hurri wrote:If you want to use paperclips untill you'll buy some picks, try some cheap locks,maybe chinese ones...Tri-cycle or tri-circle would be fine....You can't pick an abus diskus from the first time with paperclips.Also look on YouTube and Metacafe.
And another thing:have patience.
Many people on this board will say that the Tri-circle can be quite a swine to pick - they are often infested with security pins (sometimes all top pins are spools/mushrooms). This seems to vary from lock to lock, they seem to vary the types and number of pins used.
There are others on this site who will say the tri-circle is an easy pick, and it is, once you have mastered security pins.
That said, the tri-circle is in my opinion NOT a good lock to learn to pick security pins - it has such sloppy tolerances that it does not show you the characterisic feel and behavior of the spools as 'clearly' as a better machined lock.
The tri-circles certainly do provide an interesting picking challenge (especially the iron ones) and until you get the hang of them they can be very tricky!
They are vulnerable to a simple bypass, but I do not think it can be discussed here.
Given it contains security pins, like the Abus, the Tri-circle may not be the best place to start.
A cheap deadlock, such as a kwickset mentioned above, that can be easily repinned would be a better choice.
Hope that helps,
...Mark
I wish you luck.
), buy some picks (a 4 piece will do in the beginning), get a $5 QuikSet deadbolt, read 
