The last came from trying to slice through a bike lock with a hacksaw.

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When I came back there were no locked bikes there and the bike lock was on the pavement.

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Kryptonite, a bike lock manufacturer in Canton, Mass.

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When you find out that your Kryptonite bike lock can be opened with a Bic pen or that a bug in Java lets malicious websites take over your computer, the fix is in your hands: You send in your lock for a replacement or disable Java in your browser.

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Make sure to lock the bike carefully by pushing the front wheel into an empty dock.

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Conceptually, the system appears to be very similar to the Social Bicycles model that we wrote about earlier this summer as part of our Insert Coin series, though that US-based prototype includes a u-style lock, for securing the bike to a post or tree.

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Last week, after parking my bike on the street, I found something dangling from the lock: a hang tag advertising bicycle repairs.

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Locking the back tire to prevent theft (if a lock is used at all) is a trick that definitely only works in Japan -- you can't leave a bike unattended for five minutes in New York City without it disappearing, even with a wheel lock.

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