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Hoo Haa!
A new offering from the kids at Knog - August 2011 - ‘that adorable little girl with dimples had grown into a real sexy brat.’ - true
Hoo Haa!
There are sayings for almost everything these days; that one about the moss-free rolling
stone, those two birds in the bush and all those cooks who ruined dinner. Which got us
to thinking – what is the proverb of KNOG? To put our obsession with urban riding, our
penchant for creativity and our fancy for the proverbial ‘good times’, into words?
But when the closest thing we got was ‘When riding upon the KNOG ship of light, soaring
free, fast and half-drunk through the streets, remember to check you’re wearing pants’, we gave
up on proverbs and thought it best to give you all a chance to express yourselves instead.
Because where would a bicycle be without it’s rider? Or a pen without a writer?
Or a fun book of activities without anyone to fill in the puzzles and draw moustaches on
all the pictures?
So time to get busy – your activity book needs you!
Sponsored by:
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Unless you were conceived on the sticky floor of an opium den, your folks would’ve no doubt had the firm belief that you would grow up to be a well-adjusted child genius – blossoming into a multi-billionaire and part-time genetic-scientist/poet/philanthropist. But as history recounts, you blew it. Floating out somewhere between child genius and child-beauty pageant contestant, you went out looking for a good time instead of the sheet music to Rachmaninov’s 7th, and that’s all she wrote.
So here’s your chance to set the record straight. Your chance to strive, to achieve and to make something of yourself!
You might have noticed we’ve equipped you with some damn fancy sticker sets, postcards, activities as well as a number of delightful backgrounds even Alfred Hitchcock would have loved to have been amongst. So, your job is simple – get nasty, laying down your most excellent array of KNOG stickers onto our most excellent array of Knog montage pages (but don’t limit yourself to only the stickers - write your own text, chop up magazines, draw your own pictures, take your own photos).
Then send us a snap or scan of your creation. All entries that we receive will be sent a Knog sticker set, Knog cap and will be featured on our blog. The entries with the highest ratings as voted by the Knog, Charge and Cadence crew will win one of three A+grade prize-packs that include:– A Knog super schwag pack– A Charge bike– A Cadence super schwag pack– Fame and glory (said to feel a bit like 2/3rds of an orgasm).
Judgement Day = February 29 2012. Winners posted at www.knog.com.au
Frog Strobe
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Draw by numbers
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FROG STROBE • BRIGHT STROBE LIGHT • 4 MODES • 12 COLOURS • RED & WHITE LEDS • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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Frog StobeYour own state-of-the-art mobile disco. Comes standard with frisky roller-girl, stud with hand down the front of his pants and a door bitch who always compliments your bike before showing you in.
SKINK • 4 LED LIGHT • 3/6 MODES • 6 COLOURS• RED & WHITE LEDS • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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SkinkWhen you wish upon a Skink, shining bright in the night sky, half way between the Big Boomer and Orion's Frog, remember to look out for oncoming traffic.
BOOMER WEARABLE • WEARABLE STROBE LIGHT • 4 MODES • 6 COLOURS • RED LEDS • FOR MORE INFO: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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Boomer WearableWay up on the 'Dominant Dress Rankings' with padded-shoulder powersuits and anything that depicts a skull in rhinestone studs. If you want to 'dress on top' meet your shining light.
KABANA • 17mm CABLE LOCK • FLEXIBLE SILICONE OVERMOULD • SECURITY RATING: 50/100 • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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KabanaJust imagine it – Steel, robo-cows, grazing on magnetic slopes, fed golden wheat and butchered (humanely) to the delight of bike owners everywhere.
