Talk:Bicycle lock

message: I clarified as best I could. Here is the original text from the previous edit
:A bicycle lock is a safety device used on bicycles to prevent theft. Putting and handle and rope locks are used.
:==Putting lock==
:A putting lock is a fahrradschloss, which consists of a lockable metal pin. It prevents a rotation of the Rades in the final condition. Putting locks cannot prevent a theft by carrying away the bicycle.
:==Buegel lock==
:A buegel lock is a bicycle lock, which consists of a usually flexible metal ring, which is led by the spokes and the frameworks. Since this handle can be wound also around firm of objects, it is possible with a buegelschloss to secure bicycles also against carrying off. Buegelschloesser offer a higher protection from thefts. In contrast to putting locks buegelschloesser are used also as zahlenschloesser.
:==Chain lock==
:A chain lock is a lockable chain. A chain lock is like a buegel lock available as key or number lock. Chain locks are also used for securing other transportable things from theft.
I have no idea what a Buegel or lock or a Putting lock is. There's a lot of german looking words here. If someone knows what these are, and wants to add them back in a clear and consise manner, that's fine by me. Additionally, this entire entry should probably be in Wiktionary. The section on chain locks strikes me especially as a blinding flash of the obvious. DaveTheRed 06:10, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarification

message: Five-sided hex key skewers exist...  Hm. Five-sided pent keys 
may be. Or possibly five-sided Allen Keys 91.4.206.122 22:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 5 != Hex

message: I think the original editor's claim that "freone" is used to break U-locks is dubious considering he couldn't even get the word right. At any rate, I think he meant 'liquid nitrogen,' as Freon isn't even cold as it is normally stored. Liquid nitrogen is a very expensive and exotic way to break a lock as much more sensible methods (such as using a grinder) exist. I rewrote that section. I also removed the reference to "Kryptonite U-Locks" as the picture already is of a kryptonite-brand U-lock and the Kryptonite mark is also used on chain and cable locks. -- Jorbettis 07:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: While liquid nitrogen should theoretically make a lock brittle enough to shatter it, the fact of the matter is that it requires the metal to be dipped in the liquid for a period of time. It is an incredibly dangerous material to work with and you would need a lot to successfully freeze a lock to a shatter point. If someone wants to add it back in, I strongly suggest finding a reliable source to cite, because I've tried it and it didn't work on my Kryptonite lock, though I wish it did. --SquatGoblin 03:16, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Liquid Nitrogen

message: Advertising? Almax chains seem to get a lot of uncritical mentions here.188.223.195.138 (talk) 11:12, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advertising 

message: ^ "Sold Secure". Squire Security.
links to a 404 page  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.151.164.200 (talk) 15:09, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference no 3 is a dead link 

message: Some people might know that North Korea heavily restricts cars and transport is usually either by public transport, bicycle or on foot. Given how wheel locks are so common in countries like China, sort of allied with North Korea, and in other places where cycling is common, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, etc, are they common in NK? Has anyone seen a picture of North Korean bicycles with a focus on the rear triangle?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.149.156.139 (talk) 09:42, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wheel locks in North Korea 

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message: Apparently the U-lock was invented by Stan Kaplan. I think this is noteworthy since U-locks are everywhere on bikes these days. https://patents.google.com/patent/US3800570A/en  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:3087:9F01:5CDE:48EA:7398:7146 (talk) 23:54, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  U-lock inventor