http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1051734209/tigr-titanium-lock-as-cool-as-your-bike
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Titanium lock!
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Thats very cool, though it's sleek-ness might count against it. It doesn't looking like a deterent and by the time a thief realises he was can't break it much damage may have been done to your bike.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Clever that it is very light and if stays securely locked on the frame then handy. Looks like they want you to give them a dollar so they can produce it?
Posted 13 years ago # -
Interesting. Thieves might now saw up your bike to steal your lock!
I think a trip over Edinburgh's cobbles / sets might dislodge the bow from the resting place on the top tube - securely fastened lights have been known to jump off.
It's somewhere inbetween the flexibility of a chain/cable lock and the rigidity of a U-lock. Hopefully it has the best features of both and not the inherent weaknesses of each.
Posted 13 years ago # -
The photo demonstrates one of the failures: how rare is it to find a locking-point which can sit in the plane of the frame? if that rake hadn't been leaning against that tree the bow would never have been able to fit round the trunk.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Looks good but titanium doesn't come cheap.
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That's true, but the overall cost of the product isn't only determined by the raw material cost and the difference (to carbon steel for example **warning, data from a Ti suppliers trade body!) isn't as big as you might think, given the way Ti items are marketed.
I'm with wingpig though, I don't see how it would work as demonstrated on a "Sheffield" loop bike stand, which must be the most common type.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I am lead to believe from cycling magazines that the cost of titanium products is how hard it is to work, rather than the raw cost of the material. There isn't much welding or bending or tube-forming in the lock, so perhaps that will help keep the costs within reason
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