What do I do ?

James__10 · 02-02-2012 5:05pm #1

I locked my bike to a pole up town and I lost the key of the lock :mad:

Feeona · 02-02-2012 5:06pm

The poles are having a hard time this week

Nothingbetter2d · 02-02-2012 5:07pm

James__10 wrote: »

I locked my bike to a pole up town and I lost the key of the lock :mad:

ask the pole to wriggle out of the lock.

alan4cult · 02-02-2012 5:07pm

Tell the Guards, do you have proof of ownership?

Havermeyer · 02-02-2012 5:08pm

Use the spare key.

The King of Moo · 02-02-2012 5:08pm

The Pole got a free car from the Social Welfare as soon as it arrived in the country, so just get them to drive you to a locksmith.

jester77 · 02-02-2012 5:09pm

Forget about it OP, it's probably already stolen

Maximus Alexander · 02-02-2012 5:09pm

Don't worry about it, nature has a way of taking care of these things.

In about a week all that will be left of it will be a bare frame, bent around the pole, and order will be restored.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-02-2012 5:09pm

Cut the pole down

lastlaugh · 02-02-2012 5:09pm

See if you can bend the wheels now and save someone the trouble later on.

KKkitty · 02-02-2012 5:10pm

Get a hair clip. Always works on tv and the movies. If not get something to cut through the lock.

Immaculate Pasta · 02-02-2012 5:11pm

That's a pretty scummy thing to do OP. Poor bike, stuck outside in the cold all alone

Allround Predator · 02-02-2012 5:11pm

James__10 wrote: »

I locked my bike to a pole up town and I lost the key of the lock :mad:

What type of lock is it???

KeithM89_old · 02-02-2012 5:11pm

James__10 wrote: »

I locked my bike to a pole up town and I lost the key of the lock :mad:

*checks location*

Back in a while....

Seachmall · 02-02-2012 5:11pm

You could buy a new lock cheaper than recovering that one?

Kevin Duffy · 02-02-2012 5:11pm

Flipping Poles, coming over here taking our bikes.

James__10 · 02-02-2012 5:13pm

Allround Predator wrote: »

What type of lock is it???

A normal bike lock.

Crooked Jack · 02-02-2012 5:13pm

Dont think you have much choice but to get one of those we steel saws (the wee manual ones, not an angle grinder) and cut through the lock. Or the pole

Kevin Duffy · 02-02-2012 5:13pm

Seachmall wrote: »

Can't you just buy a new lock?

How would putting another lock on it help? Make sure the Pole doesn't escape, is it?

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-02-2012 5:14pm

Tell a locksmith that the location of the bike is "up town":D

Kevin Duffy · 02-02-2012 5:14pm

James__10 wrote: »

A normal bike lock.

It's a bit more high security than a normal lock though, sure even the fella who owns the bike can't open it.

James__10 · 02-02-2012 5:15pm

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Dont think you have much choice but to get one of those we steel saws (the wee manual ones, not an angle grinder) and cut through the lock. Or the pole

Was thinking that myself but if the gards were to drive past i'd be done for robbing a bike :pac:

Leo Dowling · 02-02-2012 5:15pm

Get a slightly longer pole, hook it onto the bike. Push the bike up to the top until it's free. Then get out of the way and let it drop. Simple really.

Or just buy a car.

twowheelsonly · 02-02-2012 5:16pm

Forgive me, but are you worried about the Bike, the Lock or the Pole ??

Raytown Rocks · 02-02-2012 5:16pm

He might help

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-02-2012 5:17pm

I think he has a fetish for poles

Where To · 02-02-2012 5:17pm

If it's a lampost damage it beyond repair and then report damage to the ESB.

When they arrive to replace it reclaim you're bike.

Simple as that.

*this plan could backfire

Allround Predator · 02-02-2012 5:18pm

James__10 wrote: »

A normal bike lock.

Is it a chain or U lock?

Captain Darling · 02-02-2012 5:19pm

Get a bolt cutter and give the lock a bite of it. Then cycle that bike like you stole it!!

