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Pete Biggs wrote:


The holy grail of bicycle accessories: A strong, secure yet *lightweight*
lock. I want one! Get cracking please :-)

~PB



I'll second that one. Took both of my locks out with me yesterday so
that I could secure my good bike in an al fresco location (it normally
stays indoors at home or in the workshop) Together the locks weigh
almost as much as the bike! Makes buying a lightweight bike pointless if
you have to cart things like that about all the time.

Terry Duckmanton

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Pete Biggs wrote:


The holy grail of bicycle accessories: A strong, secure yet
*lightweight*
lock. I want one! Get cracking please :-)

~PB



I'll second that one. Took both of my locks out with me yesterday so
that I could secure my good bike in an al fresco location (it normally
stays indoors at home or in the workshop) Together the locks weigh
almost as much as the bike! Makes buying a lightweight bike pointless if
you have to cart things like that about all the time.

Perhaps a built in device like the steering lock on a car. Stealing a bike
with the front wheel on full lock must be difficult, unless the thievery is
of the bung it in the back of a van variety. It may also make the bike more
trouble than it's worth. (to the thieves I mean)

Steve

On Thu, 27 May 2004 13:21:38 +0100, shazzbat
wrote:


Perhaps a built in device like the steering lock on a car. Stealing a
bike
with the front wheel on full lock must be difficult, unless the thievery
is
of the bung it in the back of a van variety. It may also make the bike
more
trouble than it's worth. (to the thieves I mean)

Not quite a steering lock but you can get locks called 'nurses locks'
these attach to the frame (on the brake lugs) and lock around the wheel
when necessary. They tend to be not as good as U-locks but an Abus one did
well in recent test. Their big benefit for a hack bike is that they are
never forgotten.

Colin

shazzbat wrote in message
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Perhaps a built in device like the steering lock on a car. Stealing a bike
with the front wheel on full lock must be difficult, unless the thievery
is
of the bung it in the back of a van variety. It may also make the bike
more
trouble than it's worth. (to the thieves I mean)

Steve

It has been done already. The Raleigh bikes of the 1940s and early 1950s
(the ones with the enclosed chain and roller lever brakes) had just such a
lock, which would lock the front forks at dead ahead, or right or left lock.
But most owners lost the keys.

Jim