Notices
General Cycling Discussion Have a cycling related question or comment that doesn't fit in one of the other specialty forums? Drop on in and post in here! When possible, please select the forum above that most fits your post!

U-Lock camoflage?

Old 05-01-08, 06:58 AM
  #1  
Senior Member
Thread Starter
 
strangeseraph's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: In An 11th floor Apartment, unfortunately
Posts: 62

Bikes: None Yet! Soon To Purchase

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
U-Lock camoflage?

Hey guys, I had an idea, its pretty corny. Since some guys dirty their bike or put lots of stickers on it to make stealing it less desireable, why not paint a ulock to look like a tough kryptonite lock? Just paint the fat tube part at the bottom yellow. The thief may see the yellow lock and know that those locks aren't easy to open and skeedadle.

It was just an idea for people who can't afford the expensive 'yellow' kryptonite lock. I'd rather have the real thing, since its supposed to be really good.

But if you had one real krypto on your bike, then another lock that is maybe on your rear tire that has been 'camoflaged' it may be effective, who knows? Again just an idea.
strangeseraph is offline  
Old 05-01-08, 08:42 AM
  #2  
Senior Member
 
akatsuki's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 411

Bikes: Lynskey R210, Miyata 610, Anchor PCD3

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Why not just get an OnGuard from REI instead which is just as good, if not better?
akatsuki is offline  
Old 05-01-08, 09:11 AM
  #3  
the actual el guapo
 
atomship47's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: midwest
Posts: 1,035

Bikes: '06 trek 7300, '05 db wildwood, '07 felt z35

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
i tried it. sort of.




i used my hunting camo paint on my ulock. set he lock down in the grass somewhere. now i can't find the damn thing.
atomship47 is offline  
Old 05-02-08, 05:32 AM
  #4  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 998
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
I second the idea of getting an Onguard Pitbull or Brute. They range in price from $30-60. Also, you can get a Kryptonite Evolution which is 90% the security of the NY lock for the same price range.
mlts22 is offline  
Old 05-02-08, 06:22 AM
  #5  
Perineal Pressurized
 
dobber's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: In Ebritated
Posts: 6,555
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Why not carry a faux Kryptonite. You could probably fashion one out of paper mache.
dobber is offline  
Old 05-02-08, 06:50 AM
  #6  
I like my car
 
ShadowGray's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,747
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Great, now you're going to have pen marks all over your U-lock.
ShadowGray is offline  
Old 05-02-08, 06:52 AM
  #7  
the bike made me do it
 
oneredstar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Paris, of the prairies
Posts: 528
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
just put a sticker on your bike that says "this bike is a bomb", no thief in their right mind would touch it. But I also like the paper mache lock idea.
oneredstar is offline  
Old 05-02-08, 08:34 AM
  #8  
HOV
Large Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Virginia
Posts: 133
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Maybe a rubber turd on the saddle? Fake vomit on the handlebars?

Neither of those ideas is as good as setting up a scarecrow dressed like a cop nearby. Dress it up like an undercover cop for extra theft deterrence.
HOV is offline  
Old 05-02-08, 09:15 AM
  #9  
Senior Member
 
rbiked's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 62
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by oneredstar
just put a sticker on your bike that says "this bike is a bomb", no thief in their right mind would touch it. But I also like the paper mache lock idea.

...it will be well protected until the bombsquad blows up your bike!
rbiked is offline  
Old 05-03-08, 10:07 PM
  #10  
Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
 
BarracksSi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 13,861

Bikes: Some bikes. Hell, they're all the same, ain't they?

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Liked 5 Times in 4 Posts
I'd start worrying about being able to buy food if I couldn't also afford a good lock.
BarracksSi is offline  
Old 05-04-08, 07:10 AM
  #11  
Every day a winding road
 
spinnaker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 6,538

Bikes: 2005 Cannondale SR500, 2008 Trek 7.3 FX, Jamis Aurora

Mentioned: 24 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3394 Post(s)
Liked 63 Times in 46 Posts
Originally Posted by strangeseraph
Hey guys, I had an idea, its pretty corny. Since some guys dirty their bike or put lots of stickers on it to make stealing it less desireable, why not paint a ulock to look like a tough kryptonite lock? Just paint the fat tube part at the bottom yellow. The thief may see the yellow lock and know that those locks aren't easy to open and skeedadle.

It was just an idea for people who can't afford the expensive 'yellow' kryptonite lock. I'd rather have the real thing, since its supposed to be really good.

But if you had one real krypto on your bike, then another lock that is maybe on your rear tire that has been 'camoflaged' it may be effective, who knows? Again just an idea.
Niels, is that you????
spinnaker is offline  
Old 05-04-08, 05:26 PM
  #12  
On-On!
 
Dr.PooLittle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 181
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
For awhile Master Lock made one with a yellow crossbar, even though their u-locks are crap.
Dr.PooLittle is offline  
Old 05-04-08, 05:35 PM
  #13  
Frakabrash
 
Takabrash's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 159

Bikes: '03 Marlin

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Wow... I really want a sticker that says "This Bike is a Bomb" now.
Takabrash is offline  
Old 05-05-08, 11:52 AM
  #14  
Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
 
BarracksSi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 13,861

Bikes: Some bikes. Hell, they're all the same, ain't they?

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Liked 5 Times in 4 Posts
Originally Posted by Takabrash
Wow... I really want a sticker that says "This Bike is a Bomb" now.
If I tried that here and locked it up outside, I'd soon see it on CNN and Fox, then I'll watch as a bomb squad robot drives up and blows it to smithereens.
BarracksSi is offline  
Old 05-05-08, 08:19 PM
  #15  
I like my car
 
ShadowGray's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,747
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Correction: This bike is da bomb.
ShadowGray is offline  
Old 05-06-08, 07:34 AM
  #16  
Senior Member
 
Timtruro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Truro, MA
Posts: 1,618

Bikes: Aegis Trident (Big Red)

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Liked 3 Times in 2 Posts
Originally Posted by BarracksSi
If I tried that here and locked it up outside, I'd soon see it on CNN and Fox, then I'll watch as a bomb squad robot drives up and blows it to smithereens.
no doubt, I wouldn't chance it, just buy a stronger lock, maybe use construction paper instead of paper mache.
Timtruro is offline  
Old 05-06-08, 01:45 PM
  #17  
Senior Member
 
Billy Bones's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Shanghai, West Virginia
Posts: 524
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times in 4 Posts
Originally Posted by HOV
Maybe a rubber turd on the saddle? Fake vomit on the handlebars?. . .
Yeah and a pair of dirty jockeys with a skid mark in the crotch draped over the top tube. I'm thinking sharing this sorta thing with your squeeze could put the quietus on the 'ol romance thing. That said and if I'm not mistaken, a conversation based on camo-based security hardware, turds, and skid marks pretty much puts us out of the romance arena anyway. Adding farts would make our celibicy complete. (This has been a long day; time to go ride.)
Billy Bones is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.