Bike riders beware...
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Bike riders beware...
the bicycle has been discussed as a valuable part of a zombie preparation plan. If you have a bike, you'll probably need a lock.
Don't buy Kryptonite locks that are on the market now. They can be picked easily with a bic pen. More info here. Apparently the technique works on all locks of a similar nature.
Kryptonite has acknowledged the vulnerability and is working to fix the problem.
Don't buy Kryptonite locks that are on the market now. They can be picked easily with a bic pen. More info here. Apparently the technique works on all locks of a similar nature.
Kryptonite has acknowledged the vulnerability and is working to fix the problem.
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that is such a good line and its so true, with a little resurch and some practice its easy to learn some tricks on basic padlocks(and doorknobs if need be).Ivan wrote:Cheap ass combination locks are easy. I used to break open my friends lockers just to show them why they should buy better quality locks.
My dad always said "A lock only keeps out an honest person."
"When all else fails, use force"
most doors as long as they are not equipped with a deadbolt - or the deadbolt is not engauged - can be picked with a credit card, yes i said it a credit card, smoother cards work better, like state id cards and/or hotel key cards
both types of doors opening interor and exteror can be pick using this method, a door that open towards you requires a minor modification to the card before working
deadbolt can be opened with simple lock picking sets available for 9.99 on some website, often these sets - like mine - come with a beginners guide to lock picking as well as a breakdown of how a lock works, the different types of picks, as well as a classifaication table of what pics to be used on what locks
both types of doors opening interor and exteror can be pick using this method, a door that open towards you requires a minor modification to the card before working
deadbolt can be opened with simple lock picking sets available for 9.99 on some website, often these sets - like mine - come with a beginners guide to lock picking as well as a breakdown of how a lock works, the different types of picks, as well as a classifaication table of what pics to be used on what locks
Nobody post anything illegal about lockpicking and get anyone in trouble ya hear?
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own...
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I have a little bit of experience with bikes getting stolen. I used to live out in the Denver for a few years, my transportation was a mountain bike. I was a ski bum/cook for a living making $5.75 an hour(about 15 years ago), so when I dropped some cash on a mountain bike I wanted to keep it needless to say.I went through a Specialized Rock Hopper, Fuji Discovery, and a Gary Fischer Hoo Koo E Koo. These were all $500-$600 mt. bikes.
I used a kryptonite lock all the time, would take off the front tire and seat everytime i wasn't riding it. Three seperate time I walked out to no bike and a cleanly snapped U lock. The thing wasn't even bent. Bike theives are pros, that's all they do.
I used a kryptonite lock all the time, would take off the front tire and seat everytime i wasn't riding it. Three seperate time I walked out to no bike and a cleanly snapped U lock. The thing wasn't even bent. Bike theives are pros, that's all they do.
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I keep my bike locked up tight in my Staley Van, so they have to break into that first. By the time they do that, I'm sure the tools there would peak thier interst more than my bike, and since the company owns all them...
It's the ol' bait and switch...
It's the ol' bait and switch...
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Are there any good, legal guides to learn this? There's some internet sources (like the Anarchist's Cookbook, which we can't talk about here) that have supposed (but IMHO highly unreliable) instructions. But nowhere else.Hunter for Hire wrote:i can pick nearly all keylocks, never really looked into combinations locks
And does this qualify as "illegal activity talk"?
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I'm just going to buy a huge chain, wrap around the bike many times, and secure with multiple locks. They'll earn my ride.
See you around, HK. And remember folks: victory is surviving to watch another sunrise.
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AEnemia wrote:Are there any good, legal guides to learn this? There's some internet sources (like the Anarchist's Cookbook, which we can't talk about here) that have supposed (but IMHO highly unreliable) instructions. But nowhere else.Hunter for Hire wrote:i can pick nearly all keylocks, never really looked into combinations locks
And does this qualify as "illegal activity talk"?
Start taking a law enforcement class. One of my friends years ago was going through school to be a cop, I was looking through one of his text books. There was a section on safe cracking and picking locks.
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