Locking your bike every day can get tedious, especially when you’re commuting and constantly locking in and out. There are plenty of mounting options out there, but I couldn’t find one that let me lock and unlock my bike in a blink.
So I designed my own — inspired by gun holsters. You can slide the lock out in a second, and once you’re done, it just drops back in. No brackets, no straps — just gravity. They install without tools, held in place by friction, and the weight of the lock keeps them secure.
So far I designed one for the Kryptonite mini-7 and one for the Decathlon 500, and you can download it and print it yourself for free 🙂
by prefixit
11 Comments
Man, if you started selling these I would totally buy one.
Great idea!
I just keep my ulock locked to my rack.
D-locks should come with something like this. You’re lucky to get a flimsy bracket that will rattle and then swivel the lock into your spokes.
Good place. I had mine on the rear wheel like that. It was easier to grab in a full bike stand.
Nice design. I could see TPU inserts being added to keep the lock from rattling around.
nice design, but mounting it on front fork, I would not do:
You have made the steering a lot more difficult: each turn you make you have to accelerate and decelerate all that extra mass.
frame lock and plug in chain are always attempting to be reinvented by americans
Great, as long as you only ever use one pannier!
I had a setup a bit like this (not nearly as nice looking though) and after a while I noticed the “teeth” of the lock getting a bent, making it more difficult to actuate the locking mechanism. And it was because the bumps of the road would cause the U portion to pull downward against the locking cylinder, overtime bending the relatively thin metal teeth that hold the two together.
My solution was to just bend the teeth back in to place every 6 months or so when the lock got hard to turn. Something to look out for.
Nicely done, I would buy one. ☝️ Is it one size to fit them al or is it tapered?