Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Commuting
Reload this Page >

Hiplok D1000 eats angle grinder blades

Notices
Commuting Bicycle commuting is easier than you think, before you know it, you'll be hooked. Learn the tips, hints, equipment, safety requirements for safely riding your bike to work.

Hiplok D1000 eats angle grinder blades

Old 10-15-21, 06:24 PM
  #1  
Darth Lefty 
Disco Infiltrator
Thread Starter
 
Darth Lefty's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Folsom CA
Posts: 13,775

Bikes: Stormchaser, Paramount, Tilt, Samba tandem

Mentioned: 72 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3124 Post(s)
Liked 2,101 Times in 1,366 Posts
Hiplok D1000 eats angle grinder blades

https://hiplok.com/d1000/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...nder-bike-lock

"graphene ceramic" clad to foul the blade. Still has a steel core for the bolt cutters to choke on.

$230
__________________
Genesis 49:16-17
Darth Lefty is offline  
Old 10-16-21, 08:20 AM
  #2  
Sardines
Full Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 263
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 102 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 55 Times in 48 Posts

Yes I supported and ordered 3 for my kids and myself. It's lighter than the Kryptonite NYF and should compliment the chain to prevent wheel theft as well at school bike lots, which are normally poorly or unsecured. Hiplok doesn't have insurance if it's broken through, and Kryptonite does pay out if there's proof, with the school security and police report, plus a grinded off lock that was left behind luckily.

Sardines is offline  
Old 10-16-21, 07:31 PM
  #3  
grizzly59
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 712
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 283 Post(s)
Liked 262 Times in 164 Posts
My guess- there’s a trick to cutting this lock. Once the trick gets known, it’s just another lock.
grizzly59 is offline  
Likes For grizzly59:
Old 12-07-21, 02:10 AM
  #4  
merziac
Senior Member
 
merziac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: PDX
Posts: 14,064

Bikes: Merz x 5 + Specialized Merz Allez x 2, Strawberry/Newlands/DiNucci/Ti x3, Gordon, Fuso/Moulton x2, Bornstein, Paisley,1958-74 Paramounts x3, 3rensho, 74 Moto TC, 73-78 Raleigh Pro's x5, Marinoni x2, 1960 Cinelli SC, 1980 Bianchi SC, PX-10 X 2

Mentioned: 267 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4482 Post(s)
Liked 6,256 Times in 3,615 Posts
Originally Posted by grizzly59
My guess- there’s a trick to cutting this lock. Once the trick gets known, it’s just another lock.
You may be right, but just like the high powered corded grinders that can defeat this with several blades and at least 10-25 minutes, thieves aren't likely to be walking around with it.

The proliferation of the cordless version escalated the crime of opportunity to an artform.

This new lock for the time being will put a serious pause on that which is probably the best we can hope for now days where most tech has a very finite shelf life.

I bought some too.
merziac is offline  
Old 12-08-21, 02:48 PM
  #5  
noglider 
aka Tom Reingold
 
noglider's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,639

Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

Mentioned: 507 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 7251 Post(s)
Liked 2,322 Times in 1,357 Posts
Have they shipped yet?
__________________
Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog

“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author

Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
noglider is offline  
Old 12-08-21, 03:21 PM
  #6  
79pmooney
Senior Member
 
79pmooney's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 12,790

Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder

Mentioned: 125 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4731 Post(s)
Liked 3,832 Times in 2,492 Posts
Funny, I'm reading the defining book on tank warfare right now; Achtung! Panzer- about the effective use of tanks. Written in 1937, it draws from WWI experience on both sides. A battle between tank designers, anti-tank weapons designers and military leaders. The early English and French tanks were unstoppable except by shell holes, breakdowns, etc. The Germans invented armor piercing bullets. Better armor plating appeared. The Germans started mounting their cannons on carriages that shot horizontally at close range instead of the high arching lobs that worked so well against infantry. (It's early 1918. I don't get to see what's next until I pick the book up again tonight.)

Replace tanks with bike locks. The allies with us cyclists and the Germans with thieves and you have this thread. (Not really fair to the Germans. WW1 wasn't about right and wrong. Historically, we (the Allies) became "right" because we won. And rubbed it in so hard we paved the way for Hitler.) And just like tanks, bike locks keep getting bigger and more expensive. (Shall we place bets on when the fanciest lock's weight crosses that of the early tanks? )

Last edited by 79pmooney; 12-08-21 at 03:25 PM. Reason: typos3
79pmooney is offline  
Old 12-09-21, 06:30 PM
  #7  
Darth Lefty 
Disco Infiltrator
Thread Starter
 
Darth Lefty's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Folsom CA
Posts: 13,775

Bikes: Stormchaser, Paramount, Tilt, Samba tandem

Mentioned: 72 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3124 Post(s)
Liked 2,101 Times in 1,366 Posts
^^^ that arms race was about parity. That hasn't been the case since maybe the Gulf war and already rare by then. Now it's all asymmetric. Desperate guerilla infantry with tiny missiles smuggled in by rival belligerent, w shaped charge warheads, taking out big expensive tanks.

Although there's something definitely funny about a technological arms race between thieves and lock makers when what's being locked up and stolen are victorian contaptions
__________________
Genesis 49:16-17
Darth Lefty is offline  
Old 12-15-21, 10:49 PM
  #8  
SkinGriz
Live not by lies.
 
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 1,306

Bikes: BigBox bikes.

Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 859 Post(s)
Liked 782 Times in 582 Posts
Cutting discs explode like that when you twist the disc while cutting. You have to keep the exact same angle and orientation you started your plunge at.

Probably an awesome lock though.
SkinGriz is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.