Textile rope for bike locks with Cut protection Saw protection Fire protection Paint protection
Discover the tex–lock textile rope with steel core: a highly flexible and at the same time very strong rope with many advantages for high-quality bike locks. On this page we give you insights into the materials used and their special properties. Additionally, we show you how the flexible rope is processed into your finished tex–lock as well as the unique colour patterns.
High-quality materials
Unique characteristics of the tex–lock textile rope
The revised version of tex–locks strong rope is a combination of various high-tech rope fibres and hardened special steel. With our years of experience, we carefully select the right material with the appropriate finishing so that the material properties work ideally for use in high-quality locks. Thus, our combination of materials creates a particularly resistant structure to protect your vehicles, whether e-bike, scooter or motorcycle.
High-tech fibres used even as sailing lines and crane ropes
The robust rope from tex–lock consists of various high-performance fibres that are characterized by a combination of robustness, flexibility and softness. As a result, each fiber fulfills its own function: cut protection, fire protection and paint protection. The outer textile layer is made of a particularly robust high-tech fiber that can withstand an enormously high level of abrasion. The rope fibers offer outstanding resistance to bolt cutters, because they are particularly cut-resistant. Since the textile fibres also have extremely high tensile strength, they are also used as crane rope or sail rope. The fire protection fibre is comparable to firefighters' clothing or fire protection mats. The practical paint protection ultimately lies in the nature of the soft textile, which provides not only optimum functionality but also a pleasant feel.
Hardened steel on which saws grit their teeth
To withstand attacks with a saw for a long time, we use inside the textile rope a particular steel chain which is specially hardened and post-treated with rust protection instead of a normal hardware store chain. Being hard on the outside but soft on the inside, saws grit their teeth on the chain and blades become unsharp. The key here is that the metal of the chain is harder than that of all common cutting tools. For a high-quality lock, however, the hardened steel alone does not provide sufficient cut and paint protection: It is the combination of the hardened steel in the middle and the high-tech fibres around it that make our strong rope so resistant to all kinds of attacks, from saws and bolt cutters to fire and paint scratches.
4 advantages that speak for the strong rope from tex–lock
The tex–lock rope material combination has considerable advantages as a lock for your bicycle, e-bike, motorcycle, moped, scooter and scooter:
Enormous flexibility
Our high-tech fibres are so flexible that the textile rope can easily be bent around corners and laid. This allows tex–locks to be flexibly connected even in particularly narrow or hard-to-reach places.
High strength
Despite their flexibility and low weight, tex–lock textile fibres have a high strength and can withstand great loads. Even under heavy use, the strong rope does not tear and the textile bicycle lock is thus particularly durable.
Weather resistant
The strong fibres are resistant to all kinds of weather influences such as moisture, UV rays and temperature fluctuations. The beautiful appearance and comfortable functionality of the robust rope is therefore not affected by rusty metal parts, moss stains or other influences.
Versatile use
Our strong rope comes in different models, designs and lengths. Tex–locks are thus versatile, e.g. to secure two bicycles or several bike parts to a solid object at the same time. With its many colours, the textile lock can either integrate into its surroundings or stand out radiantly from them.
For the high theft protection that our textile locks offer, carefully processing it is just as important as the high-quality materials themselves.
Colourful textile rope
Lifestyle objects with eye-catching designs
Our textile locks are available in the ever-popular standard colours and additionally as a special edition that is changing every year. The special edition with its particularly unusual colour pattern is only available as long as stock lasts. You can see in which colours your favourite tex–lock model is available on the product pages of the tex–lock eyelet, orbit and mate.
neon earth (limited Special Edition 2023)
With this piece of jewelry on your bike you not only show your love of nature, but also support the 'European Green Belt'. If you want to learn more about neon earth, its colours and the projects at the European Green Belt, read this blog post about the love of nature.
Black
It blends seamlessly with its surroundings and matches all styles and frame colours. Therefore, the black textile rope is particularly popular with us.
electric grey
With the electric grey you set a sign for e-mobility and secure your vehicle in an elegant, silvery shimmer.
morpho blue
reminds of the dazzling blue morpho butterfly from tropical rainforests. It is the ideal middle between the unobtrusive black and the bright orange.
Orange
if not even daunting! It undoubtedly stands out among all other bikes. Thieves will think twice before trying to steal your bike.
chateau red
The chateau red gives your bike a summer enjoyable glow by reminding you of a leisurely bike ride in the vineyards with a glass of red wine to top off the day.
Careful processing
From textile rope to tex–lock
Each textile rope is lovingly handcrafted in our in-house manufactory. In the process, it is carefully checked in four manufacturing steps and processed with great care:
1. Individual length
As soon as our manufacturer delivers the 240 metre long textile ropes on cable drums, they are shortened into 80, 100, 120 and 160 cm long strands. On request, we will tailor your tex–lock to your preferred length. The length record of our custom-made textile ropes is currently 3.8 metres.
2. Assembly of the metal components
At the ends of these ropes, a high-pressure machine is used to assemble the other components, such as the hardened metal eyelets, the universal bolt and the lock body.
3. Refining of all components
The connection between the textile rope and the metal parts is finished with heat shrink tubing. Once the rubber has fused with the metal parts, sharp edges can no longer scratch the paintwork of your bike. The safety of this material connection is confirmed by the official ART*2 quality mark for approved bike locks.
4. Quality assurance
The careful processing of all components is ensured by our quality management. Only when every detail meets our high standards and the quality requirements of DIN-Spec 60016 will your tex–lock be packed and shipped. Learn more in our blog article about the standard for textile-based security systems.
Rope remains for product development
Further use of textile rope remnanta
As a regional company that promotes sustainable mobility, we are aware of our ecological responsibility. That's why we do our best to ensure that as little waste as possible is generated in our production chain. That is why there are hardly any leftovers in our textile ropes. We use what is left over to test new possibilities in product development. In this way, we constantly optimise our products to achieve, e.g. higher rust protection or a more robust end product.
