Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
Your both right and wrong. You are right it takes a skilled person to pick a detainer lock but once that skill has been learned it won't take that person a long time to pick it, in fact a skilled person can do it in under one minute, a semi skilled person may take several minutes.
I don't disagree, but I think you're notion of 'skilled' might be different. I'm maybe a hundred hours of practice in on pin-tumbler locks, and I can get through most mid-level pin tumbler locks without much problems, but higher security locks can still be a problem, if not outright impossible for me. I don't think you could learn to pick a disc detainer without having a solid background in pin tumblers, or at least it's highly unlikely. You're talking about someone who has spent a significant length of time, as well as a significant investment in tools, all to duplicate a result achievable with a $20 bottle jack.
Maybe if you a member of a ring of high end bike thieves and had a particular target in mind, but I somehow don't see Oceans 11 happening for your bike, no matter how nice it is.