Ways not to lock your bike

Not sure if this has featured before

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I am sure some one as already said this but best advice I can give is don't lock up a bike if it would break your heart if it is stolen. I say this having locked my Colnago C40 up in Islington (about 10 years ago) with a mega security £100+ lock for about half an hour (whilst I popped in the pub for a quick pint with my mates) left to find the lock in place half a wheel and bits of carbon all over the place. Basically the bike was cut and stolen for the components. A couple of weeks later the Star forks, components etc were on eBay (I knew they were mine from wear) I told the Police but not interested.

I told the Police but not interested.

Now there's a surprise...

That must have been frustrating!

when locking up your bike takes longer than your commute

I mean thats more like bike thief fail surely? One little cable snip and they'd have most of a bike and only a front wheel to find, or am I being blind

I don’t think the cable is around anything other than the D lock

the wheel is qr, no need to snip anything

Uhh

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Neighbour offered me his front wheel - all that was left from a lockup. Poor fella.

Sad story

fuhgeddaboudit

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Ten to one that bike’s a two man lift so it’s safe from lone working bike thieves.

Just got bitchlocked in Germany yesterday. Waited for around half an hour but nobody came.

Luckily it was a Chain, so I informed police, got a saw from a workshop nearby and re-linked his chain with my d-lock, leaving a note that I will come to get it in the evening (so he could take his bike at least while leaving the locks) when I came back, bike was still locked but I brought a super cheap Eurostore chain lock to link it back together.

A little bit of a hassle but I think it was an honest mistake and worth the work from my side because mistakes happen and it was quite a nice Bergamont Gravel bike.

Just thought I’d share to show how you can still leave bitlockers bike at least a bit secured.

how you can still leave bitlockers bike at least a bitlocked

fixed that for you

Stratford Shopping Centre, not the cyclists' fault obv:

https://twitter.com/MamaMoose_Be/status/1268540063492833283

If you locked the front wheel and frame as well as rear wheel and frame your bike would still be pretty hard to steal.

This is Stretford, Greater Manchester.

https://twitter.com/tom_a_jeffs/status/1267937020141322240?s=19

lol, fuck

I was struggling to recognise which part of Stratford, London, this was.

I was thinking it may have been Stratford upon Avon, but now I know

I thought I recognised Stratford ! Those houses in the background is like the bit on The Broadway where that footballer's pub was. Dumbass.

Collected while working over the last year. Look close at those cable locks. Fahgettaboudit is personal highlight.

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Fahgettaboudit is personal highlight.

It could be tactical, lock is probably more valuable than the bike so this way the thieves wont cut it.