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Why use a 10 pound lock to secure a 20 pound bike?
Make the heaviest, meanest looking lock you can out of lightweight materials. Don't put any branding or logos on it but copy the size and shape of a good solid U-BOLT lock.
It WON'T be secure if someone takes a shot at it -- but if it LOOKS tough
enough nobody will bother.
... And the thief that comes equipped to break a really tough lock would get your bike anyhow...
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Baked to smithereens and widely known to exist. I once had a bike lock like this that had the words "hands off" on it in big unfriendly letters. The bike got stolen. |
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I'm confused. Wouldn't the purpose of a fake bike be to trick bike thieves into stealing the fake and leaving the real bike alone? If I locked up my fake bike then they'd go after my real bike, and I don't want that. |
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For that reason I'm giving this one a fake fish bone, so you won't see it in the total, but it'll be there to fool someone trying to steal a real one. |
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The biggest problem I see with my own idea is that to really be effective, it would have to look EXACTLY like some well-known GOOD lock, down to the logo. So the maker of the real deal would sue the faker. |
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zeno: widely known to exist? I can't find - let me know what's out there so I can see how good or bad they are. link(s) please? |
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canuck: "fake lock for bicycles" seemed more cumbersome title than "fake bike lock"... sorry :) |
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He's pulling your leg...as in a lock for a fake bike...a Fake Bike, lock... |
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...Next time I see him I'll give'm a nipple twister for you if you want, but it'll have to be a quick one.
He's bigger than me. |
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