If you have ever researched bicycle locks, you might have heard of the Fahgettaboudit lock – the one that has singlehandedly lowered the rate of bike theft in New York City. You definitely need to protect your bike in New York.
Since 2011, the rate of bike theft has almost certainly doubled in that city with nearly 5000 bike thefts reported in 2014. The 2016 numbers are not yet available, but even using outdated statistics, bike thieves are cashing in at a rate of around 15 bicycles per day. In fact, around the country, more than half of bicyclists report having a bike stolen from them. Imagine if that were the case with cars?
This bike lock 40 comes from the Kryptonite Company, the makers of the famous “Fahgettaboudit” bike lock. If you have shopped for locks in the past, you might have heard of them. They knew about the problem of bike theft and the fact that not very many people were making locks that would actually stand up to modern theft techniques and decided to change all of that.
This is a smaller lock but it is also one of the toughest locks out there, made to resist using a crowbar for leverage as well as bolt cutters and other quick tools that bike thieves carry. The Kryptonite brand is so effective that many of their locks even offer thousands of dollars in theft protection and they have a 12-point scale in security ratings that they use to evaluate all of their locks. Let’s look at the features of this lock.