Hi Jim, Thanks for the information. The lock I used had the newer "flat" key not the cylinder type. More proof any lock can be defeated. I still plan to used multiple locks on the future.
My best, Tim On Nov 23, 1:44 pm, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > on 11/23/11 10:08 AM, tthomashardie at [email protected] wrote: > > > I used the modified Sheldon method, but through the seat stays rather > > than the chain stays. The front wheel had a locking skewer. I'm not > > sure how they got it. The lock was missing too. Some people on the > > forums suggest that they could have used brute force. Maybe pull-up in > > cargo van and smash the lock/core and drive off. I really don't know. > > I do know that true security is a myth and anything can get stolen. In > > the future I plan to start using two good locks. Sort of a pain to > > carry around, but it will take twice as long to rip off. An extra > > couple seconds or minutes could be as good a deterrent as anything. > > General locking instructions and theories have been covered well, and they > all lead to the same conclusion - if you leave it locked, you may lose it. > The longer it's left, the more likely the lift. The more you leave it in > the same place each time, the more times a potential theif has to evaluate > the coinditions. The best you can hope for is diverting a low-tech thief to > another, less well defended bicycle. > > However, something in your description caught my eye, and it was a topic I > was related to another person over the weekend - if you have a Kryptonite > lock from 8-10 years ago with an open-end lock that uses a cylinder type > key, they are prone to attacks with - believe it or not - a Bic pen cylinder > (or similar - this is not a case of French constructeur superiority...). > > Basically, you can work the open end of the pen barrel into the lock and > smoosh it around for a while until it pushes out the tumblers and then twist > it around to open the lock. There was a well-travelled video of this, a > subsequent recall from Kryptonite (pretty sure now discontinued) and much > internet chatter. > > But, as I was helping a friend work on his son's bike, there it was - that > prototypical krypto with that exact lock type. And he asked me if it was a > good lock... > > This doesn't apply to the newer, middle of the hasp, slotted key types. > > - Jim "All bikes weigh 40#'s. (Weight of bike) + (Weight of lock) = 40" > > -- > Jim Edgar > [email protected] > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > "Nigel did some work for some of the other riders at Allied, onces who still > rode metal. He hadn't liked it when Chevette had gone for a paper frame." > -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
