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September 17, 2004 11:38 AM   Subscribe

Consumer Alert! You know that fancy $90 bike lock that you use to protect your precious Schwinn? Well it's pretty much defenseless against a $.29 bic pen. (video requires apple's quicktime)
posted by beatnik808 (3 comments total)

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double-post. Sorry.. Though my local paper ran this as HUGE front page news, which I thought was dumb and funny at the same time.
posted by hoborg at 11:43 AM on September 17, 2004


Has anyone managed to repeat this themselves? I have not been able to find a pen of the correct diameter.
posted by asok at 11:48 AM on September 17, 2004


Those at risk are only of the barrel-key variety, yes?
posted by RavinDave at 11:56 AM on September 17, 2004


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