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Hip lock combo lock is good. But it depends where you are. Mostly just try keep the bike in sight, but bikes have been stolen. I often bring my bike inside of a mini supermarket if needed. Obviously racing in Kygyzstan or Scotland is a bit different to some places.
If you need real food, hit a restaurant not a supermarket.
skinny
I’ve done plenty of audax rides and ‘touring’ with a sense of urgency and looking to dip my toes in the world of ultra.
I can handle a long ride of a day or two but beyond that for a prolonged time I have questions that seem to be barriers in my head.
Q1 Simplest first…..
Food and locks!
On an audax I can put up with garage forecourts - never pleasant but secure as in cameras etc and I just pop in get trash food leaving bike unlocked but…. After day three and you need real food in a supermarket in a busy town you don’t know what do you do?
If I went to my nearest Lidl and left my bike unlocked it would last maybe 30 seconds. To leave a nice bike outside my Lidl would require so much lock weight I would never want to carry on an ultra.
Is it 10 days of mars bars and walkers crisps or 3 kg of locks or am I missing something?
Appreciate any advice!