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Make your own bicycle lock.
It can be lighter, cheaper, and much more fun than any lock you can buy.
Here's one made of cardboard!
It's perfect for use in Japan and other nice places where people don't like to steal.
I live in the United States where lots of people steal things.
So we'll make a stainless steel one from an old stove.
It can be lighter, cheaper, and much more fun than any lock you can buy.
Here's one made of cardboard!
It's perfect for use in Japan and other nice places where people don't like to steal.
I live in the United States where lots of people steal things.
So we'll make a stainless steel one from an old stove.
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Signing UpStep 1The Ancient U-Lock
The "Modern" U-style lock is pretty old. Here's a patent for one from 1925.
It's designed to fit over the spoked wheel of an automobile.
Back then lots of cars didn't have locks.
As Henry Ford said "You can have any color you wanted, as long as it's black."
So people accidentally taking the wrong car must have been a problem.
It's designed to fit over the spoked wheel of an automobile.
Back then lots of cars didn't have locks.
As Henry Ford said "You can have any color you wanted, as long as it's black."
So people accidentally taking the wrong car must have been a problem.
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From 1908 to 1914, the Model T was not available in black but rather only grey, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Grey was only available for the town cars, and red only for the touring cars. By 1912, all cars were being painted midnight blue with black fenders. It was only in 1914 that the "any color as long as it is black" policy was finally implemented.
The model changes were not designated by a new letter but frequently under the banner of Model-T which was also seen more recently with the VW Beetle that change dramatically over the couples of decade they were built although they kept the same name and styling.
The lock in the pic is a Masster Lock. Although typically a decent lock, I knopw how to destroy one in a matter of seconds. Master does make a lock that has a hex shaped shank. There are other types of locks that are harder to break as well. They typically have what is best described as a "warded" shackle. Look them up on the Maaster Lock web site. There are other companies that make good locks as well. Some of the knock offs are pretty stout as well. I would recomend using a lock that is stainless as well- no rusting and all but impossible to cut with a torch as well as a real pain in the keister to cut with a saw.
A Cannondale locked with the scrap pieces of a stove top = rich and happy thief