 Poster: A snowHead
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So, I've just gone and done it and figure I'd better have a lock. any recommendations?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bin the lock and always swap a ski when you leave them unattended. Locks break, keys are lost, combinations fail, and they are generally a right fanny about. All IMHO of course.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've heard it's like that in Chelmsford.
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Frosty the Snowman, I know, but from time to time I'm on my own at the mountain restaurant so no-one to swap with.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Jerry, Ho bloody Ho  . why d'ya think I left Sunderland.....
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| Frosty the Snowman, I know, but from time to time I'm on my own at the mountain restaurant so no-one to swap with. |
Not only that, it identifies your skis from anyone else's Burnin' Luvs. It's at least a deterrent to the opportunist thief or someone picking up the wrong skis by mistake. But we only use locks in France, no need in CH (touch wood)
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holidayloverxx, I have a Dakine Cool Lock, small enough to put in a pocket but enought to be a visual deterent. I'm sure that Liz B uses the same one as well and I know Michelle has one as she got it for Xmas  .
Where did you buy your BL's from?
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holidayloverxx, how about your postcode in big black indelible marker letters??? Bit of a deterrent.
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I never use a lock and have never had my skies stolen... knock on wood.
Who the heck steals skies on a mountain? Scousers can't afford to go to the alps!
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Timmaah,
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I never use a lock and have never had my skies stolen
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Me neither...but I think this could be a reflection on my skis 
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| Frosty the Snowman, I know, but from time to time I'm on my own at the mountain restaurant so no-one to swap with. |
Whats this? Nobby no mates.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Lock your skis up. Get one of those retractable combination lock and it deters the accidental theft as well as intentional. OK if someone really wants your skis it probably won't stop them but it should make them chose an easier target. Swopping your skis is OK as long as the thief isn't sat there having a drink watching where skis get swopped to! 
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| Timmaah wrote: |
| Scousers can't afford to go to the alps! |
You'd be surprised! (Make the most of your skis while you have them now that he knows)
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You know it makes sense.
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brian
brian
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As long as you didn't buy the new season's model you'll be fine.
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Poster: A snowHead
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brian, previous season, so not at all desirable
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Will a cheap lock make it easier to claim against insurance, even if it doesn't add much deterrent to them getting stolen in the first place?
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rob@rar, Just claim for an expensive lock.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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kermit, thanks for that
rob@rar, got to be better than saying "I casually leaned them against a wall and wandered off for an hour"
I guess I'm really wanting to avoid the "taking by mistake" scenario. If they they get stolen then it's a PIA, but as long as I've taken reasonable precautions and can claim on the insurance then such is life.
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| but as long as I've taken reasonable precautions and can claim on the insurance then such is life. |
I don't think many insurance policies consider leaving them unlocked and unattended as a reasonable precaution. I think there might have been a thread on this issue a while back, but IIRC there were only one or two policies that would cover ski theft from outside a restaurant.
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rob@rar, I agree - I meant the reasonable precaution of locking them up.
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rob@rar, just checked my policy:
"You must take suitable precautions to secure the safety of your baggage and must not leave it unsecured or unattended or beyond your reach at any time in a place to which the public have access"
I guess that mean I'll have to only go to restaurants with table service - a hard life
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Timmaah, hope yer planning on some new skis this season 
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holidayloverxx, ... If I need to lock I use
this one
from Halfords.
The smaller, retractable cable locks sold for locking skis are merely 'an indication' for a person not to take your skis - no deterent really - even a decent scissors will cut them
(Take a ski with you to Halfords to ensure the head of the lock is able to pass through the binding.)
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BernardC, thanks - quite bulky though. Might have to start carrying a small backpack 
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| BernardC wrote: |
| .... ensure the head of the lock is able to pass through the binding. |
Just realised, I don't know what you mean 
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holidayloverxx, when you lock up your skis you pass the cable through the bindings of each ski plus preferably to something permanent so they can't be picked up en masse. For my lock - and we have a couple for various reasons - there's no problem in the metal thingy at the end of the cable passing through. We just have the standard locks you can buy in ski shops.
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You know it makes sense.
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cathy, I think I need to be looking at a pair of skis, but I get the idea. I've only used those crappy ones which stop you lifting the skis out of a rack.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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To discourage your skis being taken by mistake: put one ski at one end of rack, the other on the other end. You'll be lucky to find both yourself. No chance of anyone else finding both.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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One problem with skis which are popular is people picking up yours by mistake - this has happened to us with rental skis, but they found their own way home at the end of the day. Best thing is to have skis not found in your ski area - my Volkls, last season, were always the only ones of their kind in the rack. Plus they were two years old, and last year's when I bought them, so I never had much concern about them getting pinched. My husband has Rossi Zeniths and they're four a penny. He puts strip of bright electrical tape on his - looks naff, though!
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| pam w wrote: |
| He puts strip of bright electrical tape on his - looks naff, though! |
Snowheads stickers??
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Megamum, there is normally a gap around the rear binding/brake to push the end of cable through before inserting back into lock.
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codger, Oh, OK, thanks - I'll look for it when mine arrive and find a cable with an end to fit.
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kermit, yes, Snowhead stickers would be much better - must get some
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pam w, then you'll be needing to visit the snowGear section
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FAQ
. In reality though Mr HL and I do ski differant parts of the mountain then meet up. Also I;ll be pretty much on my own at the Atomic Boot Camp.
Thankfully, the lock had stopped her. So a lock like this is good enough to 
