The TiGr is a titanium “bow” that its extremely flexible, and it has “lock claims flexibility, hack-proof strength, and a sexy design worthy of your ride”. It can stretch out to about five foot five inches, and then both ends lock together.
As you can see, it is one of those bikes that locks the wheels together so that no one can ride off with it. Personally, I like the type that lock up against something like a tree or a bar, but that is just me.
What is really interesting is how the lock is stored on the bike. It can go around the frame along the crossbar when not in use. I guess that’s better than most of the horseshoe locks that need a special holster, and some of those thick wire locks can get tangled around the frame.
Granted, this is a Kickstarter project, which means there is going to need some funds to get it going. It could also use a new name, as I can only understand part of its current one. “Ti” as the elemental symbol for titanium, but I checked the symbol for “Gr”, and it’s not on the periodic table. Don’t just make up a “Gr” element just so you can have a name.
i never trust bike chains someone can use bow cutters
ReplyDeletedang. so need this for this summer. plan on riding a bike to work all the time! love summer. means you have more daylight!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a pretty good looking bike lock, however I have to say that yeah, the type that attaches to a tree or pole is better. But I think that this type is also able to do that, in this image it looks like it is around a pole, it could be used differently and tied around a tree too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a sweet lock, but I share your skepticism
ReplyDeleteI have one of those horseshoe locks. I have to put it in a backpack or loop it through my belt while riding. This lock looks much more convenient.
ReplyDeletethank god i live in a place that i don't have to worrie about that "yet" but who knos for how long.. this definitily looks great if i will need it someday :)
ReplyDeleteWhat stops someone just picking it up and throwing it over their shoulder? Unless you lock it to something that is.
ReplyDeleteI've just got a big heavy duty chain and a massive box padlock, does the job perfectly as not even bolt cutters are going through it.
ReplyDeleteOnly problem is of course the fact that all together it weighs around 15kg which is more than my actually bike, but then if you lived where I lived you'd understand.
tl;dr - Looks funky but I wouldn't trust it to protect my bike.
oh thx, u remind me i need new lock ^^
ReplyDeletethat looks like it will work great.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like it would work really well!
ReplyDeleteprobably pretty expensive, no?
ReplyDeletefinally a great gadget blog, will follow, cool gadget bro
ReplyDeleteCouldn't someone just, know, pick up the whole bike and carry it?
ReplyDeleteGood Idea
ReplyDeleteThat's a really interesting looking bike lock, at the moment I'm still using one of those old coiled up things with a combination on it...I feel like a dinosaur haha.
ReplyDeleteGood idea. It seems like it will work pretty well. :D
ReplyDeleteI need one of these!
ReplyDeleteI'd also prefer locks where you can lock your bike into something.
ReplyDeletenice... i just use the cheap walmart one but this is cool
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome, but I can imagine a lot of chancers trying their look with a pair of clippers.
ReplyDeletemight be cool
ReplyDeleteI would be worried that somebody could get frustrated trying to steal the bike, then decide to mess up the spokes because of where it locks on
ReplyDeleteThat is useful as hell for anyone in college. I don't have a bike right now but I"ll definitely look into that.
ReplyDeleteNice. To bad i had to sell my bike :(.
ReplyDeletecool
ReplyDeleteMaybe useful, but still quite unsafe.
ReplyDeleteBest bike lock i have seen, I really want this.
ReplyDeleteI used other locks before that just goes around one tire and the frame, the not locked tire was gone.
Neat!!! And I guess it's pretty hard to push the bike upwards with this, so no thiefs can un-glue it from the pole, lol
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea, love some of the gadgets on here...followed!!!
ReplyDeleteInterresting blog man!!
ReplyDeleteusefull thing for the bikes!
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