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• #2
Flash update: I have added more locks to my lock fortress since the photo and the front skewer is theftproof which is why I havn't locked it.
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• #3
Hire an angle grinder and cut the duff lock off.
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• #4
Also, you should add more locks, just, you know, because.
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• #5
To right a cordless angle grinder or watch it gradually be stripped
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• #6
I feel we understand one another.
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• #7
can you easily hire a cordless angle grinder on a sunday/monday? cost? I'd only need an hour I reckon, 2 max.
Never rented tools before.
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• #8
Buy one from b and q ( other DIY stores are avaliable use it then it may then develop a fault ! return it , get a refund
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• #9
https://www.hss.com/hire/c/sawing-and-cutting/metal-grinding
I have no idea if there is a HSS near you or if they will be open on a Sunday.
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• #10
Lock that front wheel and add more locks.
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• #11
Thanks man, it's been a pretty anxious deal. I think I can do this.
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• #12
I bet no one even bats an eyelid at someone angle grinding a lock.
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• #13
i've got documents and I'm brimming with confidence fueled by my anxiety somehow.
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• #14
Is this what it's like to be a parent.
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• #15
Once you have the grinder just go down and cut it, you have keys for the other five locks (in the unlikely event someone intervenes with questions) and this thread for back up.
Don't expect or even ask for help from any authorities, by time they get around to responding the bike will be stripped.
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• #16
Understood.
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• #17
I would cable that seatpost though, maybe blutack some bearings in the stem and bars too.
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• #18
Before any lovely person offers to waste their sunday on me, this is NOT London, England.
But still a really really big deal for me and my precious baby.
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• #19
Nice breakaway , worth the trouble
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• #20
Do you know a local builder/plumber you could pay to come and do it? If you're gna grinder it get some goggles also, a drain surveyor we used decided to cut a chain with a grinder and manage to get metal in his eye.
Some idiot left their D lock on my bike as opposed to the bike stand once and I managed to get a contractor from across the road to remove it with a metal cutting saw.
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• #21
More locks then a hacksaw :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2x8RhadlpA
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• #22
Near a fire station? Ask them to help with the offer of hit sausage rolls and a donation to the fire fighters charity......and be nice!
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• #23
My sister thought she could open the front door from inside via the letterbox . Dad took her to the fire station after she got her hand stuck ! Not helping i know but it was funny.
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• #24
Edit, ha.
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• #25
Have you tried putting key in the lock and turning it to put tension in the mechanism then tap/bang the lock body?
I had a d lock that would seize up and I could get it opened by banging it on the stand or whatever I was locked to.
Maybe take a hammer and try hitting the end of lock body while turning the key?
Jokes aside please don't identify where this is/value of frame before I'm managed to get it freed.
Sitch is: kryptonite series 2 (13mm steel shackle) lock mechanism has failed, have 2 of the original keys one worn from years of use, other fresh. tried lock lube/wd40/lots of wiggling time and force but no dice. decided I'm going to cut it off when I can get access to a grinder or equivalent tool. As you can see I have added five (5) additional locks in order to keep it there until I can rescue my baby.
Have spoken to police/business owners, but no one is falling over themselves to help me (sad face). was thinking of hitting up council and locksmiths for their thoughts/assistance on the day of this post.
Pray for me?
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