BOSTON — Bike lock maker Kryptonite struggled to reassure customers and protect its reputation on Friday after the disclosure that its famous U-lock could be opened by a ballpoint pen. Kryptonite said ...
BOSTON — Bike lock maker Kryptonite scrambled Friday to deal with the damage done to both its locks and its reputation by a ballpoint pen as retailers swept the locks off their shelves. A design flaw ...
BOSTON -- Bike lock maker Kryptonite scrambled yesterday to deal with the damage done to both its locks and its reputation by a ballpoint pen, as retailers swept the locks from their shelves and ...
The triumph last week of the Bic pen over expensive, state-of-the- art steel locks has panicked the bicycling community, and churned Internet rumor mills about how much the lock manufacturer knew and ...
The Kryptonite booth at Interbike was busy from the moment the doors opened at the start of Interbike earlier today. Charlie McCormick, owner of City Bikes, in Washington DC, made a beeline for the ...
Bicycle riders on campus know the secret is out. U-shaped Kryptonite tubular cylinder bike locks–previously regarded as some of the most secure on the market–can be picked by inserting the back end of ...
Engadget reader Chester Bullock decided to toss Kryptonite the link and video we posted about picking their Evolution 2000's lock with a plain ol' Bic pen. And we can't say it wasn't a good idea, but ...
Kryptonite can be neutralized with a BIC ballpoint pen. Well, not exactly. The superpowered U-shaped bike lock, impervious to heavy-duty bolt cutters, bullets, and even the man of steel’s arch-enemy ...
Much of the bicycling community has been in panic and the world's most well-known bicycle lock company is reeling after it was discovered that many high-end bicycle locks could be easily picked in ...
response to "consumer concerns" about tubular cylinder lock technology. Consumers can visit the company’s website next Wednesday afternoon, September 22, to learn full details of the Kryptonite rescue ...