Lockable bicycle handlebar hardware

A lockable bicycle handlebar hardware comprising:

• a bottom lock plate, the bottom lock plate having a top face, a bottom face, a lower stem aperture, and a lower lock aperture, the bottom lock plate being egg-shaped and having a wide portion and a narrow portion, the lower stem aperture extending through the wide portion from the top face through the bottom face, the lower lock aperture extending through the narrow portion from the top face through the bottom face, the bottom lock plate having a bottom collar extending from the bottom face around the lower stem aperture, the top face having a recession around the lower stem aperture extending to the bottom collar, the recession forming a bearing shelf;
• a bearing coupled to the bottom lock plate, the bearing being selectively engageable with the bearing shelf;
• a top lock plate, the top lock plate having an upper face, a lower face, an upper stem aperture, and an upper lock aperture, the top lock plate being identically egg-shaped to the bottom lock plate, the upper stem aperture extending through the wide portion from the upper face through the lower face, the upper lock aperture extending through the narrow portion from the upper face through the lower face, the top lock plate having an upper collar extending from the upper face around the upper stem aperture;
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• a locking nut, the locking nut having a threaded aperture and a faceted perimeter;
• wherein the lower stem aperture and the upper stem aperture are configured to receive a stem of a bicycle handlebar, the threaded aperture of the locking nut is configured to selectively engage with a threaded portion of the stem, and the lower lock aperture and the upper lock aperture are configured to receive a padlock when aligned.

A padlock and lockable bicycle handlebar hardware system comprising:

• a padlock;
• a bottom lock plate, the bottom lock plate having a top face, a bottom face, a lower stem aperture, and a lower lock aperture, the bottom lock plate being egg-shaped and having a wide portion and a narrow portion, the lower stem aperture extending through the wide portion from the top face through the bottom face, the lower lock aperture extending through the narrow portion from the top face through the bottom face, the bottom lock plate having a bottom collar extending from the bottom face around the lower stem aperture, the top face having a recession around the lower stem aperture extending to the bottom collar, the recession forming a bearing shelf;
• a bearing coupled to the bottom lock plate, the bearing being selectively engageable with the bearing shelf;
• a top lock plate, the top lock plate having an upper face, a lower face, an upper stem aperture, and an upper lock aperture, the top lock plate being an equivalent egg-shape to the bottom lock plate, the upper stem aperture extending through the wide portion from the upper face through the lower face, the upper lock aperture extending through the narrow portion from the upper face through the lower face, the top lock plate having an upper collar extending from the upper face around the upper stem aperture;
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• a locking nut, the locking nut having a threaded aperture and a faceted perimeter;
• wherein the lower stem aperture and the upper stem aperture are configured to receive a stem of a bicycle handlebar, the threaded aperture of the locking nut is configured to selectively engage with a threaded portion of the stem, and the lower lock aperture and the upper lock aperture receive the padlock when aligned.