tubular picks

by **UNJACK** » 31 Aug 2006 14:38

i have a 7 pin tubular pick and find this tool to be no more than a gimmick
do lockies ever get called out to open 7 pin tubular locks ,ime yet to come across a steering lock with 7 pins .and for the hobbiest theres no skill in using this novelty, a jiggle and a wiggle and how easy was that.

by **bonez** » 31 Aug 2006 14:43

i've been called to open bike locks and vending machines.

by **UNJACK** » 31 Aug 2006 14:49

i can sort of understand a vending machine ,but how much would you pay to take a cheap lock off your bike when youve lost the key anyway

by **bonez** » 31 Aug 2006 14:53

how much would people pay to open a cheap lock on their door :!:

by **UNJACK** » 31 Aug 2006 14:55

ide rather be locked out me bike than locked out me bed

by **UWSDWF** » 31 Aug 2006 16:17

people like bike couriers make their livelyhoods on their bike and usually have locks that are insured so cutting them is throwing out a great deal of money, something these people usually don't have much of.

by **UNJACK** » 31 Aug 2006 16:32

so if you live in a busy city these picks can earn you a few quid but if you live in the sticks the couriers legs would be that strong he could break the lock by peddle power alone and you would lose out. i still dont think these picks are worth a jot and joking apart the kids out their suffer a must have addiction to some of the shiny trash on the market

by **UWSDWF** » 31 Aug 2006 16:35

UNJACK wrote:so if you live in a busy city these picks can earn you a few quid but if you live in the sticks the couriers legs would be that strong he could break the lock by peddle power alone and you would lose out. i still dont think these picks are worth a jot and joking apart the kids out their suffer a must have addiction to some of the shiny trash on the market

I have no F**king clue what you said little man but it touched me, you're just so special man

by **UNJACK** » 31 Aug 2006 16:44

thanks

by **!*AMP*!** » 31 Aug 2006 17:50

yes, slightly dizzying to say the least.

by **Shrub** » 31 Aug 2006 18:44

Unjack are you training to be a lockie or somthing?

You do need a tubular pick if so and maybe a 7 and 8 pin one, i use mine regulary,

Also fill out your profile so we know where you live,

by **VashTSPD** » 31 Aug 2006 23:20

what dialect was that?

I think tubular picks are cool, and are very good at what they were made to do, but as just a hobbiest, I wouldn't have a use for them

by **Bud Wiser** » 1 Sep 2006 0:06

Can tubular locks be picked with out a tubular pick? Other picks?

by **UNJACK** » 1 Sep 2006 3:18

they can be single picked but its a takes a while because the pins are not in line they reset a number of times on the way round ,so you have to pick these locks again and again until the lock finaly opens .its not the easy option but its more fun than using a lock pick

by **horsefeathers** » 1 Sep 2006 4:33

I havent used mine a great deal but aside from the bike/steering lock applications another place I have regularly found tubular locks fitted is in some patio doors (as patio door locks). Owner has lost keys, or moved in and never been given keys, or never known what it was until one day wondered what happens when you push the round shiny button thing in!!!!

So yes the tool does have its uses.

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