Breaking into kryptonite Locks

[Adventure Girl]

On the bike rack thread, blurgirl posted a link to another forum that has a long thread about using a bic pen to open a Kryptonite lock. I thought this was just another "urban myth". But after reading several pages of posts, it sounds like this is the real thing. Here's a link to the thread, and a link to a video that shows it working.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=66128

http://thirdrate.com/misc/krypto.mov

Anybody use these locks?

[JanT]

I don't have one, but given the number of posts on the first link that found it didn't work, I'm suspicious of the video. Seems bogus-another hoax. What do others think?

[Adventure Girl]

I know there are always the "I know a guy, who has a friend, who knows somebody who did it" kind of things, but my husband actually tried it on his Kryptonite disc lock (used for his motorcycle). He opened it in less than 10 seconds. That thread was over 10 pages long, if you read the last few pages, there are more and more people who did it.