Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit Mini

The older lock was actually easier to pick, however, as I mentioned earlier it’s going to be a little different for every set of locks.

You’ll see soon why it’s a mini lock, because it can’t really lock to standard street signs unless you really be creative.

You can see it act as a double deadbolt. Both of them are locked. Even if someone’s actually cutting one side of it, it won’t spin.

If you get a grinder you have to cut both bars, because if you just cut one end it’s not going to let this loose, meaning you can’t swing this around like some other U-locks.

It takes a couple minutes. I have to attribute the ease with which this was opened to the fact that I did not feel any false gates. I see that as a major unforced error on the part of Kryptonite.

The new disc detainer tool FINALLY lets me pick this lock. The discs are buried deep inside the lock body but the new adjustable pick that LockPickingLawyer and I designed and made EASILY accesses it.

They concluded that these locks were secure against lock picking. It’s a strange conclusion. They have the single most common disc detainer keyway. This pick is $45. Bosnian Bill and I designed it – and it will pick these all day long.

Even with a powered cut-off wheel, our testers took over a minute to make the two cuts necessary to remove it. It uses a very secure disc-detainer mechanism. A YouTube expert, ‘LockPickingLawyer’, opened our upgrade pick in 58 seconds.

Hefty enough to stop all but the most determined thieves, it should offer plenty of protection for most bike commuters. The very sight of it should be enough to make crooks seek out a softer target. It’s pretty weighty.