Ways not to lock your bike

Somebody in work got a new cannondale...

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Cropped* it, works now.

Cheers.

*no pun intended.

How is it possible to be that ignorant.

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Swing and a miss

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Is leaving locks on bike stands the cyclist equivalent of German towels on sunbeds?

People do this at my work all the time and I make sure to choose that stand just to piss them off. They're probably not even trying to reserve a space and in doing it for nothing.

I do it to avoid having to carry a lock to work and back. I'm not planning on stopping on my way to or from the office so there's no point carrying a big lock with me every day. I just hook it round whichever stand is the nearest when I unlock so it doesn't get nicked.

Yeah I leave a lock in the racks at work, not reserving the space.

It makes sense if you're not planning to lock your bike up anywhere between work and home. I usually go places on my way to and from work where I'll need my lock.

I did however forget it today so my bike is stashed in a corridor, so maybe I should keep a spare here.

I bought another lock so I could leave one at work permanently rather than bringing it in on Monday and taking it home on Friday.

What would those of you without locks do if you had a mechanical failure that makes your bike unrollable? Carry it home? @Emyr I like the idea you are trying to save weight... Whilst commuting by fat bike :)

I don't always commute by fatbike, but when I do, it's fast and dirty.

I haven't thought that far ahead but I would probably phone my mum, she's good in emergency situations.

You supply 'em...

Awesome!

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wow.....
I do like thought of trying to match the lock to the frame colour.

I did see a few front wheels only d-locked to rails on my pedinger tour of the city, will take photos next time.

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I wasn't sure what to expect when i started lock spotting today.

Saw several min Krypto+chains left wrapped up waiting for Monday, loads of yellow Krypto D's and proberly the same amount of the above Orange cheaper Krypto, both types with cable wraps for saddle and front wheel.
Only a couple of bikes had double d-locks, some flash bikes with cable locks....
I dunno, kinda thinking for me as in not leaving the bike all day and not being far from it, that Orange Krypto or 2 of them would do for me as i did see a lot of them with an extra cable, i would only have a shit bike with the extra london mods of old chain bit through stays and saddle rails and BB's glued in allen bolt tops, i suspect there would be better easier to nick bikes using cheap locks than my shitter with the orange Krypto.
This whole thread more educational as it is amusing.

What would those of you without locks do if you had a mechanical failure that makes your bike unrollable? Carry it home?

Get it to a nearby bike shop (if there's one open), or to work, or back home.

How? By train or tube if it's not at peak time, and to get to/from the station might need a black cab (if it's way too far to carry).

I've had mixed results trying to flag down a black cab with a bike, a few will drive past but eventually one will stop.

When I was doing the nursery run I used to carry a lock when commuting so that I could, if necessary, lock it up wherever I was and race to collect my daughter in time.

Good tip: Don't lock your bike too close to car parking spaces. Crushed wheel, crushed fork, crushed soul

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Did the frame escape any damage !
If they didn't see it, they weren't looking in mirrors.
If they didn't see it, they should have heard the crunching and scraping.
London is like a supermarket carpark, ding it, hit it, drive over something......... no one looking, no one about, best drive off then.

Thanks to the good people of Sydenham for not walking off with my front wheel when I haphazardly locked up earlier......