I need to steal my own bike...

monkeypants · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:27

Spare key?

EdwardTeach · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:29

If there is space, stick an iron bar through it and twist, you will get it off fairly easily.

Sgt_Pepper · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:29

As a few others have said a small bottle jack is your best bet in this situation. Thats how the pro's do it.

A.N.Other · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:30

A car jack is by far the easiest option providing you already have one. They give up relatively easily, just don't damage your bike

"andy" · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:30

jack or angle grinder

prepare to be amazed at how no one whatsoever will pay any attention to you stealing your bike though. i spent half hour hacksawing through a crap lock years ago when i lost my key and no one who walked passed even looked

fiveub · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:35

If all of the above fails, if you do not want to go down the cutting route, to stop the hard effort and damaging the bike or even being arrested for stealing your own bike. Then I would suggest one of these:

and a pair of these:

When I say the pair of the above, I mean just one, as buying two would be silly. This to find the broken key of course, so you can take it to a key repair shop!

I hope this works.

trigger-happy · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:41

LOL just drill a hole in the lock.

meghatronic · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:44

meghatronic said:
I stand by my thermite suggestion. Mix it with some playdoh, wrap it round the brass bit, job done.

Lethal` · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:41

I managed to steal mine by guessing the code the other day, someone had obviously tried to break into the lock as two rounds of the numbers were broken off so I didn't know which number I was on. Trial and error for about 5mins and I was in. Need to buy a new lock though so can't cycle at the moment

.Lethal · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:43

qqg3 said:
Yeh. Went to unlock my bike this morning and the key snapped in half, I saw the broken half briefly before it vanished from sight, I've spent 20 minutes looking for it to no avail!

Anyway, its a big U-shaped lock, 12mm hardened steel.

Is a hacksaw going to be enough? Or do I need to find someone with an angle grinder or something?

Get a locksmith to sort it out?

stylus pilot · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:44

Careful use of an angle grinder, jack or drill.

Smacking it about is only going to end badly for your bike...

mangobreeder · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:46

obligatory mustard post

ShaolinDreams · 9 Feb 2011 at 20:50

Grandmaster Fap! · 9 Feb 2011 at 21:00

Dynamite tbh

Haggisman · 9 Feb 2011 at 21:01

Use the spare key that you got with it...

no why didn't you think of that?!

Landy · 9 Feb 2011 at 21:23

ive got exactly this problem!

Except the d lock goes through a massive thick chain aswell, my bikes been there 3 years cos im too lazy to do owt about it, its going to need new everything by the time i can be btohered to do something about it

Tute · 9 Feb 2011 at 21:42

5UB said:
When I say the pair of the above, I mean just one, as buying two would be silly

Thanks for clarifying, there was a real risk of trauma from purchasing an extra set of binoculars.

fiveub · 9 Feb 2011 at 21:47

Tute said:
Thanks for clarifying, there was a real risk of trauma from purchasing an extra set of binoculars.

No problem at all, I am glad I saved that trouble.

bainbridge · 9 Feb 2011 at 21:56

Can of de-icer & a lumphammer.

Garry1990 · 9 Feb 2011 at 23:09

Worst "i saw a nice bike with a dlock on it and want to steal said bike" post ever

p.s
tie bull to lock
wear red
run infront of said bull
????
profit