Attach Kryptonite Lock Bike Frame
Clean the spot you ll be placing the u lock mount using a rag with some basic degreaser.
Attach kryptonite lock bike frame. The level of security you need depends on where you are leaving your bike and for how long. That worked well but now i put it in a spare bottle holder. Make sure what you lock your bike to cannot be cut. Choose the right lock.
Batman i ve found that the best place for the frame mount from kryptonite is on the front fork partly to do with the oversize tubes on my bike and cable routes. Her lock had a fancy piece of metal that helps attach her u lock to her bike frame. Lock according to value frame first then back wheel and finally front wheel. At one point i carried my independent cable lock velcroed to a front track on the other side.
Here are the steps to install the kryptonite u lock bike mount pick a spot on your frame that the u lock won t interfere with your pedal. Chris h aug 7 15 at 7 11. The one gripe i had about my favorite abus u lock was that i had no good way to attach it to my bicycle. The kryptonite u lock flexframe u bracket install was way harder than it should have been.
Fits bicycle frame tubing 25mm to 80mm whether round oval triangular or square shapes product weight. 40 lbs 18 kgs in accordance with california prop65. Includes information on the product components mo. Let my frustration be your success and how to instruction in les.
After about a year though the plastic cracked and fell off. If you go online you can find all kinds of clumsy contraptions people have come up with to attach their u locks to their bikes. Always lock your bike to a solid object that it cannot be lifted over. But much worse it permanently marred my bike frame where it attached because i had to clamp it down so tightly to carry the weight of the lock.
When i discovered that damage i was not happy. There are many places to mount the flexframe u bracket on your bicycle. Take the tug block with the rubber shim and wrap it around the frame. A how to video that provides instruction on installing our transit flexframe u bracket to a bicycle frame.
Please also note that the lock can be offset by moving the position of the spline the silver metal piece attached to the lock that slides into the mount.