D-Locks on Bikes: Lost Key o/t

[Signalman]

D-Locks on Bikes: Lost Key

What's the best, most practical, way to get the lock off the bike?

Medium quality D-lock.

Drilling, hacksaw, angle-grinder or liquid nitrogen (not available at Tescos).

 

[n1 gull]

You can use a car jack apparently, but I've not done it myself

 

[Gwylan]

You should have a number to ring with a reference, then they'll send you a new one.

If you can't wait that long, I reckon some heavy-duty lock-cutters should do it.

 

[London Calling]

D-Locks on Bikes: Lost Key

What's the best, most practical, way to get the lock off the bike?

Medium quality D-lock.

Drilling, hacksaw, angle-grinder or liquid nitrogen (not available at Tescos).

Likely story! Oy copper here's the thief!!!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

There used to be a classic bike thieving scam, involving D-locks.

The thief finds a bike parked at a railway station (or some other venue where people park bikes all day), with a D-lock securing it.

He attaches a second D-lock. He walks away.

He returns a couple of hours later and then reports to British Transport Police that some unknown joker has attached a second D-lock to "my bike". "I've got the key to my D-lock, but not this other one".

Sympathetic police officer finds a way of removing the genuine D-lock. Thief unlocks the other D-lock and cycles off with stolen bike.

For this to work effectively, the thief should invest in several D-locks and attach them to a variety of bikes. And never return to them - establishing in the minds of the police that there is a phanton D-locker about, who just enjoys causing trouble.

How can a genuine bike owner be distinguished from the thief?





Don't try this these days. It won't work any more - at least not until a new generation of naive police officers gets recruited by British Transport Police.




Or is this just an urban myth?