Have a 6-year old Specialized Wedlock bike lock (erector set looking foldable lock) with cylindrical key. I have read reviews that say it is unpickable with a bic and I have tried myself to no avail. Has anyone picked the Wedlock? Is it possible that there is a cylindrical lock that is immune. Any help, personal experiences or articles seen would be great.
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I helped my LBS owner, and Specialized dealer, try to pick one with a Bic, but were unsuccessful. The cylinder was the wrong diameter (right diameter?) for a bic to pick the lock.

Hmm.. was the cylinder too large a diameter for the bic pen? I found that my Kryptonite Evolution's cylinder _seemed_ too large to get the bic tube into, but that lock is considered pickable.

Maybe contact Specialized? They should know.

The "BIC" technique will work on ANY round key lock, if the crook finds or makes a cylinder with the correct diameter and degree of "softness". But, here on Planet Earth, there is not a single documented, proven case of a bike being stolen using the BIC technique.

Why not? Because the majority of bikes in a given neighborhood are not really locked at all. The owner uses cable locks, or locks such as the Wedlock, that can be opened in a few seconds, using portable manual tools. Why bother carrying around ten or fifteen pens and fumbling around for an hour to find the one that matches a given lock? Crooks are dumb, but not that dumb.

Locks worth owning are those that have earned a "Gold" or "Silver" rating at the "Sold Secure" Insurance Institute by surviving real world attacks using the techniques crooks actually used. The list of approved locks does NOT include the Wedlock.

www.soldsecure.com/Leisure.htm


Spend $30 for an OnGuard U-lock, and use your wedlock for locking your front wheel, or as a second lock.