10 GRANDMA’s HOUSE20 BARBER SHOP30 JOE’S DINER40 LOCAL PUB50 PAWN SHOP60 BACK ALLEY70 CRACK HOUSE80 SLUM90 GHETTO
Security Rating
100 WAR ZONE
50Lumens 32
Lumens
22Lumens
KLS07-09 Black
KLS06-09 Black
KLS07-03 Red
KLS06-03 Red
KLS07-12Purple
KLS06-12Purple
KLS07-10 White
KLS06-10White
KLS07-05 Magenta
KLS06-05 Magenta
KLS07-07 Olive
KLS06-07 Olive
KLS07-01 Translucent
KLS06-01 Translucent
KLS07-08 Pink
KLS07-06 Lime Green
KLS06-06 Lime Green
KLS07-04 Dark Grey
KLS06-04 Dark Grey
KLS07-11Blue
KLS06-11Blue
KLS07-02 Orange
KLS06-02 Orange
KLS06-08Pink
10819Black
10822Blue
10820Red
10823Magenta
10821White
10824Purple
11019 Blue
11018Red
11020 Magenta
KSL550_04 Red
KSL550_06 Magenta
KSL550_05 Blue
KSL551_06 Magenta
KSL551_05 Blue
KSL551_04 Red
KSL550_02 Black
KSL550_03 White
KSL550_01 Translucent
KSL551_03 White
KSL551_01 Translucent
KSL551_02 Black
11016 Black
11017 White
11021 Olive
The Strongman
a very strong lock that is above any cut!
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JOIN THE DOTS
BOOMER USB
HOOhAh!
yeeew!
A Knog OneLiner
BOOMER • SUPER BRIGHT STROBE LIGHT • 4 MODES • 6 COLOURS • RED & WHITE LEDS • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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BoomerStand back, shield your children's eyes and prepare to catch your wilting dames. By the power of Boomersville, let there be light!
BOOMER USB • RECHARGEABLE STROBE LIGHT • 4 MODES • 6 COLOURS • RED & WHITE LEDS • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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Boomer USB...and on the 3rd night the light became dull. But looking beyond despair, Rachel placed Boomer into her USB port and the divine light gloweth bright forever more.
WHIPLOCK • WEARABLE LOCK • 1.2 METRES • 3 KEYS INCLUDED • SECURITY RATING: 40/100 • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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WhiplockWhiplock's mother has no family recipes. His father consistently fails to light the barbeque and his uncle keeps his hands to himself. But despite his unconventional upbringing, he's grown up to be a really well-grounded lock.
10 GRANDMA’s HOUSE20 BARBER SHOP30 JOE’S DINER40 LOCAL PUB50 PAWN SHOP60 BACK ALLEY70 CRACK HOUSE80 SLUM90 GHETTO
Security Rating
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GEKKO • 3 LED LIGHT • 3/6 MODES • 6 COLOURS • RED & WHITE LEDS • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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GekkoCharming, discreet, GSOH, DTE, bright'n'stretchyGekko seeks modern type for casual fun with view tocarnal pleasures at remote bio-dynamic tree-farms.
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55Lumens
Boomer USB - Available in same colours as Boomer Battery
KBM01-03 White
KBM01-08 Black
KBM01-04 Red
KBM01-01Translucent
KBM01-06 Magenta
KBM01-05 Blue
KBM02-03 White
KBM02-08 Black
KBM02-01 Translucent
KBM02-04Red KBM02-06
MagentaKBM02-05Blue
KLG01-09 Black
KLG02-09 Black
10741 White
10742 White
KLG01-01 Translucent
KLG02-01 Translucent
10743 Red
10744 Red
10745 Pink
10746 Pink
KLG01-04 Blue
KLG02-04 Blue
10959 Black / Stainless Steel
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Montage
Montage
Details Page 2
PARTY FRANK • 12mm CABLE LOCK • FLEXIBLE SILICONE OVERMOULD • SECURITY RATING: 30/100 • MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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Party Frank3 things you should know about Party Frank: Loves everything Greek, practically invented the 'Rad Graphix' artistis movement of March 1991, and embarrassingly almost always leans to the wrong cheek when kissing goodbye.
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100 WAR ZONE
STRAIGHT JACKET • CHAIN LOCK • 2 SIZES (skinny/fatty) • SECURITY RATING: (skinny 60/100) (fatty 70/100) • MORE INFO: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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The Straight JacketRebecca had been stung by a bee, an errant frisbee hadspoiled the potato salad and when the rain started,everyone knew it was curtains for the annualMay Day picnic. Back in the car, Chain Lock turneddown the radio and yelled “Hey, who's up for ice-cream?!”
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Security Rating
100 WAR ZONE
KRANSKY • 22mm CABLE LOCK • FLEXIBLE SILICONE OVERMOULD • SECURITY RATING: 60/100 • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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KranskyAs the story goes, a man selling sausages, a couple making love and a guy looking for somewhere to lock his bike, meet in a German park. This lock is their gift to you.
