ABUS WBA 100 Hardened Steel Floor Anchor

Had a friend with a concrete drill install this in my inner city underground parking garage that gets broken into by dirt**** on a regular basis. They have pilfered vehicles, busted open storage lockers, and once taken the cover off my bike (I guess to check it out). Although it's a highly sellable dirt/street bike (which could just not be registered once stolen and ridden around the countryside) they've never came back and tried for it. I suspect because it's chained to the floor on this anchor with a New York Noose chain and a 9 rated Kryptonite lock on this massive anchor. I'm sure you could cut the anchor or the chain with an angle grinder, but that would take long, super noisy minutes in a residential building.... So far, so good.

If you are not pretty handy, hire a handyman or a contractor to get this anchor loop installed. The steel loop and anchor plate system are very robust and any thief will attack the bike's chain long before they go after trying to bust this anchor. Installing the anchor bolts is a little tricky. You need a big hammer drill to get the 16mm (5/8") holes drilled. Then you will find that the anchor plate has no fudge factor room for holes drilled slightly off the mark. Anyone that has drilled into concrete knows it is very difficult to drill holes perfectly on the mark, so the design of the anchor plate should factory the holes might be slightly off. (By "off", I mean by a 1/16" or a millimeter or two.) Once you get the holes drilled to proper depth, you can tap the anchors into place. It can be hard to get the threaded wedge at the bottom of the anchor to stop spinning when you thread the bolts in, but once the bolt is slightly threaded in, you can pull up firmly on the bolts to get the anchor wedge to stop spinning and then the bolt will snug up. Once installed, this anchor is a beast.

Good kit. Install was a bit tricky... need to drill holes for concrete screws in exact positions to enable correct fit. Nice to have such a large shank to thread chain through. I'm also using Abus Bordo folding locks.

If you are looking for a very sturdy, permanent ground anchor to keep your valuable possessions secure and allow you to sleep soundly at night, then this is the lock for you! I purchased this anchor after thwarting the theft of a Vespa scooter from my front driveway by two men who were attempting to lift and carry it away. The lock's base is secured to the cement by four 16mm anchors which I recommend you rent a rotary hammer drill with a cement bit to install if you're not hiring a professional. I used the ABUS WBA 100 with the Kryptonite New York chain and lock to secure the scooter. This is a great price for the security this floor anchor provides and has exceeded my expectations..

The concrete anchors on this are useless. Three of them wouldn't accept the screws after being inserted in the concrete. I know I drilled far enough down and was careful while hammering them in. The fourth one held until I tried hammering the ball into the head of the screw to prevent tampering and then it came loose. I can't pull the floor anchor out with my hand, but I can pull it up and someone could easily put a crow bar underneath to remove it. I wish I had never bought this.