Hardest: Chill the metal of the 'U' with liquid Nitrogen or Freon, smash with hammer.
Harder: If it doesn't have the newer brass jacket, peel back the plastic coating on the key end, drill out the pin that holds in the cylinder, remove the cylinder, open. Careful, otherwise it is very possible that you'll damage the bike.Įasy: Use a cut-off wheel in a Dremel tool to cut the lock at the hole in the shackle (where there is the least to cut.) Or call a local locksmith, they should be able to pick and re-key the lock for you.Įasy: Get a car jack and jack it apart. There is NO way you would get bolt cutters through a Kryptonite lock, and it would take hours (and probably several blades)to get through one with a hacksaw.Įasiest: If you registered your lock, call or write Kryptonite for a new key. Patented Anti-Rotation Double Deadbolt shackle helps fight against twist and cut attacks Includes click style transportation bracket Protective vinyl. The best you can do in reality is "enough to satisfy your insurance company".You guys are sorely underestimating the strength of a decent U-lock. If its a $100 hack, then any half decent lock will be good enough. If you bike is a $10K dream machine, that's going to be a tough job-you will need so much heavy metal it will weight more than the cheapest supermarket hack, and take so long to secure the time saving you get riding it is lost at each end of the journey. Our Editors independently research, test, and rate the best products. By Luke Hollomon, Rebecca Eckland, Ross Robinson, Rylee Sweeney.
Hold the angle grinder in both hands and slowly press the blade against one of the U-shaped sides of. We tested bike locks from Kryptonite, OnGuard, Hiplok, and more, to find the best solution for your bike security needs. The job of your lock is to make your bike less desirable than the one next to it. With the angle grinder, cut through the Kryptonite U lock. Its integrated high-security lock cylinder is pick, drill, and cut resistant. The reality is if they want it, it's theirs, and there's sweet nothing you can do about it. With the right tools and technique you can easily cut through a Kryptonite lock. The main difference is a D-lock is susceptible to different tools to a chain.
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In comparison to the D-lock-if you can cut though 18mm, you can cut through 20. One could use: A portable grinder with a cutoff wheel. The tools needed to bend the link after cutting one side are almost certainly not portable, and why would you carry two tools when one will do. Kryptonite Combo Bike U-Lock Standard, Anti-Theft Security Bicycle Lock, 12mm Steel Shackle, 4-Digit Resettable Combination U Lock for Scooter Road Mountain Bikes. Altor SAF: very resistant to angle grinders, but not portable and not tested by Sold Secure.
Litelok X1: significantly less resistant than the X3 or D1000, but also much less expensive. Hiplok D1000: a very close second in terms of resistance. The Hiplok D1000, is about the same size, but lighter (120g) and also 15x more angle grinder resistant. Litelok X3: the most angle grinder resistant bike lock currently available. As for the Kryptonite, cutting one side an bending is certainly possible, but in reality if you can cut one side, you use the same tools to cut the other. The X3 is bigger, just slightly (50g) heavier, but 15x more angle grinder resistant.
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