Hank_Jones · 02-02-2012 5:20pm

James__10 wrote: »

A normal bike lock.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/001/582/picard-facepalm.jpg?1240934151

Bendihorse · 02-02-2012 5:20pm

Feeona wrote: »

The poles are having a hard time this week

I logged in especially to thank that.

OP, I can offer no assistance, just condolence.

44leto · 02-02-2012 5:24pm

Ask the bicycle thiefs to open it for you.

I don't know if this is true, but I heard, somewhere, that if you report it to the guards they have equipment to open the lock.

Otherwise, have proof of ownership, buy a hack saw and write an afternoon off, goodluck.

Seachmall · 02-02-2012 5:28pm

If it's a padlock you could try to shim it.

If it's a U lock you'll probably just have to break it.

If you have to cut the lock just go to your local Garda station before hand and let them know what the story is. They may be able to help but most likely it'll just save you hassle should they be called to a bike theft happening.

I'd also recommend wearing a fluorescent jacket if cutting the lock, it'll help to stop passer-bys trying to intervene thinking you're a bike thief

biko · 02-02-2012 6:04pm

Buy a new bike.

Spread · 02-02-2012 6:13pm

Plastic explosive? Am not encouraging it just saying .......

Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2012 6:30pm

Spread wrote: »

Plastic explosive? Am not encouraging it just saying .......

And where is the OP supposed to find some in Dun

oh wait

nevermind

Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2012 6:33pm

James__10 wrote: »

A normal bike lock.

Normal for where ?

What most places would call normal locks wouldn't last anytime in Dublin.

Who are you going to call ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3112670.stm

boobar · 02-02-2012 7:00pm

James__10 wrote: »

I locked my bike to a pole up town and I lost the key of the lock :mad:

Can you remember where you lost the key?

ScumLord · 02-02-2012 7:04pm

Wait for someone to steal it then murder them and take the bike back.

af_thefragile · 02-02-2012 7:05pm

Step 1: Put on a hoodie
Step 2: Get a hacksaw
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!!

Archeron · 02-02-2012 7:12pm

release some metal eating nanobots nearby, whats the worst that could happen?

Kevin Duffy · 02-02-2012 7:19pm

boobar wrote: »

Can you remember where you lost the key?

It's always in the last place you look, so start there.

af_thefragile · 02-02-2012 7:21pm

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

It's always in the last place you look, so start there.

Wouldn't that place then become the first place you look?

Kevin Duffy · 02-02-2012 7:23pm

af_thefragile wrote: »

Wouldn't that place then become the first place you look?

No, it'd be the last place, why would you keep looking if you find it? :pac:

StupidLikeAFox · 03-02-2012 1:50am

A friend of a friend said that he seen a foreigner cycle to a bus stop, get on the bus and just leave the bike on the side of the road. When the driver asked him did he want to bring on the bike he said "No its fine, I'll just get another one off the social welfare". True story.

gigawatt · 03-02-2012 2:02am

get a hacksaw and cut through it , 10 mins max, i lost the key off my car gearstick lock thingy this;http://www.driving-test-success.com/driving-articles/gear-lock2.jpg
a few years ago and thats what the AA guy did. it was a big heavy bright yellow security lock thing so for a bike lock it'd prob take less time

mconigol · 03-02-2012 10:46am

Open an outdoor gym OP

Nothingbetter2d · 03-02-2012 11:18am

ColHol wrote: »

A friend of a friend said that he seen a foreigner cycle to a bus stop, get on the bus and just leave the bike on the side of the road. When the driver asked him did he want to bring on the bike he said "No its fine, I'll just get another one off the social welfare". True story.

yeah he probably knicked it off someone that was inside the dole office standing in a queue waiting to sign

pickarooney · 03-02-2012 11:45am

I got caught 'stealing' my own bike once in Holland. Some clown had locked his bike through my frame around a pole and left it there two days. I told them this and they asked me how they were to know it was my bike. After a bit of back and forth we agreed that I'd leave it 24 hours and if it was still there I could hack away the lock.

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