Introducing The ‘Unstealable’ Bike
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In news that is probably quite irrelevant in a country which ranks somewhere in the world's top ten safest countries (depending on who you ask), engineering students in Chile have designed a bike that is 'unstealable'. For those wondering, Chile isn't quite as lucky in terms of safety, ranking a modest #28 according to one nondescript semi-reliable listicle found via Google. Lonely Planet lists pickpocketing as the country's biggest safety issue, alongside earthquakes, smog and rip currents.
Anyway, back to the bike.
The way the bike's designed, the bike's seatpost acts as the lock, meaning that not only do you avoid theft, but also having the niggle of buying and carrying around a bike lock. Enthusiastic thieves would then need to break the frame to get the bike, rendering it useless to make a quick getaway in.
So the bike may not be 100% unstealable, but it's pretty damn close. See the video below to get an idea of how it all works:
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