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 ...

How neat is this little U-Lock tool? It's a 15mm wrench – the size of pretty much all axle-nuts – in the form of a sleeve which slides onto the barrel of a Kryptonite lock. The chromed steel tool fits ...

After reading an article in The New York Times about a design flaw in a popular bicycle U-lock, it didn’t take Weinberg sophomore Caitlin Grogan long to ditch the Kryptonite U-lock protecting her ...

BOSTON (AP) — Bike lock maker Kryptonite struggled to reassure customers and protect its reputation on Friday following the disclosure that its famous U-lock can be opened by a ballpoint pen.

According to Kryptonite, its patent-pending hardened double-deadbolt and pick-resistant disc cylinder raises the bar of bike ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Ingersoll-Rand IR unit Kryptonite said Friday it will provide free product upgrades for certain locks purchased since September 2002. The announcement comes in the wake of ...

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 ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1971, Michael Zane read a newspaper article that sparked his imagination. He discovered that bicycle mechanic, Stanley Kaplan had designed and ...