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In article <3m3j6i$95b@nic.scruz.net>, paul@scruznet.com (Paul Franklin) writes:
> It couldn't have been worth more than $100, and the frame was locked to
> the back wheel with a kryptonite lock, but somebody was desperate
> enough to walk onto my porch at 5:45 this morning and take it anyway. 
> Neighborhood: lower end of High street, Santa Cruz.  Is there a new
> clever way of removing Kryptonite locks that makes it economically
> reasonable to steal a $100 bike?
> 

I don't know if they've changed the locks, but it used to be the case
that you could drill out the pin that secures the locking mechanism of 
a Kryptonite.  

I have a friend who used to use a Kryptonite lock to lock up a real
junker of a bike.  When I asked him if he didn't think it was just a
bit of overkill to use a Kryptonite on that particular bike, he 
explained that the lock was actually only a stealth lock. While doing the
experiment to see if he could defeat the lock by drilling out the
pin,  another friend had removed the locking mechanism and all the
tumblers fell out.  The reassembled lock could be opened by any
circular key.

Don