Things that have not worked (so far):
Youtube video recommended a specific bike lubricant but that didn’t work.
I read hitting it with a hammer could help knock some of the rust loose but so far nada.
How it got stuck: I got doored pretty bad a few months before getting pregnant several years ago and basically stopped riding completely afterwards bc drivers are such assholes in the city where I live.
My stbx always chastised me for storing it in the house, and after we moved together the last time in 2021, he started making me keep it outside under a tarp.
Now he’s gone and it’s my only means of transportation, but the lock is stuck like a yoke around the neck.
I can feel something turning inside after a half revolution when I try to unlock it with a key, but I can’t even remember if it’s supposed to make a full revolution and is getting stuck halfway or if that’s as far as it’s supposed to turn (as in, is the rust is inside the barrel or the keyhole?).
Any other tips or ideas to get it open?
My dad said he thinks worst case scenario we can just cut it off, but it’s a kryptonite lock and I thought they were supposed to be impossible to cut?
The easiest way to get it off would be to remove the handlebars from your bike stem. Then you can just slide it off.
The stem is what holds the vertical part of your steer tube (top of front wheel fork) to the handlers. There should be 2 or 4 bolts in the front that holds the bars in place. Unscrew those and you can take the bars off, remove the lock, then put the bars back.
Alternatively, you could unscrew the stem cap, pull off the stem, and take the lock off that way. I’d be careful because the fork and your headset brains could drop out.
Kryptonite also has decent customer service, so you could try emailing them.