Ways not to lock your bike

Whoever can count all the locks wins a prize

i concur

Whoever can count all the locks wins a prize

"Safety" in numbers innit.

Although TBH I seem to have lost count, there do seem to be at least 5 locks more than would be justified for a Trek Uglibike.

Left a note on a bike locked up outside the new Kings Cross CSM campus today. It was brand new and appeared to be sporting a shoelace padlock combo.

and after the last day of working 14 days non-stop this was not what I wanted to find....

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amateur...

but you can cut through that with a nail clippers

saw this the other day. not entirely sure which thread to put it in, so this'll do until it finds its true home :)

found this a new home, thanks...

^why not??

maybe not in London, but in another cities (Berlin) that will be plenty

That wheel doesn't really look worth stealing anyway

found this a new home, thanks...

i just threw up

So, you buy a perfectly good d-lock then clip it to your bike and use some liquorice to lock your bike instead.

I think it was a good job this was in Kensington or it definitely wouldn't have survived all day.

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what are your thoughts people, is it alright for your main d lock to go just around both seatstays, through the back wheel spokes and around the stand? as in, not going around the back wheel rim? or is it only really safe for it to go around the seat tube, back wheel rim and the stand?

Or 'Sheldon' it. (Round wheel rim in rear triangle).

But the ideal if poss is obviously to do rim and frame. Guess it depends on what you are locking too?

what are your thoughts people, is it alright for your main d lock to go just around both seatstays, through the back wheel spokes and around the stand? as in, not going around the back wheel rim? or is it only really safe for it to go around the seat tube, back wheel rim and the stand?

Or 'Sheldon' it. (Round wheel rim in rear triangle).

But the ideal if poss is obviously to do rim and frame. Guess it depends on what you are locking too?

around both seatstays should be fine as the only thing they could do is cut the rim to get the wheel off and I think that's only worth it if they REALLY want the hub as nothing else will be salvageable.

sheldons method (i.e. locking wheel only through the rear triangle and not the seatstays) is much less secure as it's possible to get the frame off untouched without breaking the lock, you're just attacking the wheel (with a much bigger payoff for your efforts).

I thought the sheldon method took in the rim and stays as well?

Na. It's just the wheel (in the rear tri). Thinking about it I can't see many occasions where you'd use it. Especially when - as Hatbeard points out - you can usually go through the stays.

Ah. I was confuse.

^why not??

maybe not in London, but in another cities (Berlin) that will be plenty

If the cable a little thicker, I would definitely get that.

Would be enough in Sacramento/San Francisco too.

Ed - did you go to America? I would never have known............................

Or 'Sheldon' it. (Round wheel rim in rear triangle).

But the ideal if poss is obviously to do rim and frame. Guess it depends on what you are locking too?

i'm locking it to the standard n shaped stands (separate question, are these the ones people call sheffield stands?)

i thought - and others seem to agree- the sheldon method was discredited as a method of locking the frame, as if they chop the wheel to bits then the frame is completely free.

so would it be:

rim and frame > frame in the rear triangle but no rim > sheldon

?

i cant fit the rim and frame as well because i ride a disgusting aluminium hybrid with humoungous clearances and fat tyres :(