27-10-2003 02:21									#1
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My freakin' Kyptonite bicycle u-lock is broken . . . in the locked position!!! Somehow or another, the two notches in the lock aren't aligned, so I can't insert my circular key and open the lock. So my bike is locked up at the library, probably until payday (Friday). So I have to walk home from work tonight (yes, I'm at work, I took a break to drop some stuff off at the library), and back to work tomorrow. Hopefully $26 is enough to get the lock off. Hopefully a locksmith can even get the damn thing off. And it's gonna rain tonight. Oh bugger!

	27-10-2003 02:23									#2
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that sucks...

	27-10-2003 02:23									#3
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you can take off bike locks with liquid nitrogen and saws I think

Jon Miller

	27-10-2003 02:24									#4
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I did it with my capitalist telekinetic powers, you communists should realized that you are always under siege.

	27-10-2003 02:27									#5
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Outstanding Job Lefty, you shall be the first recipient of the "Hero of the AECCP(tm)"

	27-10-2003 02:27									#6
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freon and a cold chisel.

	27-10-2003 02:27									#7
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This sucks. Is there no guarantee on your lock?

	27-10-2003 02:34									#8
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So what are the odds that a cop will come by when your trying to cut the lock off?

	27-10-2003 02:38									#9
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Like I have liquid nitrogen handy.

	27-10-2003 02:39									#10
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"Honest officer, this IS my bike!"

"Sure it is bud, if you'll just come with me."

	27-10-2003 02:40									#11
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and bicycles and locks are a dutchmans trade:
just follow the steps:
1. kick the lock and try it again
2. kick the lock again and try it again
3. use Freon or liqued nitroygn
4. if 3 isnt possibly then try a saw
5. kick the lock and try it again
6. if only attached with the wheel leave the wheel there and take the rest of the bike.
7. ask the first addict you see walking around to use there Bicycle stealing equiment to get you bike
8. steal another bike

	27-10-2003 02:45									#12
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I tried a crowbar on the lock, so kicking it isn't gonna do much good.

I don't have a hack saw or liquid nitrogen. Freon is no longer sold in the U.S. I use the lock properly, locking the wheel and body with the lock.

	27-10-2003 02:46									#13
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then go to step 8

	27-10-2003 02:48									#14
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Like I have liquid nitrogen handy.

I fidn Liquid helium to be a sueirior refrigerant. Use LOX is want something spectacular to happen.

	27-10-2003 02:51									#15
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the obvious answer is to use a gun.

guns are plentiful in our decadent capitalist society. just ask a kid to borrow his.

	27-10-2003 02:55									#16
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yes but then you can shoot out the tire

	27-10-2003 03:05									#17
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quote: Originally posted by DeathByTheSword and bicycles and locks are a dutchmans trade: just follow the steps: 1. kick the lock and try it again 2. kick the lock again and try it again 3. use Freon or liqued nitroygn 4. if 3 isnt possibly then try a saw 5. kick the lock and try it again 6. if only attached with the wheel leave the wheel there and take the rest of the bike. 7. ask the first addict you see walking around to use there Bicycle stealing equiment to get you bike 8. steal another bike

You forgot the ultimate Dutch trick: wait till a policecar comes by, stop them, tell them your problem and then they'll get a whatchamacallit (don't know the English term) from their trunk and cut the lock open.

I really saw this happen once and also saw the rightfull owner return a couple of minutes later, only to find his bike gone. I didn't tell him that the police unlocked it for the guy that stole it

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i knew i forgot one

	27-10-2003 03:13									#19
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How does it feel to have the People's Republic of Lock protesting and plotting overthrow?

	27-10-2003 03:14									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Hueij I really saw this happen once and also saw the rightfull owner return a couple of minutes later, only to find his bike gone. I didn't tell him that the police unlocked it for the guy that stole it

The horror