Locked my lock to my handlebars and then lost the (only) key - London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Shallow Maive · 21st July 2008

Hallo,
This situation must've come up before. It is essentially a case of a lost key. I have a tendancy to wrap my big ol' motorbike-style lock around my handlebars so I don't have to wind it round my waist.
Only, the other day - after four years - I lost the only key.

What I'm really after is another key. Does anyone know if locksmiths can make an impression of the key hole size and make me a new one??

furious tiles · 21st July 2008

Nope, you'll have to uy a new padlock.

TheBrick(Tommy) · 21st July 2008

If it's a padlock it should be easy enough to pick. Search the web for how to sites. Practice on another lock firth though.

|³|MA3K · 21st July 2008

If it is just "wrapped around" you should easily be able to remove it by undoing the stem and disentangling it.

Key, no idea but quality locks come with number tags or cards from which to order replacements.

big daddy wayne · 21st July 2008

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Originally Posted by TheBrick(Tommy)

If it's a padlock it should be easy enough to pick. Search the web for how to sites. Practice on another lock firth though.

is that in scotland Tommy?

deadly fanny pack · 21st July 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBrick(Tommy)

If it's a padlock it should be easy enough to pick. Search the web for how to sites. Practice on another lock firth though.

basically, if its a traditional key shaped key. that looks something like this:

It shall be fairly easy to pick. You may have to buy a lockpick set if its an okish lock though. Will only cost about £7

If its a modern, lasercut style key that most modern bike/motorbike locks have. It is probably not something you can pick open.

Have you tried removing your handlebars/stem? Or is it locket around the frame too?

Shallow Maive · 21st July 2008

The key looks pretty traditional. I can't currently remember the name of whoever made the lock (the identifying fabric that used to cover the metal chain has mostly gone), but I was told a while ago that they had stopped making them, which sorta sounds like it's prob not some laser cut jobby.

Removing handlebars won't help as it's neatly locked around the cross bar - a bit like the one here but nicer
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3D2%26hl%3Den

|³|MA3K · 21st July 2008

deadly fanny pack · 21st July 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shallow Maive

The key looks pretty traditional. I can't currently remember the name of whoever made the lock (the identifying fabric that used to cover the metal chain has mostly gone), but I was told a while ago that they had stopped making them, which sorta sounds like it's prob not some laser cut jobby.

Removing handlebars won't help as it's neatly locked around the cross bar - a bit like the one here but nicer
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3D2%26hl%3Den

Youll have to temporarily change the bars till you find the key, learn to pick (very easy) or indeed chop chop time.

Shallow Maive · 21st July 2008

clearly I'll get all Dickensian and pick the lock.

pajamas · 21st July 2008

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Originally Posted by big daddy wayne

is that in scotland Tommy?

ha!

teenslain · 21st July 2008

Just get Chris to shout at it... ;)

chris crash · 21st July 2008

its a new style key that is hard to pick with out propper tools, and can't be removed from the bars with out cutting... so who wants to cut a lock off tomorrow, you bring angel grinder, i bring beer.

teenslain · 21st July 2008

We've got an angle grinder at home... May be able to work something out...
edit: I'll come over tomorra, I'm off so no big deal...

Object · 21st July 2008

THE WORLD WILL END. Please do not allow cirsh carsh to use an angle grinder.

andyp · 21st July 2008

Maybe that picture Horatio posted on a recent thread was a glimpse of the future?

Object · 21st July 2008

You mean this one...

andyp · 21st July 2008

Yep. Horrible.

chris crash · 21st July 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Object

THE WORLD WILL END. Please do not allow cirsh carsh to use an angle grinder.

I have used bigger tools then you have ever seen

chris crash · 21st July 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by teenslain

We've got an angle grinder at home... May be able to work something out...
edit: I'll come over tomorra, I'm off so no big deal...

nice one, ill be around most of the day

Object · 21st July 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris crash

I have used bigger tools then you have ever seen

You are the biggest tool that I have ever seen.

TheBrick(Tommy) · 21st July 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Object

You are the biggest tool that I have ever seen.

Rep added to.

Object · 21st July 2008

Cuppa T · 21st July 2008

this is how i break into locks.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0g8Wxw6c4M0

chris crash · 22nd July 2008

joe, when you coming?

chris crash · 22nd July 2008

the deed is done.

Object · 22nd July 2008

Pictures of your bloodied stumps please.

novocaine · 22nd July 2008

21st July 2008	#1
Shallow Maive	Locked my lock to my handlebars and then lost the (only) key Hallo, This situation must've come up before. It is essentially a case of a lost key. I have a tendancy to wrap my big ol' motorbike-style lock around my handlebars so I don't have to wind it round my waist. Only, the other day - after four years - I lost the only key. What I'm really after is another key. Does anyone know if locksmiths can make an impression of the key hole size and make me a new one??
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21st July 2008	#14
teenslain	We've got an angle grinder at home... May be able to work something out... edit: I'll come over tomorra, I'm off so no big deal... Last edited by teenslain; 21st July 2008 at 16:08..
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Object	:]
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21st July 2008	#2
furious tiles	Nope, you'll have to uy a new padlock.
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21st July 2008	#3
TheBrick(Tommy)	If it's a padlock it should be easy enough to pick. Search the web for how to sites. Practice on another lock firth though.
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21st July 2008	#4
\|³\|MA3K	If it is just "wrapped around" you should easily be able to remove it by undoing the stem and disentangling it. Key, no idea but quality locks come with number tags or cards from which to order replacements.
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21st July 2008	#13
chris crash	its a new style key that is hard to pick with out propper tools, and can't be removed from the bars with out cutting... so who wants to cut a lock off tomorrow, you bring angel grinder, i bring beer.
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21st July 2008	#16
andyp	Maybe that picture Horatio posted on a recent thread was a glimpse of the future?
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21st July 2008	#24
Cuppa T	this is how i break into locks. http://youtube.com/watch?v=0g8Wxw6c4M0
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22nd July 2008	#25
chris crash	joe, when you coming?
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