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Even the best bicycle locks can sometimes let you down.
Now, a trio of Chilean engineers say they have found a way to thwart determined thieves with what they claim is the world's first 'unstealable bike.'
The design, called the Yerka, looks like an average bike, but the bottom tube of the frame can be split into two parts and wrapped around a pole.
According its creators, the frame can be dismantled and reconnected to make a lock in just 10 seconds.
Once the bike's seat tube forms a lock, the only way to steal the bike would be to cut through it, destroying it in the process.
The Yerka is the creation of Cristóbal Cabello, 22, Andrés Roi Eggers, 23 and Juan José Monsalve, 24 who dropped out of university market their idea.
The design was first announced in November, but last week, the team said they had put in their first order to produce 300 Yerkas.
While an investment of $100,000 (£64,450) from a state enterprise fund helped the project along, the raised most of their funds on crowdfunding site Indiegogo.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3186321/The-world-s-unstealable-bike-goes-production-Chilean-engineers-create-radical-bicycle-self-locking-frame.html#ixzz3hykrkdUU
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Now, a trio of Chilean engineers say they have found a way to thwart determined thieves with what they claim is the world's first 'unstealable bike.'
The design, called the Yerka, looks like an average bike, but the bottom tube of the frame can be split into two parts and wrapped around a pole.
According its creators, the frame can be dismantled and reconnected to make a lock in just 10 seconds.
Once the bike's seat tube forms a lock, the only way to steal the bike would be to cut through it, destroying it in the process.
The Yerka is the creation of Cristóbal Cabello, 22, Andrés Roi Eggers, 23 and Juan José Monsalve, 24 who dropped out of university market their idea.
The design was first announced in November, but last week, the team said they had put in their first order to produce 300 Yerkas.
While an investment of $100,000 (£64,450) from a state enterprise fund helped the project along, the raised most of their funds on crowdfunding site Indiegogo.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3186321/The-world-s-unstealable-bike-goes-production-Chilean-engineers-create-radical-bicycle-self-locking-frame.html#ixzz3hykrkdUU
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