Masterlock Sport Streetcuff Review - BikeRadar

User review of Master Lock Street Cuff

"Masterlock's funky Streetcuff design has been around for a couple of years and the design has been tweaked and improved strength-wise in that time."

*How old is this review? I bought my cuff lock back in 2002 (it's now 2007), which is more than "...a couple of years."

It sounds as though you reviewed the single-link version... I use the 9-link version with a Bianchi Milano and have no problem routing the lock through the front wheel from the downtube --> the bike rack.

Severing the cuff section in >35 seconds... what did you use to accomplish this? It's genuinely difficult for me to imagine what non-power tool you could use to cut through the steel cuff. The language of the review seems deliberately ambiguous on this point.

I've owned a cuff lock since the summer of 2002... so it ought to be one of the earlier, more vulnerable versions according to this.

I've used my bike to commute to and from a local state university campus for the past few years, where there are a fair number of bike thefts. I'm graduating in the spring and my bike has been locked with the cuff lock on campus at least 4 days a week; generally from 10am - 7pm. Sometimes, I see the remains of someone else's bike that has been stolen... but my Milano is always right where I left it. While I am able to pick the cylinder lock on an older u-lock with the inards of a bic pen, I cannot similarly pick the cylinder on a cuff lock. While there are videos of people able to do this with the older u-locks, I've yet to see this done with a cuff lock.

In short, I've been very pleased with the cuff lock. As an alternative to a u-lock, it is lighter, easier to use and from my experience, reliable. I don't care for the keys... they do wear out... I've had them replaced free of charge twice so far. So to be fair, I'd have to give them 4 stars out of five for this reason.