[1242] NYT Wirecutter Says These Are The Best Bike Locks

[loganlachance]

LPL's greatest weapon, the pick he and bosnian bill made.

[TheWallaB]

After picking 5000 disc detainer cores, LPL has finally unlocked the Carbon Black skin for the pick that he and Bosnian Bill made

[ToddHowardWithAGun]

The fact it took you 30 seconds to pick this is honestly a ringing endorsement of this type of lock.

[elevatorz]

"Nobody had the correct tools"
LPL: I guess they didn't buy the pick Bosnianbill and I made.

[jerry]

Someone: disk detainer can't be picked
Lpl: how many times do I need to teach you this lesson, old man?

[roninnder]

I just checked the article and they have updated it to no longer call these locks unpickable, but rather “...should foil all but the most savvy criminal using specialty tools.”

[dinkeykong]

“Say the line Bart!”
“The pick that BosnianBill and I made.”

[BFedie]

"Relatively safe *for now* "

Gotta love how he's directly responsible for that "for now" lol

[DoctorChained]

NYT updated their article: "In February 2021, a YouTube expert who goes by the name LockPickingLawyer posted a video in which he said that tools for picking disc-detainer locks were becoming more common—in fact, he designed one himself that’s now available online and that he used to open our top pick in 46 seconds and our upgrade pick in 58 seconds. Given that the brute-force methods we tried took even less time to destroy a lock, though, we remain less worried about lock picking than we do about bolt cutters and angle irons."

[Davidesrajohn]

Oh cool that's my bike lock. Can't wait to have my trust in it destroyed in 1 minute flat.

[lef]

NYT: nobody has the tools to pick these.
The tool that BosniAnBill and I made has enter the chat.
NYT: shit...

[Tortilla.Reform]

The anxiety I have watching this video, while I sit in a doctors office knowing my electric bike is locked up with one of these locks across the street is palpable

[Grim_Beard]

04:12 So these locks _were_ fairly secure until LPL and Bosnian Bill designed and marketed a tool to defeat them.

[kieranbennettmedia]

"These tools are not hard to get, they are inexpensive, and the skills are easy to develop"

Says the man who developed the tool in question, gave the design away to keep it inexpensive, and publishes widely watched how to videos ;)

[phoenixbloomfield]

Honestly, at least around here, as long as the lock doesn't basically fall open the only thing that matters about it is how thick and hard the metal is. Bike theft is incredibly common and the locks are pretty much never picked; they're always broken into using bolt cutters or an angle grinder. Lock pick resistance doesn't matter a ton when you can cut any lock in under 5 minutes with a handheld battery operated angle grinder. Even if someone sees a thief in the act they're finished by the time cops show up (happened last year right outside my building).

[tyroland]

NYT: "These are the best."
LPL: And I took that personally...

[CloroxBleach-cqtj]

2 locks in 4 minutes, and he spends 1 min talking.
Damm that poor author

[rune]

I would love to see a top-10 list of bike locks with good cores. I need to replace my old Master lock that LPL picked with a toothpick while blindfolded under water.

[asailijhijr]

Hello, this is The Lockpicking Lawyer and I'm in an unmarked room of an unmarked building...

[-Raylight]

I guess you could say Kryptonite's Kryptonite is *_"the pick that BosnianBill and he made"_*