Current OnGuard models are VERY difficult to pick. A professional locksmith could do it, eventually, with the lock sitting on a workbench, and a choice of appropriate tools. But, some typical crackhead street crook, crouched on his knees next to a bike rack? Nope.

Real crooks don't bother trying to "pick" high quality locks, nor do they use BIC pens. The majority of U-locks I see (U-locks NOT made by Kryptonite or OnGuard) can be opened in under ten seconds with a simple leverage tool...there is not the slightest reason for a crook to waste his time trying to "pick" a lock.

Around my neighborhood, the majority of bikes are locked ONLY with cable locks, or have the lock attached ONLY to the front wheel, which usually has a quick release. On a rack that has five or six such "free give-away" bikes, no crook has the slightest reason to mess with a bike that is CORRECTLY locked with on OnGuard or Kryptonite U-lock.

If someone comes out of class, and finds their UNdamaged OnGuard lock laying on the ground, they simply forgot to lock their bike. The bike's owner put the lock on the ground, looked for his key, got distracted, and walked away without ever locking his bike.

How many times has the "average" guy come home from work, and discovered his front door unlocked? It has happened to most of us (at least most of us over age fifty...what was the topic again?)