Lock types
Opening a U-lock in Amsterdam: seized or key lost
A U-lock is stubborn. That is why you bought it — and why you do not take a kerb to it. Frame first, lock later: wrong order.
Often we can still open the cylinder. If the shackle runs through fork and pole, we cut the shackle where the bike comes free, not through the rim.
Kryptonite, AXA, Abus: same approach. Photo on WhatsApp, rate up front, 24/7.
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Kryptonite, Abus, AXA: the shackle is the strong part. So we try the cylinder first. We cut where the bike comes free, not through the rim.
A shackle through pole and frame is exactly where a kerb costs you paint and the lock stays put.
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