Re: Helmet locks

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:09 PM 5/12/00 +0100, colin.spencer@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Helmet locks....If you look under the seat at the bar that has two nuts 
>that hold the rear mudguard, underneath it there are two pieces of metal 
>(one either side) that form a hook. If enough helmet strap is threaded 
>through these and the seat locked, the helmet is thus locked. Could this 
>be the missing helmet locks ?

I think you would need an awfully long helmet strap to go in there. The 
problem that then creates is that helmet thieves care little about straps - 
many a rider has come back to their bike to find the strap secured to the 
bike.... but no helmet attached to the strap......

I have a really nice underseat helmet lock prototype that would secure your 
helmet through the chin guard. Unfortunately to really make it effective 
you would need to move the seat lock (like I did). As I didn't see that 
many people would be willing to do this over putting it in their pannier, I 
just dropped the whole thing.

- - Eric


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