Just had my Brooks saddle and Nitto seatpost stolen off of my bike last night and from the looks of it, the Zefal Lock and Roll was broken by the use of a lever. Well, that's what the marks on the top tube show anyway. Now that the lock has been compromised it opens freely even in the locked position.
I know that a determined thief will always find a way to defeat a security mechanism, but I was wondering how hard was it to crack this lock open? Since I have the wheel skewers as well, I decided to run a little test. I taped up the fork blade on my Bleriot and moved my front fender out of the way. Using a 250mm crescent wrench, I was able to wedge open the Zefal up about 40 degrees but it was still locked. I was putting pressure on the Zefal from the bottom pressing up, so what ended up happening was that with all that force, the tab that keeps the lock from spinning upside down was defeated and I was able to flip the lock over and open it right up. Probably took me about 5 minutes. Has anyone had their Zefal locks broken as well? I think it's an ingenious product but just not heavy duty for someone with a little time and a lever. Cheers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
