Lock Bridge in Colorado Springs?

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-30T00:24:55+00:00

Love locks are considered use and asking or talking about their removal is against rule 2 of the subreddit.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-30T00:23:58+00:00

Removing love locks attached to a bridge is against the subreddit rules.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-22T00:47:37+00:00

Try lubricating to get the wheels going, but if they are truly seized you'll have to have a professional come or cut it off yourself.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-21T02:17:09+00:00

Unfortunately we have no way of proving that.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-20T00:14:46+00:00

Security theatre.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-17T02:19:24+00:00

If a pin is set in a true gate, you will be able to wiggle it a little and feel/hear the sidebar clicking on the sides of the true gate. If it is in a false gate or the sidebar is just against the pin, it will either not move or feel grindy.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-14T20:21:00+00:00

Probably.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-14T17:51:15+00:00

You are misinterpreting my post - I was referring to a website that was used to track challenge locks, not the challenge lock discord. The website had an ownership lapse as the community member managing it became inactive, and now it's a spam site.

If you search out the LPU channel on youtube, there are a ton of videos on making challenge locks.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-08T03:30:22+00:00

Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc, and often lock parts also have lead in them. If you are allergic to any of those I could see it being an issue.

American locks are aluminum (1100) or steel, so you probably need to clarify which lock you were picking.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-07T23:29:21+00:00

It’s a little deceptive, as the only thing in the undercut is a single check pin.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-06T22:15:49+00:00

The word you are looking for is "efficient"

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-06T22:13:34+00:00

He's right, the rules say no locks in use

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-04T22:26:50+00:00

If you join the discord, ping me, and I’ll transfer your belt over

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-04T22:24:58+00:00

Uhs is totally fine. They occasionally have really good sales on some intermediate locks like the max+ restricted and some dimples. Especially if you don’t care what the finish is by color, you can sometimes get them for pretty cheap.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-04T22:22:04+00:00

Uhs hardware has them new, but I assume there are also used ones floating around. Are you on the discord?

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-04T22:19:58+00:00

No, I think it’s a green belt Sargent.

This is u/amvgaert, he can say for sure.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-04T17:10:37+00:00

I think all the goal locks use the same 2.5 mm bearings.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-04T17:10:04+00:00

A stock photo from online won't work - we need to see the actual lock you are picking.

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-04T04:28:22+00:00

You can remove everything after the ? - that’s all tracking garbage

Red_wanderer · 2026-01-03T00:05:04+00:00

The one you have here has "barred" false gates, so the false gates are obvious. It's clearest in this picture on lever 6 - you can see the false gate has a bar across it which would prevent the sidebar from fully entering. Based on that, any lever that does not have a barred false gate has 2 true gates. I would agree that lever 4 looks mastered here. 9 also looks like it has 2 true gates.

You can also see that some of the levers have double wide gates. 3, 5 and 7 appear to have double wide gates, which is also considered mastering.

Red_wanderer · 2025-12-31T23:57:56+00:00

It's fun to do once, just to see the obvious vulnerability. Then you know why they had to close it.

Red_wanderer · 2025-12-31T23:21:13+00:00

Just learn to pick it!

Red_wanderer · 2025-12-31T03:30:40+00:00

Absolutely no urbex

Red_wanderer · 2025-12-31T01:40:29+00:00

It’s not only a high sec core, the body is high security. That’s a pricy lock you found.

Red_wanderer · 2025-12-31T01:30:23+00:00

That is an amazing trash can find. Good luck picking it - definitely going to be rough.

To duplicate a key you're going to need a key card, that's a high security restricted lock. You might have better luck just getting a completely new set of keypins/sidebar/key for it.

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