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Bike handcuffs

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When you're a bicycle cop, you don't need a bike lock, cuff'em! - [via] Link.

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Posted by: tastewar on May 8, 2007 at 10:26 AM

OK, so what do you do when you then need your handcuffs for, say, cuffing hands? Do you carry two pairs?

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Posted by: JohnWasser on May 8, 2007 at 11:11 AM

One problem with using handcuffs for a bike lock is that almost all handcuffs use the same key. Anyone with a handcuff key could unlock your bike and ride off with it, and your handcuffs. Of course it takes a special kind of idiot to even think about stealing a bike marked "POLICE" so I don't think they have to worry too much about it.

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Posted by: cheesy on May 8, 2007 at 11:34 AM

Most cops I've seen do carry two pairs of cuffs.

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Posted by: joe_process on May 8, 2007 at 6:52 PM

the bike cops in toronto often dont lock them at all. the nerve...

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Posted by: armb on May 9, 2007 at 3:13 AM

Masterlock make a handcuff style bike lock.

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Posted by: wai_xing_ren on May 9, 2007 at 4:20 PM

Handcuffs are much easier to pick than bicycle locks. With no training, anyone could figure it out in five minutes. With training, it's as easy as using a key.

Does it take a special kind of idiot to steal a police bike or a special type of badass?

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