Lock wouldn't unlock - aaargh!

[swee'pea99]

Yeah, sorry...it was always going to be a bit of an anti climax.

Like I say, it was all too easy and quick in the end. Borrowed an angle grinder from my friendly LBS man, four quick cuts - no more than 5-6 seconds apiece - and that was that. Bike was, needless to say, immensely relieved and almost pathetically grateful. If I remember correctly, the exact words were "About bloody time".

The moral of the story, for me at least, is don't even think about relying on any kind of lock to secure your bike against anyone armed with an angle grinder. This was a serious U-bolt type lock, and like I say, the thing went through it like a hot knife thru' butter. Passably terrifying.

And they all lived happily ever after.

THE END

 

[I like Skol]

Yaaaaawnnnnnnnn............. Morning. Have I missed anything? Well?

 

[classic33]

Now take the dog for a walk, then get something to eat.

 

[matthat]

And not a single pic!!

 

[oldfatfool]

Whist you where grinding away hnarrr:hnarr: did anyone show any remote interest in your actions, or is it quite safe to take an angle grinder to a bike lock in your neck of the woods without fear?

 

[Fnaar]

Yay!
I need to walk around the garden now, with my arms held behind my back, contemplating what is missing in my life. I now feel deflated, I'm gonna miss this thread *sob*

 

[chriss2.0]

Ahhhh closure

 

[I like Skol]

Ahhhh closure

I thought the consensus earlier in the thread was that it was openage?

 

[Rustybucket]

Thank f*ck for that. Well done everyone involved x

 

[classic33]

Yeah, sorry...it was always going to be a bit of an anti climax.

Like I say, it was all too easy and quick in the end. Borrowed an angle grinder from my friendly LBS man, four quick cuts - no more than 5-6 seconds apiece - and that was that. Bike was, needless to say, immensely relieved and almost pathetically grateful. If I remember correctly, the exact words were "About bloody time".

The moral of the story, for me at least, is don't even think about relying on any kind of lock to secure your bike against anyone armed with an angle grinder. This was a serious U-bolt type lock, and like I say, the thing went through it like a hot knife thru' butter. Passably terrifying.

And they all lived happily ever after.

THE END

Which is what was said in #6

Battery powered angle grinder? . Had to take one to my last magnum d lock after some thieving scum battered it and made it inoperable trying to nick my bike outside the local cinema boy did I get some funny looks as I tried to get my bike back ( I did inform there management and the local old bill)

 

[fossyant]

Good job you didn't have a proper lock then like an Abus ir Fagh. Poor bike. Now treat it to an all over wax and polish.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Yay!

I like a story with a happy ending.

 

[Julia9054]

If it stayed there any longer it might end up like this one

 

[Puddles]

Whist you where grinding away hnarrr:hnarr: did anyone show any remote interest in your actions, or is it quite safe to take an angle grinder to a bike lock in your neck of the woods without fear?

+1

 

[I like Skol]

If it stayed there any longer it might end up like this one View attachment 29494

I wondered where I'd left that..........