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Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale

Hurry! This unprecedented offer—up to 40% off Altor Locks—is available for a limited time only. An Altor Lock is the perfect gift for your favorite person.

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Cold-Weather Cycling: Don’t Let Winter Slow Your Roll

Cold-Weather Cycling: Don’t Let Winter Slow Your Roll

Don’t want to hang up the helmet and banish your bike to the garage or storage unit just because there’s a chill in the air? Hooked on bike commuting a heart healthy, eco-friendly, socially distanced and SAFE way to get where you need to go? Here are some tips to keep you rolling well into the winter months.

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Recover Your Balance

Recover Your Balance

When life throws you a curve lean in! Recover your balance on your bicycle.

It is time to find some time for yourself. Relax mind and body in a natural setting. Get away from it all. And take a ride on your weapon of stress reduction: your bicycle.

6 ways cycling can help you . . . Recover Your Balance!

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How does your bike lock stand up against bike thieves?

How does your bike lock stand up against bike thieves?

Check out how the SAF Lock performs against the Angle Grinder test by Bicycling Magazine and the Lock Picking Lawyer!

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Videos move people - check out our new 60-second spot!

Videos move people - check out our new 60-second spot!

And now Altor’s 60-second AsSeenOnTV spot is positioning this pinnacle of bike security squarely top of mind...
 
Didn’t catch the whole minute? Watch the full spot here:

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What Makes a Great Lock? Careful Craftsmanship!

What Makes a Great Lock? Careful Craftsmanship!

When each component of a product is designed for precision and made from a material precisely matched to the application at hand, careful craftsmanship is essential to pull it all together.    Each Altor lock is assembled by hand in our Sterling, Virginia headquarters...

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Staycationing by Bike

Staycationing by Bike

By Sophia D. Merow for Altor Locks, Originally printed in The Georgetowner. With air travel curtailed, attractions closed, money unexpectedly tight, summer 2020 is shaping up to be the summer of the staycation. European holidays are out, cruises almost unthinkable, even...

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SUMMER SALE! Get an Altor APEX for only $98 (regularly $148)

SUMMER SALE! Get an Altor APEX for only $98 (regularly $148)

Hurry! $50 off for a limited time.Bikes have sold out across the country, either for socially distant transport, exercise or even a mental retreat. Whatever your reason for taking to two wheels in these uncertain times, your bike will need a lock-up—if not today...

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Hand Built in the USA

Hand Built in the USA

Our products are hand built in the USA in our warehouse in Sterling, Virginia. The Apex and Apex Ti are both folding locks that are connected with our patented joint design — we carefully assemble each lock by hand. Pictured...

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