Bike Lock Lifts Your Bike Out of Reach

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By Becky Stern
Posted 2011/07/11 @ 5:21 am
Category Fun & Games

The wildly popular video of this German bike lock prototype blew me away. Clamp your bike to the motorized unit, and it scurries up a lamp post, securing your bike in the sky. [via GOOD]

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19 Responses to Bike Lock Lifts Your Bike Out of Reach

Jeff on July 11th, 2011 at 12:35 pm said:

This will work great, until someone else also attaches and ascends a bike on the same pole, under the first one, and is nowhere to be found when the first bike’s owner needs his bike back.

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Jeff on July 11th, 2011 at 12:35 pm said:

This will work great, until someone else also attaches and ascends a bike on the same pole, under the first one, and is nowhere to be found when the first bike’s owner needs his bike back.

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Jeff on July 11th, 2011 at 12:35 pm said:

This will work great, until someone else also attaches and ascends a bike on the same pole, under the first one, and is nowhere to be found when the first bike’s owner needs his bike back.

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Jeff on July 11th, 2011 at 12:35 pm said:

This will work great, until someone else also attaches and ascends a bike on the same pole, under the first one, and is nowhere to be found when the first bike’s owner needs his bike back.

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Jeff on July 11th, 2011 at 12:35 pm said:

This will work great, until someone else also attaches and ascends a bike on the same pole, under the first one, and is nowhere to be found when the first bike’s owner needs his bike back.

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Jeff on July 11th, 2011 at 12:35 pm said:

This will work great, until someone else also attaches and ascends a bike on the same pole, under the first one, and is nowhere to be found when the first bike’s owner needs his bike back.

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Jeff Haskell on July 11th, 2011 at 12:44 pm said:

Good point – Could they put in some sort of “intelligent” sensor that won’t allow it to ascend if there’s already a bike on a pole?

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- Scott Cairo on July 11th, 2011 at 1:05 pm said:
  
  simples-a microswitch that reverses the motor if it hits an obstruction. Should have that anyways, Im guessing. I suppose since its an IR device-the tech behind a TVBgone could jam IR activity if your bikes up there, obv not jam YOUR IR activity.
  
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  Anonymous on July 11th, 2011 at 5:50 pm said:
  
  That’s makes sense. Also, you don’t have to carry a few pounds of metal and motors around in your backpack. It would them become an added source of income for the owner, probably the local municipality (which will now have an incentive to encourage theft of bikes not using their protection racket, uh I mean protection system.).
  
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  Anonymous on July 11th, 2011 at 5:50 pm said:
  
  That’s makes sense. Also, you don’t have to carry a few pounds of metal and motors around in your backpack. It would them become an added source of income for the owner, probably the local municipality (which will now have an incentive to encourage theft of bikes not using their protection racket, uh I mean protection system.).
  
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  Chris Roach on July 11th, 2011 at 6:39 pm said:
  
  Kind of like this? http://www.biketree.com/
  
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- Scott Cairo on July 11th, 2011 at 1:05 pm said:
  
  simples-a microswitch that reverses the motor if it hits an obstruction. Should have that anyways, Im guessing. I suppose since its an IR device-the tech behind a TVBgone could jam IR activity if your bikes up there, obv not jam YOUR IR activity.
  
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Hendry Betts III on July 11th, 2011 at 12:52 pm said:

I didn’t read Jeff’s comment. I had the exact same question.

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Anonymous on July 11th, 2011 at 3:38 pm said:

curious how these stories skip across the temporal pond. this one is approximately a year old. and even nearly the same comments are (serendipitously?) revisited …
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/29/bicycle-lock-climbs-poles-encourages-would-be-thieves-to-look-e/

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Anonymous on July 11th, 2011 at 3:38 pm said:

curious how these stories skip across the temporal pond. this one is approximately a year old. and even nearly the same comments are (serendipitously?) revisited …
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/29/bicycle-lock-climbs-poles-encourages-would-be-thieves-to-look-e/

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Rory Southworth on August 22nd, 2011 at 11:37 pm said:

What happens when the batteries run out and your bikes still “safe” up a lampost? I hope theres a battery warning light.

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Grant Carlile on August 24th, 2011 at 10:04 pm said:

Great idea! Where can I follow the project? Good luck.

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Bruce Hubbert on August 29th, 2011 at 4:37 pm said:

What if someone figures out what frequency your remote is? Bye Bye Bike.

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Bruce Hubbert on August 29th, 2011 at 4:37 pm said:

What if someone figures out what frequency your remote is? Bye Bye Bike.

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