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From: mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu (Lawrence J. Mazlack)
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Subject: Re: locks and alarms
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Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 21:00:22 EST
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>Does the fork lock provide any deterent?
>

Only marginally. Most of them can be broken by a strong person who snaps
the bars.  Even if not, many thefts occur by the means of picking up
the bike and throwing it in the back of a pickup truck.

Larry Mazlack
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