarely leave it out in public anymore. I bought a second chain to combine with this one and lock up my motorcycle though and I couldn't be happier. I park in a community garage and already had my car stolen so I needed a way to lock up my bike. I have one chain wrapped around a pillar and the other chain through my bike's frame. I only need to use one lock on both chains since there is plenty of room on the "U" bar. I really love the way this works and I can manipulate the lock and chain while wearing my riding gloves no problem. I recommend removing the black fabric if you want to use the chain in a similar fashion as it is not heat resistant and will melt if you attach it to you bike right when you get home. (not saying that happened to me! ;)) The chain feels sturdy and well made, I especially like the hexagonal shape to the links as compared to the four sided style from some of the direct competitors. I feel like this style is more difficult to get purchase on with a saw or cutter. Some one could probably damage the lock with a sledge hammer but I am not sure that would actually cause it to release and the lock would have to be lying flat on the ground. Overall I am happy with the quality and security of this lock and chain.

We wanted to take expensive folding bikes around the Yucatan to explore, and not worry about our investments disappearing during the trip. I think this bad boy helped make that possible. We read everything we could about bike theft, and while that is a problem in Mexico in general, the idea was that the harder your target was the better. We tended to park our bikes next to motorcycles or in front of shopping malls/bigger stores where there were valet guys and greeters and such. We found the locals actually just as concerned as we were, asking if we had a good lock when we started parking them, and generally excited about seeing these unique bikes. Part of having a hard target, we read, was to use multiple locks of different kinds, hard to clip, and easy to take time-wise. We never locked them out of our sight at night (every hotel was more than willing to allow them in the rooms once they saw they folded up small) and we tried to put them in public places. The longer it takes to take a bike, the harder the target. This thing is HEAVY. Really heavy. We had two folding bikes we took to Mexico to ride around on and this locked them both up at once. We wanted something to protect them both without worry. This thing just BARELY fit through the spokes on the back wheels (we had to rotate the chain as we pulled them through to get the 'flat' part of the chain through) and around the frames with something like a light pole between. We also used a 5/8th-inch double-looped cable with a U-lock for the frame, front tires, and to help lock the seat posts down (we put small cables on the seats). We called this guy the beast, and took turns peddling around Mexico with it strapped to our racks. We kept it in a zippered bag when not in use, bungee strapped to our back rack. No attempts were made on our bikes in the 2 weeks we had them down there, and I attribute that, in part, to how heavy duty this chain is. Thanks to everyone who wrote reviews of this chain on amazon as it helped make our decision. Completely worth the investment, and if we take our folding bikes to more dangerous cities here in the US we will be covered there too.

Super secure, just what i needed

頑丈さは世界一です。 しかし、重い・・・。

Realmente pesado, lo uso con la bickerton y me cuesta más agarrar velocidad cargando la, no la cargo yo directamente, sino la coloque en la parrilla de carga trasera de la bicicleta, se ve muy segura pero muy pesada

Ho provato diverse catene nel tempo, ma questa le supera tutte. Si percepisce subito la qualità: i materiali sono robusti, la chiusura è solida e dà una sensazione di sicurezza che poche altre offrono. Anche l’estetica è curata nei minimi dettagli, perfetta sia per chi vuole qualcosa di affidabile, sia per chi cerca un tocco di stile. Il prezzo può sembrare alto a prima vista, ma appena la si ha tra le mani ci si rende conto che ne vale ogni centesimo. Non è solo una catena: è un piccolo investimento in tranquillità e durata nel tempo.

GREAT LOCK COMBO ,WOULD BE GREAT LEFT IN ONE SPOT ,SUPPER HEAVY WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT ,WAS TOO HEAVY TO CARRY AROUND ON MY BIKE ,BUT OUTHER WISE HIGH QUALITY ITEM