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    Not exactly high-security:

    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventitemid=970909&wmaingroupid=0&wcatmastid=0&inventorytype=&minyear=1990&minmonth=1&minday=1&maxyear=2050&maxmonth=12&maxday=31&keyword=&lotsortorder=lotnumasc&pagenum=8&action=

    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventitemid=970912&wmaingroupid=0&wcatmastid=0&inventorytype=&minyear=1990&minmonth=1&minday=1&maxyear=2050&maxmonth=12&maxday=31&keyword=&lotsortorder=lotnumasc&pagenum=8&action=

    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventitemid=970921&wmaingroupid=0&wcatmastid=0&inventorytype=&minyear=1990&minmonth=1&minday=1&maxyear=2050&maxmonth=12&maxday=31&keyword=&lotsortorder=lotnumasc&pagenum=8&action=

    http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/416.html

    Combination version:
    http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/267.html

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

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  2. Scott Gordo
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    Quoted message said:

    Not exactly high-security:

    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite....

    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite....

    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite....

    http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/416.html

    Combination version:
     http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/267.html

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

    By "not exactly high-security", I assume that you are not comparing it
    to a 7lb chain with a lock overmatched by a Biro?

    /s

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  3. A Muzi
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    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Not exactly high-security:
    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite...
    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite...
    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite...
    http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/416.html
    Combination version:
    http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/267.html

    Scott Gordo said:

    By "not exactly high-security", I assume that you are not comparing it
    to a 7lb chain with a lock overmatched by a Biro?

    Biro?
    Search returns many people (Cartoonist, pen inventor, ceo Digitas) and a
    Biro Prawn Salad
    ??

    OT- cool graphics:
    http://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/biro_c/biro_charles.jpg
    --
    Andrew Muzi
    www.yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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    On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:27:22 -0600, A Muzi <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Not exactly high-security:
    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite...
    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite...
    http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=9768&weventid=1806&weventite...
    http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/416.html
    Combination version:
    http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/2005-fullpreview/pages/267.html

    Scott Gordo said:

    By "not exactly high-security", I assume that you are not comparing it
    to a 7lb chain with a lock overmatched by a Biro?

    Biro?
    Search returns many people (Cartoonist, pen inventor, ceo Digitas) and a
    Biro Prawn Salad
    ??

    OT- cool graphics:
    http://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/biro_c/biro_charles.jpg

    Dear Andrew,

    Just a reference to the infamously easy-to-pick Kryptonite tubular
    locks, which could be opened with part of a Bic pen, the modern
    descendant of the Biro:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite_lock

    Video links at the end of the article.

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

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