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My Kryptonite froze up on me and I am desperately looking for someone with a grinder to help me cut off the lock.
I have receipt for the bike and the lock and can verify my ownership.
It's a shitty old bike anyway, bought used from Pedal Revolution - I'm just trying to save the $70 necessary for a locksmith to come out and cut off the chain.
I can trade amateur massage and digital production skills - get photos off camera and cropped, websites, digital audio, whatever. I can send portfolio if there is serious interest.
Meanwhile my bike is rotting away on a tree and will probably be stripped down to nothing by sunday.
please help! i need my bike to get to work and to buy groceries.
- M "stressed out" McNeal
I have receipt for the bike and the lock and can verify my ownership.
It's a shitty old bike anyway, bought used from Pedal Revolution - I'm just trying to save the $70 necessary for a locksmith to come out and cut off the chain.
I can trade amateur massage and digital production skills - get photos off camera and cropped, websites, digital audio, whatever. I can send portfolio if there is serious interest.
Meanwhile my bike is rotting away on a tree and will probably be stripped down to nothing by sunday.
please help! i need my bike to get to work and to buy groceries.
- M "stressed out" McNeal
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have you tried dropping some graphite or even just wd-40 in the lock? might free it up. otherwise, buy a hacksaw.
if its a u-lock, some folks put an expanding car jack in the middle and expand it till the lock busts.
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t turns out it was one of the pins was pushed down and wouldn't come up. I went to Pedal Revolution and the guy sold me some waterproof lubricant and also suggested graphite.
I tried the lubricant but it didn't work so I went to Emergency West Coast Locksmith's on 21st street. The dude was totally cool, came over and used the key I had to open it.
I asked him how the hell did you do that and he said I've been working with locks since I was 11.
Anyway, he looked at the lock and showed me the depressed pin. Obviously I'm not going to use that lock anymore. He told me that after about a year or so Kryptonites freeze up and they can crap out in the rain too.
Anyway, I bought a huge MAster lock from him and now I'm good to go again.
Thanks for all the great suggestions.
