The legendary bike lock maker is not so invincible after all. It's not every day that you see a major consumer brand on the defensive, but that's exactly what happened last week when the Kryptonite ...

The book is to be written by Patricia Swann, a PR professor at Utica College in New York. Professor Swann’s book will be quoting from some of the articles published on BikeBiz.com, links given below.

The triumph last week of the Bic pen over expensive, state-of-the- art steel locks has panicked the bicycling community, and churned Internet rumor mills about how much the lock manufacturer knew and ...

BOSTON — Bike lock maker Kryptonite struggled to reassure customers and protect its reputation on Friday after the disclosure that its famous U-lock could be opened by a ballpoint pen. Kryptonite said ...

Engadget reader Chester Bullock decided to toss Kryptonite the link and video we posted about picking their Evolution 2000's lock with a plain ol' Bic pen. And we can't say it wasn't a good idea, but ...

I'm supposed to be working when a co-worker sends everyone in the office an "interesting link" to a newsgroup post claiming that the nigh-invulnerable Kryptonite bike lock can be opened with a Bic pen ...

Companies need to pay attention to what’s being said about them on blogs but blogs are not all-powerful and blogs did not bring Kryptonite to its knees in 2004. Kryptonite knew about the postings on ...

IT LOOKS AS though thieves have come up with kryptonite for the fearsome Kryptonite bike locks: a Bic ballpoint pen. The back of a plastic pen twisted into the hole for cylindrical keys pops open the ...

It isn't the same as learning a flashy diamond engagement ring actually is cubic zirconia. Or that the faceplate on a newly purchased Cartier watch has the brand name strangely misspelled. No, it's ...

Just a quick note…one of Kryptonite‘s top tech guys is in town and I’m meeting him for dinner tonight. Do you have any questions you’d like me to ask him? I plan to touch base about the latest in bike ...

A young man gets hold of a better mousetrap. The world beats a path to his door. His mousetrap becomes the gold standard for consumers. An international conglomerate buys his family out for $50 ...