Ways not to lock your bike

I changed a front tube on one a couple weeks ago, it shouted at me for a while then the alarm went off and locked the rear wheel. They are heavy and awkward to work on, but they do give you the tools to do the adjustments yourself at least.

Devon lock

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From Reddit

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This is what you get for buying a bike that looks like a Sheffield stand

What, a free Rourke?

In downtown London fer Petes sake.

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A new version of "can't really be arsed". Actually within a fairly secure area but still - you'd have to unlock and remove the D-lock anyway wouldn't you, to manage this?

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Just unlock, the shackle is clamped to the frame. Bait bike?

RPR

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Haven't seen one in the wild for a wee while.

Not the worst, but it seemed an odd way of locking to me.

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Not only taking up both bike racks with a bag and a Brompton that you can take into the carriage with you anyway, but then locking the Brompton to the rack - which you're not allowed to do (assuming the cable lock is actually around the divider thing).

No locks were harmed in the making of this picture but I thought this was a novel way of securing your bikes whilst having post ride beers and dinner in a bar in Morzine

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Screenshot from https://restrap.com/products/city-loader promo video:

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Impressive. Must've been a good hub.

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I don’t understand what happened there. Why is the rim bent like that? Why is it apparently cut but the tyre isn’t? Why, and how, is the lock shackle mangled like that? Did they try and compress the shackle arms together, leading to that crack on the grey lock plastic cover?

More than one incident. One: take bike and leave wheel. Two: kick-in the rim/bend the lock etc. Three: cut out the hub for keeps. Not even the same person?

Someone stole the bike leaving the wheel.

Someone else took a fancy to the hub and tried to use the wheel as leverage to break the lock resulting in damage to lock and rim but ultimately was unsuccessful so then resorted to cutting the spokes.

Would be my guess.

The bit on the rim that looks cut is probably just the joint. It’s opposite the valve which is where it tends to be.

I think hub was cut out because the wheel was secured in with a pitlock or the like.

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Newbury NB front disc

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NB Quick release skewer on front wheel.

Outside a music festival. They’ve obviously bought a quite sturdy lock so must have some grasp of physics?

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Middle of Carnival next to a sound system. I guess the hope is that there’ll always be people there so it won’t get twoced?

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Free Giant for someone here.

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