Because you want to make sure that when the lock is locked it forms a D shape not a U shape?
Ahh... right, right. I don't know why we call them U-Locks over here, because you are right. You are doing something very wrong if they look like a U.
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Ahh... right, right. I don't know why we call them U-Locks over here, because you are right. You are doing something very wrong if they look like a U.