Cut the Cable or the Lock?

Triathlon Forum
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Any ideas on what to use to cut a Kryptonite cable?(10mm diameter - this one: http://www.kryptonitelock.com/inetisscripts/abtinetis.exe/PublicArticleDetails@public?artid=2704&atf=products_item&pgrp=20)

or is it better to try to break the lock? (a govt. issue padlock used the lock up the ship’s ammo mag long ago - looks very sturdy)

Background: Tues night brick, locked the bike to the rack in the back of the pickup, put the front wheel in the cab, for some reason threw the padlock key in the bumper. After the run bs’d for awhile w/ the guys, then took off. Realized about 15miles later that I’d left the key in the bumper, retraced my path but no luck. Now I have a Wilier permanently mounted in the bed of the truck until I can cut the lock or the cable. Yes, the bike is worth more than the truck!

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Freeze the lock with some freon and hit it with a hammer.

jaretj

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isn’t that the one you can get open with the innards of a ball point pen?

–edited to add link:

http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64987,00.html

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I think you’re thinking of the Kryptonite U-Lock, all I have is a 10mm thick Kryptonite braided cable that I need to saw/grind/cut through.

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Is that a solution for a U-Lock? or will that work with almost any padlock out on the market?

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I’ve done it with many different types of locks. The U-Lock you will need to cut the rubber off.

jaretj

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Now I have a Wilier permanently mounted in the bed of the truck until I can cut the lock or the cable. Yes, the bike is worth more than the truck!

That’s easy - drive the truck around all day in some less than desirable areas and I am willing to bet the lock/cable/bike are gone by the end of the day! :^>

You can use your trucks jack to break the cable but as the table gets taught it will probably do bad things to the bike. Also, if this is one of those locks with a 1/4-1/2 inch or bigger collar, then you will need large bolt cutters with long arms (3-4 feet) in order to generate enough force/leverage to cut though a lock that big. My suggestion, least troublesome but most expensive, pay a locksmith $35-75 to pick the lock which will take about 1-3 minutes. He will probably be able to make you a replacement key which allows you to continue using the lock.

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Stop by a construction site where they are doing any rebar work. Give a structural steel guy $5 to use the rebar cutter on it. Lock or cable, your choice. Like butta.

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gotcha. i thought the lock mechanism was essentially the same. sorry.