Comments on: Review: AXA Defender rear wheel lock

By: » Strange bicycle woes

» Strange bicycle woes — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:02:26 +0000

[...] to a bike, locking the front wheels of Secunda’s and Tertia’s bikes together. It was an Axa Defender, and I happen to know that that’s too tough to saw through with my little handsaw. So I went [...]

By: elliott

elliott — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:32:47 +0000

Byron,
Clever Cycles out of Portland, OR sells and will ship the Defender lock, various lengths of the plug in chain, and the adapter for cantilever bosses here: http://clevercycles.com/products/accessories/locks/

If all you need is a basic frame lock, Velo Orange also sells their ring lock here: http://www.velo-orange.com/ringlock.html. The Velo Orange version does not have the option of the plug in chain but it’s 1/2 the price.

By: Byron

Byron — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:28:45 +0000

Does anyone have a link to an on-line vendor to purchase the Defender and will ship to the USA?

Thanks

By: elliott

elliott — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:24:45 +0000

David,
The problem was uncovered about two years ago and was fixed. My understanding is that the Defender model was not affected by this but some of the lower end locks were. I’m not sure about the SL7.

By: David Duff

David Duff — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:26:03 +0000

so i hear that this manufacturer had a serious security problem with their locks a year or two ago – from what i can tell somewhat analagous to the problem with kryptonite’s problem of being able to open their U locks with a ballpoint pen. the specific issue was that you could open their locks (at least certain ones) with a blank key. it seems to have been well publicized in europe (including a demo on what appears to be a major tv talk show).

i’m have one of their locks on my bike (an SL7 model, not the defender). i am trying to figure out whether my lock suffers from this weakness. does anyone have any info as to whether the manufacturer has totally solved this problem wrt their new products? there’s relatively little info on these products readily accessible to people in the US (like myself).

By: elliott

elliott — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Rich,
You have to have the lock fully engaged for the key to release. This involves moving the ring back and forth to find the “sweet spot.” The Defender model is pretty solid, but I’ve used other more budget versions that required quite a bit of fiddling to get everything engaged right.

By: rich hutchins

rich hutchins — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:32:45 +0000

Someone just gave me an axa solid lock like this- problem is- i can’t get the key out! when locked or open, the key won’t budge! am i missing something? I’ve tried everything… help!

By: WeLL Design, Mathis Heller

WeLL Design, Mathis Heller — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:25:14 +0000

The AXA DEfender RL is designed to fit almost every bike. Maybe foldable bikes or childrens bikes could give problems.

By: Review: Basil Memphis Panniers | Austin Bike Blog

Review: Basil Memphis Panniers | Austin Bike Blog — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:44:33 +0000

[...] I would say that the bags have seen extremely heavy use as well, because I use them to hold my AXA Defender plug-in chain for my rear wheel lock, a cargo net, and sometimes a U-Lock, at the very least. Not only that, but they have been used to [...]

By: Pierre-Luc Auclair

Pierre-Luc Auclair — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:25:29 +0000

Actually Henry, ABUS makes the Amparo 4850 that has plug-in extensions.

http://www.abus.de/us/main.asp?ScreenLang=us&sid=8490411642317121912200870822699&select=0104b04&artikel=4003318375606