Lightweight locks?

Bill Gates said:

I was wondering if anyone knew of lightweight (titanium maybe) U-locks? Seems a shame to have a 16
Ti bike and 2 pound ulock weighing it down.

There are other cunning techniques you can use to circumvent the 2-tonne-lock problem, namely: Only
take the lock when you really need the high level of security -- carry a smaller lock to use as a
deterrent when running errands etc. If you commute consider just leaving the big one locked at your
destination as opposed to carrying it around with you.

Dani

Bill Gates at [email hidden] wrote on 7/15/03 11:56 PM:

Quoted message said:

I was wondering if anyone knew of lightweight (titanium maybe) U-locks? Seems a shame to have a 16
Ti bike and 2 pound ulock weighing it down.

Kryptonite used to make an "EVOLite" which shaved quite a bit of weight off of the standard model.
Ultimately not as strong, but good enough for mid-security/high-visibility areas.

The Prince of Darkness asked:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was wondering if anyone knew of lightweight (titanium maybe) U-locks? Seems a shame to have a 16
Ti bike and 2 pound ulock weighing it down.

Jim Edgar replied:

Quoted message said:

Kryptonite used to make an "EVOLite" which shaved quite a bit of weight off of the standard model.
Ultimately not as strong, but good enough for mid-security/high-visibility areas.

I always wanted to make a very light plastic mock-up of one of the bigger Kryptonites, the idea
would be for a racer to show up on the finsh line with this clipped to the seattube of his bike,
as a way to
psych out the competition...

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

I was wondering if anyone knew of lightweight (titanium maybe) U-locks? Seems a shame to have a 16
Ti bike and 2 pound ulock weighing it down.

Light weight lock = light weight protection. I presonally never take a lock with me when I am
riding my nice racing bike. Simply because I never want to be tempted to lock it anywhere. I simply
take the bike with me everywhere I go. If I can't do that, the bike stays home and I ride my
commuter bike.
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Quoted message said:

The Prince of Darkness asked:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was wondering if anyone knew of lightweight (titanium maybe) U-locks? Seems a shame to have a
16 Ti bike and 2 pound ulock weighing it down.

Jim Edgar replied:

Quoted message said:

Kryptonite used to make an "EVOLite" which shaved quite a bit of weight

off

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

of the standard model. Ultimately not as strong, but good enough for
mid-security/high-visibility areas.

I always wanted to make a very light plastic mock-up of one of the bigger Kryptonites, the idea
would be for a racer to show up on the finsh line with this clipped to the seattube of his bike,
as a way to
psych out the competition...

[If you've seen the TdF pictures]

You could glue false weights to the top tube as well. Make people think your bike needs an extra
900grams to be UCI legal.

Sheldon Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

I always wanted to make a very light plastic mock-up of one of the bigger Kryptonites, the idea
would be for a racer to show up on the finsh line with this clipped to the seattube of his bike,
as a way to
psych out the competition...

Sheldon "Warped Mind" Brown

take one of the krypto heavy duty chains, cut off two links, and rope them together with some string
and some newspaper inside the provided sleeve, witgh the real links sticking out each end. hang
around your shoulder or waist courier style. those puppies weigh as much as a light bike.

anthony "weak link" anagnostou

postscript--

woudl that work, actually? if you took a short piece of aircraft cable and swaged it to two good
links of the krypto chain, and left it concealed and padded in the sleeve, then it woudl probably
secure the lock as well as the real thing. the only thieves that would attempt to steal something
locked with that chain probably know what they're doing (pretty serious lock), and would get the
bike regardless. the cable would stop it just getting walked off with.

not worth the chance, i suppose.

myself, i just have a beater that rides well but cost nothing. anytime i have to lock up somewhere,
she's my ride.

Sheldon Brown said:

The Prince of Darkness asked:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was wondering if anyone knew of lightweight (titanium maybe) U-locks? Seems a shame to have a
16 Ti bike and 2 pound ulock weighing it down.

Jim Edgar replied:

Quoted message said:

Kryptonite used to make an "EVOLite" which shaved quite a bit of weight off of the standard
model. Ultimately not as strong, but good enough for mid-security/high-visibility areas.

I always wanted to make a very light plastic mock-up of one of the bigger Kryptonites, the idea
would be for a racer to show up on the finsh line with this clipped to the seattube of his bike,
as a way to
psych out the competition...

Sheldon "Warped Mind" Brown

Ohh-ho ... you are evil!

In article said:

The Prince of Darkness asked:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was wondering if anyone knew of lightweight (titanium maybe) U-locks? Seems a shame to have a
16 Ti bike and 2 pound ulock weighing it down.

Jim Edgar replied:

Quoted message said:

Kryptonite used to make an "EVOLite" which shaved quite a bit of weight off of the standard
model. Ultimately not as strong, but good enough for mid-security/high-visibility areas.

I always wanted to make a very light plastic mock-up of one of the bigger Kryptonites, the idea
would be for a racer to show up on the finsh line with this clipped to the seattube of his bike,
as a way to
psych out the competition...

Sheldon "Warped Mind" Brown

True stories:

I did my first two crits this year with fenders on my road bike. I did at least one more where I
forgot to take my lock off. I think this just inspires your opponents, because nobody, and I mean
NOBODY, wants to get dropped before the guy with the lock on his bike.

Not even in novice racing,
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