The legendary bike lock maker is not so invincible after all. It's not every day that you see a major consumer brand on the defensive, but that's exactly what happened last week when the Kryptonite ...

BOSTON — Bike lock maker Kryptonite struggled to reassure customers and protect its reputation on Friday after the disclosure that its famous U-lock could be opened by a ballpoint pen. Kryptonite said ...

The triumph last week of the Bic pen over expensive, state-of-the- art steel locks has panicked the bicycling community, and churned Internet rumor mills about how much the lock manufacturer knew and ...

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Engadget reader Chester Bullock decided to toss Kryptonite the link and video we posted about picking their Evolution 2000's lock with a plain ol' Bic pen. And we can't say it wasn't a good idea, but ...

I'm supposed to be working when a co-worker sends everyone in the office an "interesting link" to a newsgroup post claiming that the nigh-invulnerable Kryptonite bike lock can be opened with a Bic pen ...

A young man gets hold of a better mousetrap. The world beats a path to his door. His mousetrap becomes the gold standard for consumers. An international conglomerate buys his family out for $50 ...

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Bike owners trying to figure out what to do with their round-key Kryptonite locks (which reportedly can be picked open with the hollow shaft of a Bic pen), should know that Kryptonite is offering to ...

Just a quick note…one of Kryptonite‘s top tech guys is in town and I’m meeting him for dinner tonight. Do you have any questions you’d like me to ask him? I plan to touch base about the latest in bike ...

Kryptonite can be neutralized with a BIC ballpoint pen. Well, not exactly. The superpowered U-shaped bike lock, impervious to heavy-duty bolt cutters, bullets, and even the man of steel’s arch-enemy ...