Reinventing the bike lock
Re: Reinventing the bike lock
Tick them all and mention it in the free text box.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
Re: Reinventing the bike lock
...cannot bicycle manufacturers produce a lock within the bicycle itself ...as with motorcycles and mopeds ...whereby the front wheel is turned to the left to lock using a key ...thus immobilsing the bike into the bargain?
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Re: Reinventing the bike lock
Velocio wrote:...cannot bicycle manufacturers produce a lock within the bicycle itself ...as with motorcycles and mopeds ...whereby the front wheel is turned to the left to lock using a key ...thus immobilsing the bike into the bargain?
Agreed - the problem of cars being too easy to steal was solved by the motor manufacturers - they didn't rely on third party addons to do the job. But of course a car by it's nature you can't just pick it up and walk off with it, so an immobiliser for a bike isn't much use.
Re: Reinventing the bike lock
Velocio wrote:...cannot bicycle manufacturers produce a lock within the bicycle itself ...as with motorcycles and mopeds ...whereby the front wheel is turned to the left to lock using a key ...thus immobilsing the bike into the bargain?
You mean like Raleigh used to do?
from http://www.perthvintagecycles.com/2010/ ... dster.html
Re: Reinventing the bike lock
...I thought it too obvious a suggestion ...do we know why it hasn't caught on for all bicycles?
Who would want to steal an immobilised bicycle ...other than for spare parts?
Who would want to steal an immobilised bicycle ...other than for spare parts?
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Re: Reinventing the bike lock
Velocio wrote:...I thought it too obvious a suggestion ...do we know why it hasn't caught on for all bicycles?
Who would want to steal an immobilised bicycle ...other than for spare parts?
A sharp blow on the handlebars will break such a steering lock (used to have one on a motorbike and did this once when I'd mislaid the key). The leverage of the handlebars easily overcomes any pin that will fit inside a steering tube.
Liking the look of the TiGr lock though!