Originally Posted by rekmeyata

First off I didn't look hard at all, one try and bang there were a bunch of sites not just the one I posted.
Secondly I have a friend who is a locksmith and he agrees that with practice any lock can be picked. They even have lock picking contests with ton of videos on You Tube, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGSwjp1UcnI These contest use tougher and tougher locks as you go up through the ranks

Here's a video of your vaulted Medeco being picked, 6 different ones picked and one bumped: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009...e-lock-picker/

Here a Medeco is picked in record time: http://www.thesidebar.org/insecurity/?p=192 Medeco's are used in contests where a large group of contestants are pitted against their Medeco lock set before them, the clock is started and in 23 seconds the winner opens his, all contestants manage to open theirs too just slower.

Here's another manufactured lock who had claims that they were the toughest to pick, nope, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPmcs7mV54

And here's a tool designed to pick the Abloy which has the most unusual key and is actually tougher to pick then the Medeco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8eo1...eature=related

This again is just a few of the sites that show locks being picked.

I'm not saying that the Medeco is easy for the amateur to pick because they will fail, but an experienced person with knowledge of that lock can pick it.

And as Toddles said, if your lock frustrates the wannabe bike thief he'll just remove components and leave your frame behind.