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JurekB
@Greenbank
I used to do a DIY 200k Audax up to Cambridge and back (from London) and sometimes timed it to watch Cambridge United at the half way point before cycling home (visit nearby Tescos for some refreshments, sit and eat them during the game, cycle home). I didn't want to lug heavy locks all the way up and back home each time so I bought two good quality locks in Cambridge and left them on a fence near the ground.
They were there for more than 5 years. You could see them on google maps in some years: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FG249sm4qvQm1PV67
Eventually worked out I wasn't going to need them as I wasn't doing as much Audaxing and collected them, they're now in use for my wife's and daughter's bikes. They work fine despite being left out in all weathers for years and years - just needed a bit of WD40 to loosen things up.