European engineering is nice and all, but can they stand up to good-old North American style brute forcing? ;)
All jokes aside, Kryptonite locks are known as best of the best. Ignoring this lock problem for the moment, the resistances these locks have are far into the realm of rediculousness. From what I've read and remember, short of being blown up with explosives, these things have been subjected to everything from Jaws of Life to liquid nitrogen. And, the toughest test of them all, sitting out on the streets in NYC. As the story goes, when the test was concluded, only the frame of the sacrificial bike remained, firmly locked by a Kryptonite. The company even offers to pay up to $3000 for anything that was locked down properly with their locks and was still stolen.
Also, for many of us, getting our bikes stolen is a big deal. Emotional damages aside, serious roadie/downhill/free-ride bikes cost anywhere from a grand up to as much as ten to twenty big g's. Granted, people who would commute with the ultra high-ends are simply insane, but it's not difficult to spot people riding five-grand foot-powered two-wheelers here in Vancouver.
All jokes aside, Kryptonite locks are known as best of the best. Ignoring this lock problem for the moment, the resistances these locks have are far into the realm of rediculousness. From what I've read and remember, short of being blown up with explosives, these things have been subjected to everything from Jaws of Life to liquid nitrogen. And, the toughest test of them all, sitting out on the streets in NYC. As the story goes, when the test was concluded, only the frame of the sacrificial bike remained, firmly locked by a Kryptonite. The company even offers to pay up to $3000 for anything that was locked down properly with their locks and was still stolen.
Also, for many of us, getting our bikes stolen is a big deal. Emotional damages aside, serious roadie/downhill/free-ride bikes cost anywhere from a grand up to as much as ten to twenty big g's. Granted, people who would commute with the ultra high-ends are simply insane, but it's not difficult to spot people riding five-grand foot-powered two-wheelers here in Vancouver.