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Security Rating
100 WAR ZONE
BEETLE • 2 LED LIGHT • 3 MODES • 8 COLOURS • RED & WHITE LEDS • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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BeetleHe looks at you from across the room. He smiles. You smile back. You can't help it. His calm demeanor. His soothing light. You're helpless. Take him. This is Beetle love.
16Lumens
Available in Pink, Green and White
10825 Black
10826 Red
10827 White
10828Blue
10831Green
10832Dark Grey
10829 Magenta
10830Pink
10833Orange
10834Purple
10835Olive
10836 Yellow
10837Black
10839White
10838Red
10840Purple
KBL530-02 Black
KBL531-02 Black
KBL530-03 White
KBL531-03 White
KBL530-01 Translucent
KBL531-01 Translucent
KBL530-04 Red
KBL531-04 Red
KBL530-06 Magenta
KBL531-06 Magenta
10737 Orange
10738 Orange
KBL530-05 Blue
KBL531-05 Blue
10741Dark Grey
10740 Dark Grey
FISTICUFF • 1.2m CABLE LOCK • FLEXIBLE SILICONE OVERMOULD • SECURITY RATING: 40/100 • MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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FisticuffFisticuff could take a man out with just one punch. But he never did like to talk about it all that much. I suppose it's because he's a bike lock.
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Security Rating
100 WAR ZONE
STRONGMAN • ULOCK • SILICONE OVERMOULDED PLATED HARDENED STEEL • SECURITY RATING: 90/100 • MORE INFO: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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StrongmanYes, he's tough. Sure, he's practically unbreakable. But he has a softer side most people really don't see. Like the time he cried during Turner & Hooch.
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Security Rating
100 WAR ZONE
THE BOUNCER • BRAND NEW ULOCK • COMING SOON • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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A. The BouncerThe Bouncer is just like one of those crazy little designer dogs. Dress him up like a sailor, dangle him out of your handbag at parties and bitch to him as if he is your bestest friend.
RINGMASTER COMBO • 1.2m & 2.2m CABLE • HARDCASE PADLOCK • SECURITY RATING: 30/100 • FOR MORE INFO VISIT: WWW.KNOG.COM.AU
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Ringmaster ComboBut what if you ran into a lion? What happens when you need to negotiate with circus freaks? And how do you treat that carnie rash you picked up behind the stables. Only the Ringmaster knows.
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Security Rating
100 WAR ZONE
10 GRANDMA’s HOUSE20 BARBER SHOP30 JOE’S DINER40 LOCAL PUB50 PAWN SHOP60 BACK ALLEY70 CRACK HOUSE80 SLUM90 GHETTO
Security Rating
100 WAR ZONE
10960 Black / Stainless Steel
White (10943) – 1.2 mWhite (10947) – 2.2 m
Blue (10944) – 1.2 mBlue (10948) – 2.2 m
Black (10941) – 1.2 m Black (10945) – 2.2 m
Red (10942) – 1.2 m Red (10946) – 2.2 m
10961Black
10962Red
10963White
Adapted from the ’88 Club Hit B-B-Bouncer with the breakdown:“Ooh-ooh-yeaaah, do you need a strong friend?! B-B-Bouncer's gunna wrap you up all tight and call your parent or guardian and make your bike feel al-ri-eeee-ight. All through the niiiiiiiiight. B-B-Bouncer!“
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Strong Locks
Ingredients (serves 8)
190g unsalted butter, softened 1 cup (220g) caster sugar 2 tsp vanilla-bean paste or vanilla extract 3 eggs 2 1/3 cups (350g) self-raising flour, sifted 1 cup (250ml) milk 220g dark chocolate 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream 1 cup desiccated or shredded coconut
Method
1.Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 20cm-square cake pan. Process butter and sugar in a processor for 2 minutes until light. Add 1 tsp vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, pulsing after each until just combined. In 3 alternating batches, add flour and milk, pulsing to combine. Pour into pan and bake for 55-60 minutes until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool completely.
The Great Oz Lamington Recipe Bike Food
2.Meanwhile, stir chocolate, cream and remaining vanilla in a heatproof bowl over simmering water until smooth (don't let the bowl touch water). Chill for 20 minutes to thicken. Chop the cake into even squares. Spread this icing over all sides of the cakes, then sprinkle top and sides with coconut.
