Vintage Locks
02-12-19 | 02:14 AM
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Vintage Locks
User [MENTION=81459]tcs[/MENTION] posted this photo in the Commuting forum of his Citadel lock and it made me look for a thread about locks. (Not a locked thread or threadlock.)
So I looked around for other threads and found this Pug and a couple of Raleigh steering locks
Basta Automatic cuff lock help
Have Raleigh Suberbe with fork lock -key?
Anyone have any other locks? Anything pre-boom? Anything clever or weird from the boom? In my 1980's childhood we had simple chain locks with combination tumblers, or just hardware store chains and padlocks.
had a bike stolen in the summer of 1977. That fall I bought (a replacement bike 
and) a then state-of-the-art Citadel U-lock. It was my principle lock until 5 ~ 6 years ago, and I still use this 42 year-old U-lock on occasion. Sure, it could be picked, cut or jacked, but why bother when there are as nice or nicer bikes locked up nearby, secured with cables?
and) a then state-of-the-art Citadel U-lock. It was my principle lock until 5 ~ 6 years ago, and I still use this 42 year-old U-lock on occasion. Sure, it could be picked, cut or jacked, but why bother when there are as nice or nicer bikes locked up nearby, secured with cables?Basta Automatic cuff lock help
Have Raleigh Suberbe with fork lock -key?
Anyone have any other locks? Anything pre-boom? Anything clever or weird from the boom? In my 1980's childhood we had simple chain locks with combination tumblers, or just hardware store chains and padlocks.
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02-12-19 | 04:08 PM
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Wouldn't these only work for very old vintage thieves? Just sayin ... 😉
