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Punishing conditions, extreme temperatures, over

10,000kgs of force and one man who lived

through it all for you and your ride.

durabilitythey gave a scientist with ocd and a bad memory a lock & a note that read ‘did you really lock it?’ 5000 lock-&-unlock cycles later (yes, that many!) strongman was still as good as new.

frost resistancetested in extreme lows (XXX!) to function freely, again and again – because a stuck tongue should be the only problem you have with a frosty lock!

corrosion resistancethe lock is sprayed in salt water for 96 hours and given free surfing lessons before being checked for corrosion, perfect function and the ability to stand up in a tube at Pipeline.

Focusing on the lock and tests against the elementsa recent scientific study found that sometimes it’s cold, sometimes it’s hot; sometimes it’s wet and sometimes it’s just plain awful. drawing on these findings, strongman gives scientists everywhere a reason to feel sexy.

so the next time you’re in an earthquake-induced typhoon, take a knee and ask your strongman for some advice on how he survived it first time around and lived to tell the tale.

dust resistancesure, you might not be able to see most of it, but a meddling spec of dust can bring many locks to their knees. strongman took a bath in the stuff and didn’t even sneeze.

resistance attackset upon by the equivalent lock-picking force and expertise of ten juvenile detention centres–walk out in one piece, without jamming, and you’re in the gang.

wedge attacka wedge is driven and twisted through the heart of the lock like it’s one of those iron-deficient, emo vampires. thankfully strongman won’t open up to you like those pasty heartbreakers.

lock-barrel must have at least 1000 combinations

Must have a keyreplacement service

the lock is re-tested annually

A focus on the lock (barrel) of the Strongmanin the heart of every strongman you’ll find at least 10,000 combinations,

blind courage and a mild case of alcoholism.

lock-barrel must have five elements inside (active blocking elements)

tensile strength side and end load attack.considering the shackled lock is stretched with a whopping 3000 kilos of force, both end-from-end and then in four separate directions, you’d probably expect to have a better chance winning a staring contest against a wax model of tom Jones (pre sex-Bomb tour)–but strongman held on.

We originally wanted to do this with four wild horses, each tied to a different side of the strongman, set loose to run towards four carrots nailed to each of the corners of a dallas ranch stockyard. sadly though, we forgot the carrots.

torque strengtha bit like twisting the top off a bottle or breaking the neck of an evil henchman. strongman often gets the two mixed up and has actually been know to sneak up behind bottles of creaming soda before whispering ‘time to die!’.

thankfully, on the flipside, strongman can resist a massive 1knm of combined twist’n’mass force - which roughly equates to somewhere between ‘friggin’ loads’ and ‘booyar-city’.

lock clamped stationery

clamped shackle

the strong, silent type.

the modest overachiever.

Becoming somewhat frustrated, the crazed scientists then tried using every potentially harmful thing they could get their hands on…as the old saying goes, ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try to smash it to bits by any means possible’. so they tried. Five men held strongman down, another paced back and forth wringing his hands, while the sweaty one chained to the wall, wearing nothing but a bloodied choirboy’s outfit, tried to untie his muzzle.

But they couldn’t break him - they couldn’t douse his spirit – For he had a bike to live for.

hammerstep 1. Pick up a hammer.

step 2. Move it (at speed) onto your lock.

step 3. repeat. if your lock still functions, you’ve got yourself a keeper!.

bolt cropper/cutter (manually operated)‘My lock resisted 7000 kilos of bolt-cutter force and all i got was this lousy t-shirt.’ But to be fair, strongman got an internationally renowned certificate too.

freezing & attackYour lock is served with lashings of liquid nitrogen and finally topped with a heavy dollop of hammer. delish!

cutting attack (saw)Just like that viral clip two lumberjacks, one saw, except in this one they’re unleashing their weapon on a bike lock. however, true to the original, they still end up with sore wrists and tears in their eyes.

puncture & driftthe lock’s ‘sweet-spot’ is pounded sincerely to the tune of 500kilos at the hands of a varied range of things that resemble blunt nails.

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