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Ok, so this is slightly off on a tangent, but just wanted to share a rather reassuring lock story...(i'm sorry if this sort of thing has been disucssed before!?)
Anyway, we had a woman come into our shop t'other day moaning about the kryptonite new york d-lock she'd bought (the £60 one); she'd managed to break the key off in the lock, that was the fault of her stupid biffa hands, but she then told us that she had to call a locksmith to come free her bike, and it took him just over 2 hours to cut through the lock with a big ole angle grinder! So, this was a great example to us of how strong they are. I guess if there wasn't half a broken key inside the lock he may have got it open much sooner...but still, bloody fookin strong innit!! Oh, and (as most of you probably know) it comes in the smaller 'pocket-lock' size, although it is twice te price of the more common £35ish one and about 10times heavier. But....bloody fookin strong! Recommended.