Boston? Bike lock maker Kryptonite struggled to reassure customers and protect its reputation Friday after the disclosure that its famous U-lock can be opened by a ballpoint pen. Retailers swept the ...

BOSTON — Bike lock maker Kryptonite scrambled Friday to deal with the damage done to both its locks and its reputation by a ballpoint pen as retailers swept the locks off their shelves. A design flaw ...

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 ...

BOSTON (AP) — Bike lock maker Kryptonite struggled to reassure customers and protect its reputation on Friday following the disclosure that its famous U-lock can be opened by a ballpoint pen.

Much of the bicycling community has been in panic and the world's most well-known bicycle lock company is reeling after it was discovered that many high-end bicycle locks could be easily picked in ...

Bicycle riders on campus know the secret is out. U-shaped Kryptonite tubular cylinder bike locks–previously regarded as some of the most secure on the market–can be picked by inserting the back end of ...

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 ...

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 ...