Innovative bike lock design is made of win

I got to see this lock up close and in person at the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show and I was kicking myself for only having my horrible Blackberry camera on me at the time.

Fortunately, someone has a video of this fantastic lock on Vimeo. (Thanks J.Dunn @ embrocationcyclingjournal.com!)

Meet Tony Pereira's integrated bike lock, which absolutely nails a lot of the things I wrote about in "Building a better bike lock", a post I wrote back in 2008.

It's simple: it's in a great location - almost better than the traditional U-lock.

It's functional: the heavy mass of the traditional U-lock is eliminated, making it lightweight.

It's integrated: to destroy this lock would be to destroy part of the bike itself, thus reducing its value to a thief.

Beautiful. Brilliant. Functional. WIN!

Tony Pereira's Magical Locking Bicycle from j. dunn on Vimeo.