Originally Posted by
Winfried
Thanks for the input.
BTW, how big is the kind of bottle jacks used to pry open U locks?
A couple more lonely U locks seen today:
I'm beginning to wonder if some bike thiefs play it like magicians, and relock U locks they broke so that bike owners can't tell how they did it. Incidently, I didn't find the U lock lying around the bike I was stolen last Xmas. That Abus U lock was mid-range and probably wide enough to insert a jack bottle or something.
Somehow I think you have an overactive imagination. Lots of commuters leave their U-lock permanently attached to there destination parking spot. Since they don't need it any other time - it saves lugging around a boat anchor.
And for the average biker - its pretty easy to pick a U-lock. They just come into the shop, check out all the different models, ask a few questions - and pick one! The more expensive models must be more resistant cause they get 'picked' less often!
