U-Lock Effectiveness.
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I see this type of design every so often- where they use some kind of hook to hand your bike up with its front wheel. It works on 99.9% of bikes, but unfortunately it doesn't work for those of us with old style HED, Mavic Cosmic, Bontrager Aeolus, and Flo carbon wheels, where the carbon is a soft fairing and the spoke nipple is anchored on the aluminum rim.

They need to nip this kind of wheel hanger design in the bud. The better way is to have an arm that grabs the saddle and pushes the bike against the tray

They need to nip this kind of wheel hanger design in the bud. The better way is to have an arm that grabs the saddle and pushes the bike against the tray
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To circle back to the thread title, which no one seems to have addressed: you don't even need an angle grinder to defeat a U-Lock; I've cut through one with a hacksaw (5 mins, lots of sweating) and with a very long bolt cutter (10 seconds, lots of muscle).
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I see this type of design every so often- where they use some kind of hook to hand your bike up with its front wheel. It works on 99.9% of bikes, but unfortunately it doesn't work for those of us with old style HED, Mavic Cosmic, Bontrager Aeolus, and Flo carbon wheels, where the carbon is a soft fairing and the spoke nipple is anchored on the aluminum rim.

They need to nip this kind of wheel hanger design in the bud. The better way is to have an arm that grabs the saddle and pushes the bike against the tray

They need to nip this kind of wheel hanger design in the bud. The better way is to have an arm that grabs the saddle and pushes the bike against the tray
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For those, just go to a pawn shop and pawn it for $30, you can leave it for a month and they store it safely for you. My favorite pawn shop only charges $5 on the pawn.
Store a bike for a month for $5.00. You're welcome...
Store a bike for a month for $5.00. You're welcome...
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your lock is cooler than your bike
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I used to run a bike rental program on a college campus, and occasionally a student would lose the keys for the U-Locks we provided.
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I have that exact model sitting in my garage, never used. Bought it in 1998 for a tandem trip to Italy. Probably should donate it to a local charity. The thing probably weighs 5 lbs.
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