Replacement battery keys for Btwin electric bike.

[sosunliv]

Advice from anyone please. Bought an almost new Btwin electric bike via eBay with only 87 Km on the clock - genuine. Seller advertise it honestly and said that he had lost the keys for battery removal. Would only need to do this when new one needed since it would not be left anywhere it could be stolen. Sadly Decathlon cannot help with advice regarding replacement keys - believe it or not. Any advice would be more than welcome. Cheers. Bill

 

[Andy-Mat]

Advice from anyone please. Bought an almost new Btwin electric bike via eBay with only 87 Km on the clock - genuine. Seller advertise it honestly and said that he had lost the keys for battery removal. Would only need to do this when new one needed since it would not be left anywhere it could be stolen. Sadly Decathlon cannot help with advice regarding replacement keys - believe it or not. Any advice would be more than welcome. Cheers. Bill

It will be a cylinder type lock I would guess, which are very easy to pick, criminals do it thousands of times a day. Go and look at the many lock opening videos on YouTube, buy some simple picks from Tmart or Banggod, pick the lock, which should allow the removal of the lock, buy a new lock with keys.
Here is a video:-

Or buy some special metal routers, place in a dremel and cut the metal of the cylinder in line with the key slot away, that is start at the widest part of the key slot, and work your way towards the thinest part. You must use goggles as the pins fly out all over the place at high speed!!
Do not cut completely through the thinner part, as before you do that, all the pins and the tiny springs will be gone!
This will release all the pins and the middle of the lock can then be turned to open with a flat screwdriver. 10 minutes work.
This is in German:-
https://shop.multipick.com/de/bohrer/fraeser/zerstoerende-fraeser/fraesstifte/hartmetall-fraesstifte
but the top line of hard metal cutters, one thin enough for a high speed dremel , will cut rapidly through almost anything. I don't think anyone posted it on YouTube yet....
Or using a 4mm hardened metal drill, bore a hole at the thinnest point of the key slot, nowhere else! See here, the guy did but only just:-

You do need high quality drills, start with a 3.2mm.
Or go to a locksmith and pay!! He will open it, remove it and sell you a new one in about 5 minutes at the most! Agree a price before he starts!!
regards
And

 

[sosunliv]

Many thanks. I'll forget the first two ! No problem of going to a locksmith and paying. I never expected anything for nothing - just wondered if there was some form discovering if there was such a thing as a master key or whatever.
Many thanks.

 

[Andy-Mat]

Many thanks. I'll forget the first two ! No problem of going to a locksmith and paying. I never expected anything for nothing - just wondered if there was some form discovering if there was such a thing as a master key or whatever.
Many thanks.

Many thanks. I'll forget the first two ! No problem of going to a locksmith and paying. I never expected anything for nothing - just wondered if there was some form discovering if there was such a thing as a master key or whatever.
Many thanks.

Master keys are usually specially made for buildings, building padlocks and the like, I have never heard of one for bikes, padlocks made for general usage.
Unless VERY expensive, master key lock cylinders are often very easy to open as they have two "places" where the pins are split!!
Let us all know how you get on please.
Andy

 

[vfr400]

Many different bikes share the same lock. On many of them, the lock can be removed even when locked. Once removed, you can disassemble it and removethe tumblers so you can operate it with any key. None of that is difficult to do. Without you telling us what bike, battery or lock you have, it's not posdible to help further.