Re: Bicycle theft alert

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From: Tom Holub
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 00:00

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In article <D6oBsF.EI8@cruzio.com>,  <kag@cruzio.com> wrote:
)
)Having said that, I 
)should also mention that there IS a clever(?) way to remove Kryptonite locks.
)These locks are very hard, but also very brittle.  A strategically placed car
)jack can be used to expand the U-shaped lock until it breaks.  Bike shops sell
)Kryptonite lock reinforcing gadgets to circumvent this, but I have no idea
)whether they work or not.  

One of the bike magazines (I think it was Bicycling) did a survey on 
locks; a Kryptonite with Bad Bones was breakable, but a Kryptonite Evolution
was not (it bent but did not break).
 -Tom

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Subject: Re: Bicycle theft alert
Date: 1995/04/07
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