Comments on: Lock Your Bike Up

By: cyclotourist

cyclotourist — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:16:00 +0000

This was mentioned by anonymous #20, but it’s basically the Sheldon Brown method: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lock-strategy.html

By: Richard Masoner

Richard Masoner — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:13:07 +0000

Mr DNA: I missed that one and can’t find it now. Any idea what I should search for? I’d love to see that video.

By: Mr. DNA

Mr. DNA — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:04:47 +0000

Fritz-
a guy on Fixed Gear Gallery posted a video of that a couple of months ago. It took just a smidgen more than 25 seconds, starting at the tire and cutting through the rim. Difficult does not mean that someone won’t do it.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:47:10 +0000

On my TODO list: shoot video of cutting through a rim to see if it’s actually possible. People who’ve tried it say it’s very difficult.

By: Mr. DNA

Mr. DNA — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:18:57 +0000

Anon 20: It takes about 30 seconds with a hacksaw to defeat that method. In response to the time required to cut the spokes- it doesn’t take much longer.

The key things to remember are that if a thief wants your bike, he’ll get it and the nicer it is, the more likely it’ll get stolen. If you can’t live without your bike don’t put your trust in a lock. If you need to lock your bike outside in shifty areas don’t use a nice bike. That’s pretty much it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:30:00 +0000

If you gotta lock just a wheel, lock the rear wheel, inside the rear triangle. Then they’ll have to cut the wheel itself apart to get your frame. If you have a locking skewer on the front, it’s pretty effective.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:08:42 +0000

Be careful with the thin cables for seats. My needed-to-be-replaced-soon-anyway seat got swiped while it was locked in plain view in December. The thief cut the wire and made off the the pogo-stick that I always hated, but I had to leave my bike in my office until I got a new seat. I don’t know why someone would go through all that trouble for a worn-out seat and then leave the computer on there…

A guy in my apt building leaves his bike with a U-lock through the spokes in the rear wheel, which only prevents a thief from riding it away. Bikes get stolen from that room (including mine two years ago), and his is STILL there. I’m stumped.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:34:10 +0000

That person had a lot of time on his hands to cut all those spokes. Also I was walking around University of Alabama this weekend and was shocked to see how many people just locked up the front wheel. Of their bike. Saw a few locks with a wheel attached. Makes you wonder if they say anything during orientation about locking up your bikes correctly.

By: John

John — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:02:33 +0000

I can never find information when I need it. So what I did was I took several photos of my bicycle, including the serial number. I emailed all of this to my GMail account complete with a description of the bike with my serial number. This way I know where the information is and I can email it to law enforcement need be.

By: cycle16v

cycle16v — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:27:54 +0000

It’s probably a good time to remind everyone to register your bike at http://www.nationalbikeregistry.com

Not that it would stop your bike from being stolen but it may be your last hope to ever get it back and not get put on the police auction block.