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Help with breaking open a bike lock

Tips on where to get a bolt cutter etc.

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tor
Ok, so my key broke off in the lock. tried WD40 and tapping it out, tried turning with a screwdriver...
no luck.
I bought the bike 2nd hand from a store, so i don't think I'll be able to show proof of ownership.

SO... i need to cut the lock, an arbus with security level 4(?) i think...not toooo difficult a job...

does anyone have a large bolt cutter or somthing similar that i could borrow?
garlof
Bic Pen?

try here...
tor
it's not a U-lock, it's a normal key.
lazybum
I've got a hacksaw... I'm in Wellingsbuettel if you want to use it?
3 Lions
Is the bike chained to anything? If not, just carry it to the nearest nike shop and ask to borrow some cutters. I've done this before without having to show proof of ownership and not had a problem.
Keydeck
3 Lions, how will running shoes help?
Yeti
If the cutters don't work there may be some running involved.
Freiheit
Maybe the bike is tied up with shoelaces.
HEM
Not so long ago we had a bike cable around one of the children's bikes and the key was lost. First
I knew was that my wife (Dipl. Ing. I have you know) came up and offered me my (broken) fine
electrical wire cutter saying that it didnt cut through a bike security cable. *bangsheadonfloor*

My enquiry as to what good a bike cable was if simple fine wire cutters went through it were lost...

I think the key was found a few days later...
silty1
Just use a hacksaw. I had to do that once. I knew that if I didn't use the hacksaw and just waited for the key to turn up, it never would. So I sawed through it- a genuine Kryptonite. Found the key the next day. DOH!
englishbooksandfoods
yes. i have
robert
tor
hi robert,
just to male sure... is that a 'yes' in response to my plea?

if so, when can i borrow it?

tor
tor
problem solved!

THANKS A MILLLION ROBERT!

another satisfied TT customer...

Tor
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