Skunklock: the bike lock that makes thieves vomit

Indiegogo campaign for bike lock that releases vile smell when it’s sawn into

qzce13rjpywgml8beoqp
Lock's colour scheme is designed to warn off thieves too

Called Skunklock, the lock is the brainchild of San Francisco inventor Daniel Idzkowski. When his bikes and those of his friends were persistently stolen, he decided to find a way to deter thieves more effectively.

Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription

Join now for unlimited access

Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Paul Norman

Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015, covering cycling tech, new bikes and product testing. Since then, he’s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website.

He’s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California. He’s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too, riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.