My expensive Kryptonite New York bike lock was taken over the Thanksgiving holidays, due to my own stupidity and absent-mindedness. When I left work last Tuesday, I unlocked my bike and moved it to the front of the rack to load my gear. In my rush to get home for the holidays, I left my lock, cable and keys sitting there next to the rack unlocked. This morning, I couldn't find my keys anywhere but figured they would turn up later and I had a spare set to use in the meantime. When I got to work, I realized immediately what had happened as my lock was missing from the bike rack. I leave my lock and cable locked to the rack at nights/weekends so I won't have to lug it back and forth. I was hoping someone at work had picked it up and returned to lost-and-found, but no such luck. I sent an email to my coworkers and also checked the nearest pawn shop, but it hasn't turned up, so it looks like I'll have to shell out another $50-75 on a new lock and cable.

Fortunately my bike wasn't stolen and I had a small cable lock to use at work today. I'm nervous relying on the small lock all day but we have pretty good security with a camera.

I have three locks I keep at work. A U-lock with a flat key, a U-lock with a rotary combination, and a 3/8" cable with a mini U-lock padlock with cylinder key. I leave them locked overnight to the one rack nobody uses.

One time overnight I didn't spin the combination on my U-lock with the rotary numbers and somebody swiped it. The crook (probably some of the skateboarders who hang out in the parking garage after hours) probably just tried the latch and it opened and then they knew the combination. I like having the combo lock just in case I forget my keys (never happened yet though), so I bought a new one - didn't use the same combo.

Could have been worse - they could have duplicated the key and left the lock lying where it was found with the hope that you would use it. Sorry to hear that though - I lost a set of keys this weekend too and will now have to fork up the cash to apartment management for duplicates.

never had one stolen but in college the university cut my kryptonite 4 while I lifted weights. locked it to the wrong fence it turns out though it wasn't clearly marked. when i retrieved my bike from campus police I asked if maybe they could have just put a warning on it instead of destroying a 30 dollar lock. they laughed at me. I told them I was never going to give the college money after I graduated unless they replaced the lock. they laughed and said "you kids always say that."

When my Mom went off to college Grandpa bought here a good used Raleigh three speed and a new bike lock.
Someone stole the lock and left the bike.

I got a big U-lock not too long ago, and promptly lost the keys a few weeks later (both keys still on the same ring). I'm pretty sure they fell out of my saddle bag when I had the bike flipped upside down to remove the wheels after a group ride, and left the bag unzipped. Went back to the same area looking for the keys but no such luck. Now I have an unusable U-lock hanging in the garage.

Well, now I have two sets of keys and no lock. Maybe we could work out a swap and get lucky! My lock was a Kryptonite New York. I wonder how many key combinations they use?

I went ahead and bought a new Bulldog lock last night because the local Performance store had them on sale. It doesn't seem as bulletproof as my old KNY lock but it cost about half as much.

You're really lucky. Most people would have left the combo lock there, spun the numbers and periodically checked to see when the bike is locked only with the combo lock. BAM! Stolen bike. Stealing the lock itself is kind of useless.

got to work today and didn't have my lock. Hopefully it's on the floor of the garage. Immediately thought of this thread, although since I have my keys the lock is worthless to anyone else.

i once "liberated" a chain that was abandoned for at least two years. i busted the (integrated) lock, and now i've got a very nice, 8mm, square cross-section, hardened chain.

i've got my eyes on a 12mm krypto-cable that's been abandoned for several years. it's tied to a rack with a disc-brake lock. if i was living anyplace other than wellington, it would've been gone long ago. i keep thinking, "i should snag it before the city removes it". with my hand-tools, it would probably take 40-60 minutes to defeat the disc-brake lock, but for the worth of the cable i'm not motivated to buy a cordless power tool for the job. so it sits there.

i will do, got to work today and didn't have my lock. Hopefully it's on the floor of the garage. Immediately thought of this thread, although since I have my keys the lock is worthless to anyone else. thanks for your sharing,