Comments on: Cyclehoop’s http://leesemple.com/2009/11/cyclehoops/ Cycling in the green hollow Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:18:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tony http://leesemple.com/2009/11/cyclehoops/comment-page-1/#comment-15 tony Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:59:51 +0000 http://leesemple.com/?p=194#comment-15 Hi Lee Thanks for the post. The hoops are actually installed by the council, so they wouldn't be ripping them out! Also shear nuts are actually very difficult to remove, drilling through all four bolts takes a very long time, whereas a thief can usually defeat someone's lock in minutes. At the same time, the product has to be designed so that it can removed by contractors when signposts are replaced, so shearnuts seem to be the best solution so far, short of welding hoops to the post! Hope this is helpful. Tony Hi Lee

Thanks for the post. The hoops are actually installed by the council, so they wouldn’t be ripping them out!

Also shear nuts are actually very difficult to remove, drilling through all four bolts takes a very long time, whereas a thief can usually defeat someone’s lock in minutes.

At the same time, the product has to be designed so that it can removed by contractors when signposts are replaced, so shearnuts seem to be the best solution so far, short of welding hoops to the post!

Hope this is helpful.

Tony

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