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This is a large suction cup that can attach to flat, non-porous
surfaces like sheets of glass. Either it has a U-lock, cable lock,
chain lock, or similar built in, or it has a stout loop for one to
be locked around. In this way you can lock your bicycle up to
the window of a business that doesn't
have a bike rack.
Most businesses have tempered glass windows, which are
unlikely to break if a thief tugs on it. However, fear of having
their windows broken will incentivize the business to install a
bike rack. (There may need to be legislation banning
businesses from banning the use of these on their windows.)
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Someone needs to do something. I'm not always able to find
something to lock up my bike to. I ride around looking for
some post or structure or whatever. It's crazy. |
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Is the suction cup provided by the cyclist or the store? |
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Also, what stops someone sliding a blade under the edge of
the suction cup to break the seal? |
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By the cyclist, I was envisioning. |
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I don't know. Is that a realistic vulnerability of a large
camlock suction cup? Perhaps the rigid outer cup could
extend all the way past the edge of the flexible cup and
press against the glass to exclude blades. |
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It occurs to me now that if the suction cup is a separate
device from the lock, it's going to need a built-in lock
mechanism still, to prevent unauthorized suction release.
(I doubt any discrete bike lock would be tight enough to
hold the cam lever in the 'suck' position.) |
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I dunno, [not]. I'm pretty sure that I could slip a long, thin
flexible blade between a very flat pane of glass and anything
you want to glom onto it. |
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Have a tough metal mesh backed by water-saturated foam, covered in a hard metal outer shell. Apply to window, power on peltier-effect cooler. |
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Water rapidly freezes to glass, entraining the metal mesh. Ever tried scraping frozen rain off a windscreen ? |
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To release, reverse the current and the ice melts. |
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Runs off only four car batteries... |
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Then you just break the frozen glass, or walk 5 feet to the
nearest Starbucks and get a cup of hot water to splash on
it. |
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// Starbucks ... cup of hot water // |
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More expensive than buying your own bike, shirley ? |
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