Now this is ingenius!

Steffano2002

What do you think?

KTRIC

What da ya mean, who leaves the disk lock on :rolleyes:

Can't see a market for this

tk123

Luminous springy thing ftw!

faceman

great idea but cant see it catchin on.

Steffano2002

KTRIC wrote:

What da ya mean, who leaves the disk lock on :rolleyes:

Can't see a market for this

LOL

Funny you should say this... I was actually going to add to my post "Handy for those of you used to pulling KTRICs"!

Steffano2002

faceman wrote:

great idea but cant see it catchin on.

Me neither to be honest...

The ad is strange because the guy seems pretty careful about his routine but then forgets the disc lock. Something like that has only ever (almost) happened to me once and I remembered just in time before any K-Tric type event occurred

Steffano2002

Never happened to me cos I have a flashy yellow cord that I always attach to the handle bars... Handy I tell you!

KTRIC

I'm going to change my username :mad:

Steffano2002

KTRIC wrote:

I'm going to change my username :mad:

Don't you dare!

Bradidup

It still dosnt stop any one from throwing your bike into the back of a van and doing a bunk with it. Id sooner spend the cash on a disk lock cable reminder for less than a fiver.

http://www.bullylocks.com/blweb.nsf/Products/DB3040B267E5DA0486256E5B0054CE12?opendocument

subway

ive done it loads of times,
but never dropped, or gut stuck under, the bike.

Paparazzo

KTRIC: Don't worry, I've been there and done that too. Dropped bike, but no damage thank christ

Dorsanty

Can't say I've done it myself. But what damage if any can this do to the disc / brake calipers? It must do some unless you did a nice slow rolling start.

My lock is a big mother so it's hard not to spot it hanging off the disc.
Similar to, http://www.lockitt.com/disclock.htm#boxer5047


Same site shows this foot peg disc lock thing is about $74 (€55)


I like the looks of the "Oxford Boss" alarmed disc lock. Not the price though.

Bradidup

Ive done it once and wont use a disk lock again, cost me a secondhand fork stansion and disk from Francis st for a Bros.

Steffano2002

Dorsanty wrote:

Can't say I've done it myself. But what damage if any can this do to the disc / brake calipers? It must do some unless you did a nice slow rolling start.

My lock is a big mother so it's hard not to spot it hanging off the disc.
Similar to, http://www.lockitt.com/disclock.htm#boxer5047


Same site shows this foot peg disc lock thing is about $74 (€55)


I like the looks of the "Oxford Boss" alarmed disc lock. Not the price though.

I have the Oxford Boss mini Disc Lock that's on this site (not alarmed) and I'm delighted with it!

madrab

wow thats some nice bit of engineering

Chunkylover

only done it once and i was rolling it out at the time (my excuse is that I was doing a charity cycle which nearly killed me so I was fairly knackered when I was getting on the bike) no real damge was done just a bit of cracked plastic

so what did ktric do to get banned or has he just done a britney

galwaytt

...forget all that - I recognise that orange lock - that's the one that was f.o.c. in Motorcycle News a few years back..........I have one........and, he didn't even turn the ign to 'lock'...

After an hour all he would have had was an empty parking space, in the real world..........

I think the peg is cool, though!

saobh_ie

Disk locks being put in the wrong place. You should put it as close to the brake caliper/fork stanchion as you possible can so that the wheel won't turn at all when you pull away. So instead of taking off and studdenly stopping, the bike doesn't move at all.

When I used to use disk locks I'd always put on the hazard lights and hit the kill switch also so that when you get back to the bike and try to pull away with the lock on the front, first your hazard lights come on and theres an extra step in getting the bike started.

I just carry chains these days, disk locks aren't even worth thier weight... except maybe for throwing at people.

MrPudding

Although it doesn't list them in the vid they are also available for BMWs.

MrP

Pigeon Reaper

I've done it a few times. No damage as I lock it close to the fork and always roll the bike by foot slowly before taking off. Means the bike moves less than 10cm before stopping. My friend drove off a speed and managed to bend the disc and fall off. :-/

Steffano2002

Pigeon Reaper wrote:

I've done it a few times. No damage as I lock it close to the fork and always roll the bike by foot slowly before taking off. Means the bike moves less than 10cm before stopping. My friend drove off a speed and managed to bend the disc and fall off. :-/

Is your friend's name KTRIC? LOL

I swear that's it KTRIC! I'll stop now! Promise!