old bike "americanino by carnielli" integrated lock

[femurat]

I saw this bike and was shocked by the steering wheel lock, integrated within the frame. It's super light weight and very clever. I've never seen one on a bike.
I know there's a similar thing that locks the back wheel.
Being someone that uses my bike a lot, I know how annoying is to carry around a chain.
I wonder why these things aren't the standard equipment every bike comes with.

Cheers

[teamstarlet]

I've never seen that either. Awesome idea tho!

[kwoswalt99-]

I wish my bike had one. Cars have them why not bikes.

[cledry]

Used to be common on Raleigh bikes too.

[cledry]

[femurat]

cledry, changing the fork alone is not enough to make it work. The frame must have that protruding part to accommodate the bolt.
IIRC you're into vintage bikes, so I guess it was easy for you to find that nice fork picture. I spent some minutes and couldn't find anything.

Cheers

[Squelchtone]

I googled "vintage bicycle locking forks" and got this which shows the pin in the locked position:



and googling "Raleigh locking forks" comes up with this showing a metal plate for the lock to interact with:

[cledry]

cledry, changing the fork alone is not enough to make it work. The frame must have that protruding part to accommodate the bolt.
IIRC you're into vintage bikes, so I guess it was easy for you to find that nice fork picture. I spent some minutes and couldn't find anything.

Cheers

Correct, you rotate the fork and once it is under the protruding part on the frame you extend the bolt.