http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Broken lock woe en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:35:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2296#post-24307 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:42:56 +0000 chdot 24307@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I feel silly now for not reading back far enough to find Saskia's post."</p> <p>Er no -</p> <p>There's SO much <em>good</em> stuff on here that it can be hard to find - even if you know 'it's there somewhere'. </p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/search.php">SEARCH</a> is pretty good - but not 100% guaranteed to find everything! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2296#post-24300 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:49:43 +0000 onlyalice 24300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent, thank you kaputnik! Yeah, he has a lot of equipment and I certainly hope I don't end up owing him for new loppers - I shall report back. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2296#post-24297 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:33:41 +0000 kaputnik 24297@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As mentioned on another thread, get in with a big pair of your tree-surgeon friend's loppers inbetween the protective cups. Should be able to part the cups and get adequate leverage to mangle/crush through the cable. I presume your friend will have access to blade sharpening equipment incase you dull his tools :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2296#post-24296 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:29:28 +0000 onlyalice 24296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thank you chdot and everyone who's commented on 'the other thread', I feel silly now for not reading back far enough to find Saskia's post. </p> <p>Yep - I and a friend with a wide selection of sawing and cutting tools should, with any luck, be able to free my bike at the weekend, so am certainly hoping this is resolved now - you can delete this thread if you like, I couldn't work out how to do so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2296#post-24293 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:14:50 +0000 chdot 24293@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I see from <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2293#post-24289">the other thread</a> that you may have this sorted.</p> <p>This is what happened '<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1840">last time</a>'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2296#post-24259 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:45:16 +0000 onlyalice 24259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ARGH! I don't like Thursdays. After surviving the Silent Hill-like conditions out there this morning, have just locked my bike up outside my office and managed to snap the key off in the lock (which has been dodgy for a while, more fool me.)<br /> It's not a particularly heavy-duty lock, it's a thick cable one <a href="http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=9023">like this</a>. Has anyone else ever had this issue? What should I do?! Will bike shops/garages/hardware shops be sympathetic and let me borrow whatever kind of tool you need to cut one of these, I don't particularly want to buy one on top of having to buy a new lock (the week before payday too, gah).<br /> Any advice much appreciated, I don't want my pride and joy to be all immobilised and rusting (more) for long. </p>