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Old 04-01-08, 06:33 AM
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Sammyboy
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For next time, get a serious high end u-lock, and use that through the rear triangle, plus the cable through the front. Also, lock it next to a more expensive bike with worse locks. A determined criminal can get through anything, but if yours is not the most inviting target.....

I lost the key to my u-lock, and tried to break it with a hydraulic jack, and to cut it with a hacksaw, to no avail (I did inform the police first!). In the end, I had to buy a cordless angle grinder, and even that took several minutes. I have a pair of bolt-croppers I bought for $6 which would drop into my cargo pants pockets, and go through a cable lock in one bite. If your bike, and mine were side by side, yours, sadly, would be the one to go. It's a terrible thing to have happen, I hope you find a good replacement.
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