I broke a cable lock with my hands yesterday
09-08-05, 07:59 PM
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Not really, but a lady forgot her combination on her combination cable lock. She had borrowed some bolt cutters but they worked only to compress the plastic covering. I got my leatherman tool and cut through the plastic, then twisted and bent the wires and they all broke one by one by one. Freaking amazing.
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It was still a time consuming activity. I leave my U lock at work & carry a cheap cable lock on my bike in case I want to pop into a store on the way home. I think that lock would have been sufficient protection for my bike against the casual thief for the time I would be in the store
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I carry a lock that sends thousands of electrical bolts through the body of any intruder.
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Leatherman tools are so great! I have a Crunch I got for $5 from a pawn shop because the guy thought it was broken, I did too, but then after some research figured out how it works and it's not broken at all! If you have a Crunch you know how this could happen. I just got a Fuse because it's a nice simple tool with long enough screwdrivers on it to be useful on electronic equipment. I also have the special Micra that's only sold at Radio Shack, with a real, calibrated, wire stripper, it's like having one of my Ideals in my pocket.
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Originally Posted by kuan
Not really, but a lady forgot her combination on her combination cable lock. She had borrowed some bolt cutters but they worked only to compress the plastic covering. I got my leatherman tool and cut through the plastic, then twisted and bent the wires and they all broke one by one by one. Freaking amazing.
09-09-05, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by fretman
And just how are you so sure that it was really her bike!
She had a great body, what can I say?
It wasn't time consuming at all. Once I saw that one of those teensy weensy wires could bust I was through in half a minute.
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Cable locks are like anything else. You get what you pay for. I use them for a secondary back-up to the U lock, or if by itself to prevent a someone from just grabbing the bike and go.
