Re: Bicycle theft alert

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From: Kathleen Lytle
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 1995 00:00

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David Jordan (littlcat@netcom.com) wrote:
: kag@cruzio.com wrote:

: : 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.  

: Regarding the car jack, it apparently has to be from a certain European 
: car (Saab?, Volvo?) to be exactly the right size.  Bike thieves are 
: reported to break into that particular make of car just to get the jack.

: David Jordan
: littlcat@netcom.com

I've heard that Volvo jacks can break U-locks but a friend of mine lost 
the key to her U-lock and my jack couldn't get it open( I have a Volvo jack).

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From: finntwo@wheel.ucdavis.edu (Kathleen Lytle)
Subject: Re: Bicycle theft alert
Date: 1995/04/08
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