Powerful Little Lights
Cable LocksEach Sausage Lock features a unique fibre-core steel cable with overmoulded silicone. The fibre within the cable allows it to flex and bend when pressure is applied. When the sausage lock is under attack, the fibre within the steel cables absorbs any pressure applied so that the cable will squash before being cut. This means that it takes longer to cut through. Therefore the thicker the sausage lock, the more difficult it is to cut.
Our Sausage Locks consist of three different sizes which vary in security levels.
30/100 (Joe’s Diner) Party Frank (12mm)50/100 (Pawn Shop) Kabana (17mm)60/100 (Back Alley) Kransky (22mm)
Shackle LocksKnogs Strongman locks is built around a unique single-piece investment-cast hardened steel lock housing forming a highly-secure mechanical assembly, with custom press-formed U-shackles providing significant strength against high tensile forces. Compression overmoulded silicone elements protect your ride from dints and scratches.
The Knog Strongman’s locking mechanism is centred around a tough, high security, double-dead lock mechanism that incorporates a disc style lock barrel with a minimum of 5000 key combinations. The overmoulded, steel u-shackle completes the locking mechanism and is specifically heat-treated to create the perfect balance between hardness (for cutting resistance), and toughness (for tensile and impact resistance).
The Knog Strongman is ‘ghetto’ rated and tested and proven to meet the most stringent of international security standards. The strongman meets the three star accreditation from ART (Netherlands), A+ rating from VdS (Germany) and Gold rating from Sold Secure (UK).
Key replacement The Knog shackle locks come with a key replacement guarantee. Each Strongman is supplied with a unique key code that allows Knog to replace your fully-traceable keys if lost.
10 GRANDMA’s HOUSE20 BARBER SHOP30 JOE’S DINER40 LOCAL PUB50 PAWN SHOP60 BACK ALLEY70 CRACK HOUSE80 SLUM90 GHETTO
Security RatingS
100 WAR ZONE
Lumens and Light brightness.With candelas, lux, lumens and watts, size of space, temperature of light and atmospheric conditions all available as possible measurements of light output, defining a perfect and fair measure for the comparison of bike light is difficult.
Knog, like much of the bike industry, has opted to use Lumens as a measure of brightness (how bright a light appears to be to the human eye). This is not as simple as it sounds, as light is a spreads a little like sugar in a cake mix. – 1 pound of sugar to two pounds of flour make for a sweet cake – whereas the same 1 pound of sugar mixed into 10 pounds of flour will give you biscuits. note - Lamington Recipe
It is the same with Lumens – The broader the intended area of illumination – the more lumens needed to maintain the same ‘brightness’.
We measure our lights output in Lumens from a 1.5 metres distance assessing the reflected light across a one metre radius. From experience we believe this is the most honest way to assess the visual brightness and performance of our bike lights inthe streets that we cycle daily.
Spread broader beam of light ensures greater visual visibility
LED lights by nature illuminate at a pin-point. Un-assisted by a lens, they are incredibly bright at the centre point but offer minimal radial illumination. Hence lens design is paramount to achieve a spread.
Knog superior optics are designed to spread the LED light to where it is most needed achieving better side illumination. This is helpful when riding on a dark bike path enabling you to more easily see overhanging branches, and paths to the side. And possibly, more importantly, in traffic, you are more visible to cars and other road users.
1. When things go wrong Poor beam spread
It is the same with Lumens – The broader the intended area of illumination – the more lumens needed to maintain the same ‘brightness’.
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bike path enabling you to more easily see overhanging branches, and paths to bike path enabling you to more easily see overhanging branches, and paths to the side. And possibly, more importantly, in traffic, you are more visible to cars the side. And possibly, more importantly, in traffic, you are more visible to cars
1. When things go wrong1. When things go wrong Poor beam spread Poor beam spread
2. Knog’s optics are designed to spread the light to where it’s needed most
silicone overmould
fibre core
strengthened polymer cover
single piece hardenedsteel lock housing
steel cable
silicone compressionmoulded over
heat treated 13mm steel
Strong Locks
Ingredients (serves 8)
190g unsalted butter, softened 1 cup (220g) caster sugar 2 tsp vanilla-bean paste or vanilla extract 3 eggs 2 1/3 cups (350g) self-raising flour, sifted 1 cup (250ml) milk 220g dark chocolate 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream 1 cup desiccated or shredded coconut
Method
1.Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 20cm-square cake pan. Process butter and sugar in a processor for 2 minutes until light. Add 1 tsp vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, pulsing after each until just combined. In 3 alternating batches, add flour and milk, pulsing to combine. Pour into pan and bake for 55-60 minutes until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool completely.
