Kryptonite United States
In 1971, Kryptonite was founded, and in the same year the first U-lock in history was manufactured. The following year, the company's founders took their products to New York City's Second Avenue and locked a three-speed bicycle to a road sign in Greenwich Village, a country known for its high rate of bicycle theft. A month later, all the parts of the bike that could be removed were stolen, leaving only the Kryptonite U-lock and the locked frame. Since then, Kryptonite and its U-locks have made a name for themselves. Twenty-two years later, organized by the New York Post, Kryptonite conducted a similar test by locking a $600 green Univinega road bike to the East Village toll booth in New York, known as Bermuda. Forty-eight hours later, the bike is still locked on the city's streets, where more than 100,000 bicycles are stolen every year. Kryptonite U-locks have been listed as the best U-locks in the world by internationally renowned newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine. In 2001, Kryptonite was acquired by Ingersoll Rand due to its continued excellence in security equipment, focusing on residential and commercial...
