Can you cut a U-bolt with a forty quid cordless angle grinder?

[oldwheels]

Weird, I got a notification that you quoted me…I’ve not posted on this thread at all

So did I and also not posted anything

 

[dicko]

Hmmm...I think Sainsbury's might get a bit humpy

Bit of black tape and you’re good to go after straightening it a bit.

 

[craigwend]

Weird, I got a notification that you quoted me…I’ve not posted on this thread at all

It's from the future Police / Mods...

And you have now...

 

[craigwend]

So did I and also not posted anything

It's from the future Police / Mods...

And you have now...

...

 

[alicat]

Weird, I got a notification that you quoted me…I’ve not posted on this thread at all

So did I and also not posted anything

I think I know what happened. I saved some quotes from various threads and they were all inserted when I only intended to insert the one relating to this thread. I edited the erroneous ones out but I imagine you got a notification anyway. Sorry if that caused any concern.

 

[Kingfisher101]

Go on Facebook for your area and ask if someone will help you cut it off and you will pay them. Someone will help you I know they will.

 

[alicat]

A well-placed 1mm slot in the tree guard, deflect the bar with a length of 3x2 enough to release the lock. Ease the bar back. No jagged edges, no drama. Saves the shop another headache.

If you say so.

 

[johnnyb47]

I would consider letting the police know what your doing before setting your bike free ,just in case they get the wrong end of the stick if they see you

 

[tyred]

I would consider letting the police know what your doing before setting your bike free ,just in case they get the wrong end of the stick if they see you

I broke into my own MKI Golf once, in a busy town centre car park in broad daylight. Absolutely nobody asked me what I was doing.

 

[Kingfisher101]

I broke into my own MKI Golf once, in a busy town centre car park in broad daylight. Absolutely nobody asked me what I was doing.

People totally avoid anything that looks dodgy as they are now scared of a confrontation and the possibility of getting stabbed etc.

 

[HLaB]

I broke into my own MKI Golf once, in a busy town centre car park in broad daylight. Absolutely nobody asked me what I was doing.

I think its the Neistat Brothers in Times Square in NY who made one of social experiment videos of nicking their own bike. They repeated the stunt several times, each time using larger and noisier tools to cut the lock. No one said a word until their last stunt with the biggest and noisiest tool. Someone came up to them and said, "you're doing it wrong and this is how you should do it.

Edit, it looks like the original was removed, this is the remake:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGttmR2DTY8

 

[Alex321]

A well-placed 1mm slot in the tree guard, deflect the bar with a length of 3x2 enough to release the lock. Ease the bar back. No jagged edges, no drama. Saves the shop another headache.

You are still committing criminal damage. And I don't see how it is saving the shop a headache to damage their property.

 

[Alex321]

Oh, it's an Abus lock, so not a lump of shoddy, but entry level rather than premium. It was a temporary fix after Italian Airport Security seized my old lock. Bad move.

Probably won't work on that lock, but the one time I managed to lose the key to my D lock (about 30 years ago), I used a car jack to force it open. I don't think my lock was a similar quality to yours though.

 

[Gwylan]

Probably won't work on that lock, but the one time I managed to lose the key to my D lock (about 30 years ago), I used a car jack to force it open. I don't think my lock was a similar quality to yours though.

Car jack is your friend! Video it so we can see if it does work

 

[slowmotion]

Whatever you decide, don't be tempted to not use the blade guard. Dying from a severed carotid artery is quick, but your family won't like it.