Tricks of the Trade video: Two bikes, one lock trick

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2010/03/23 @ 4:27 pm
Category Fun & Games, Science

One of our wonderful MAKE magazine illustrators, Tim Lillis, who does the Tricks of the Trade cartoon in each issue, did a video version. I really like it and hope we get to see more.

Tricks of the Trade: episode 1

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4 Responses to Tricks of the Trade video: Two bikes, one lock trick

TimLillis on March 23rd, 2010 at 4:54 pm said:

I’ll take this opportunity to point out that you should get locking skewers for your wheels, or travel with a cable.

(another trick, if you get the skewers that can be unlocked with an allen wrench, is to put a little wax or petroleum jelly in the hole, and insert a ball bearing. This will deter many casual thieves, while keeping the wheel easily removable for when you’re fixing a flat)

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Eric Moritz on March 23rd, 2010 at 7:08 pm said:

It’s better, if you can, to put the ulock around the rim inside the rear triangle. It’s impossible to get the ulock out of the triangle short of taking a hacksaw to the rear wheel. I’d be surprised if you could get a ulock around two rims and a pole though.

The way he locked up the bikes, some one could take off with two slightly used rear wheels.

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- Emmagoose on March 24th, 2010 at 9:40 am said:
  
  Heck, they didn’t even bother to run a cable through the front wheels. Even where I live, in a suburb-city, they would come back to find two bike frames securely connected to the pipe without wheels.
  
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critter42 on March 23rd, 2010 at 8:22 pm said:

Of course, the point is moot if your older Kryptonite U-lock can be opened with a bic pen!

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