Mini Cycling Spring 3 Digit Combination Lock, Portable Bicycle Anti-Theft Helmet Cable Lock (Balck)

I just found out a rather worrying but also quite interesting fact about these this is my standard cable combination lock like used to lock my bike up for years and I was going to get a second one to take away with me when I go touring in the summer I read a lot of reviews of people saying how they're actually very insecure and that you shouldn't bother with them I wanted to look into this and it's true I spent five minutes googling and this is now going straight in the bin and being replaced by some key locks now I don't know if there are newer versions more expensive versions than this that are better engineered that this trick won't work for but it works for this one and I thought I'd just spread the word and show everyone so if you've got a lock like this try this trick and maybe think about getting something different to secure your beloved bicycle with the trick to doing this is s