Originally Posted by madpogue
Who said anything about "without the key"? The description only implies that the lock is in a position that it can't be unlocked with the key, or that it's so tight that it won't open. This is a garage. The presumption is that there are studs, but no interior walls. Otherwise the original poster would never have been able to use the hole in the stud. Perhaps the original poster should clarify exactly what happened.
The original poster wrote: "I suppose I could use a hacksaw to get it out of the stud, but then I have a lock banging around on my bike."
Which implies to me that the key is not readily available even after the lock is removed from stud.
Al