The Great Oz Lamington Recipe Bike Food
2.Meanwhile, stir chocolate, cream and remaining vanilla in a heatproof bowl over simmering water until smooth (don't let the bowl touch water). Chill for 20 minutes to thicken. Chop the cake into even squares. Spread this icing over all sides of the cakes, then sprinkle top and sides with coconut.
Powerful Little Lights
Cable LocksEach Sausage Lock features a unique fibre-core steel cable with overmoulded silicone. The fibre within the cable allows it to flex and bend when pressure is applied. When the sausage lock is under attack, the fibre within the steel cables absorbs any pressure applied so that the cable will squash before being cut. This means that it takes longer to cut through. Therefore the thicker the sausage lock, the more difficult it is to cut.
Our Sausage Locks consist of three different sizes which vary in security levels.
30/100 (Joe’s Diner) Party Frank (12mm)50/100 (Pawn Shop) Kabana (17mm)60/100 (Back Alley) Kransky (22mm)
Shackle LocksKnogs Strongman locks is built around a unique single-piece investment-cast hardened steel lock housing forming a highly-secure mechanical assembly, with custom press-formed U-shackles providing significant strength against high tensile forces. Compression overmoulded silicone elements protect your ride from dints and scratches.
The Knog Strongman’s locking mechanism is centred around a tough, high security, double-dead lock mechanism that incorporates a disc style lock barrel with a minimum of 5000 key combinations. The overmoulded, steel u-shackle completes the locking mechanism and is specifically heat-treated to create the perfect balance between hardness (for cutting resistance), and toughness (for tensile and impact resistance).
The Knog Strongman is ‘ghetto’ rated and tested and proven to meet the most stringent of international security standards. The strongman meets the three star accreditation from ART (Netherlands), A+ rating from VdS (Germany) and Gold rating from Sold Secure (UK).
Key replacement The Knog shackle locks come with a key replacement guarantee. Each Strongman is supplied with a unique key code that allows Knog to replace your fully-traceable keys if lost.
10 GRANDMA’s HOUSE20 BARBER SHOP30 JOE’S DINER40 LOCAL PUB50 PAWN SHOP60 BACK ALLEY70 CRACK HOUSE80 SLUM90 GHETTO
Security RatingS
100 WAR ZONE
Lumens and Light brightness.With candelas, lux, lumens and watts, size of space, temperature of light and atmospheric conditions all available as possible measurements of light output, defining a perfect and fair measure for the comparison of bike light is difficult.
Knog, like much of the bike industry, has opted to use Lumens as a measure of brightness (how bright a light appears to be to the human eye). This is not as simple as it sounds, as light is a spreads a little like sugar in a cake mix. – 1 pound of sugar to two pounds of flour make for a sweet cake – whereas the same 1 pound of sugar mixed into 10 pounds of flour will give you biscuits. note - Lamington Recipe
It is the same with Lumens – The broader the intended area of illumination – the more lumens needed to maintain the same ‘brightness’.
We measure our lights output in Lumens from a 1.5 metres distance assessing the reflected light across a one metre radius. From experience we believe this is the most honest way to assess the visual brightness and performance of our bike lights inthe streets that we cycle daily.
Spread broader beam of light ensures greater visual visibility
LED lights by nature illuminate at a pin-point. Un-assisted by a lens, they are incredibly bright at the centre point but offer minimal radial illumination. Hence lens design is paramount to achieve a spread.
Knog superior optics are designed to spread the LED light to where it is most needed achieving better side illumination. This is helpful when riding on a dark bike path enabling you to more easily see overhanging branches, and paths to the side. And possibly, more importantly, in traffic, you are more visible to cars and other road users.
1. When things go wrong Poor beam spread
1.5m1m
2. Knog’s optics are designed to spread the light to where it’s needed most
silicone overmould
fibre core
strengthened polymer cover
single piece hardenedsteel lock housing
steel cable
silicone compressionmoulded over
heat treated 13mm steel
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