Ways not to lock your bike

Did you have words?

I think he suspected me of checking out his precious steed with a view to theft. Contact was definitely not encouraged.

I think he suspected me of checking out his precious steed with a view to theft. Contact was definitely not encouraged.

you did not have to fondle his nuts, just a quick explanation would have sufficed

This is outside my flat every evening. Sigh.
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I can see someone doing this once. but every evening! deserves to be stolen.

So after doing a tiring 8 hour shift at work on friday night I go to unlock my bike and cycle home but no some utter c**t has somehow managed to lock their bike through the bike stand and then through my frame.

That was friday night and its still there now sunday night, forcing me to use the tramp wagon to and from work for the whole weekend.

Whoever is retarded enough (surely not someone on the forum) to do this dont worry it will be free sometime monday when the lock will be broken off with a grinder. Thanks for a pleasant weekend c**t

Which bike is yours?

Which bike is yours?

The locks on the Charge only lock one bike. The Saracen's lock extends through 2 bikes.

Good thing highroad was using a Fahg Mini.

In that case it looks so extremely intentional. The key end, being on the side of the charge. It would be incredibly hard to do that by accident.

No way thats an accident...
New theft technique? Lock up other peoples bikes so they have to leave them overnight?

No way thats an accident...
New theft technique? Lock up other peoples bikes so they have to leave them overnight?

Not a new technique at all...has been around London for ages!

Not a new technique at all...has been around London for ages!

Sigh :( I'm gna end up getting the tube out of paranoia!

Thats what I thought it must have been done on purpose. Mine is the charge. I thought if someone was intentionally going to lock a bike to another then it would be a shit bike that they lock up whereas this bike doesnt look that bad, apart from the high vis stickers on the mudguards, and the extra long seat post.

Also if it is still there they must have been pretty lazy :)

yea. leave it for the weekend and take a train, in this weather? twatful

Highroad, I'd remove your bike immediately. I'm pretty sure that it was locked like that on purpose. The possible plan would be to remove your bike at night.

Im gonna go and get it back today hopefully. I doubt they would try and remove it at night as its locked inside the 24hr station with cameras in full view. I think its just plain stupidity

It was a few years ago now but someone once locked their Brompton through my bike outside my office in Canary Wharf. I proudly just folded the thing up and passed it through my frame.

Happened again though, with an un-foldable. Had to wait 3 hours for the guy to come back after Canary Wharf security had tried to bust it free.
He said to me "I was careful not to do that".

It was a few years ago now but someone once locked their Brompton through my bike outside my office in Canary Wharf. I proudly just folded the thing up and passed it through my frame.

This needs at least a picture drawn because my simple brain fails to grasp how you did this.....like those bloody wood and string puzzles with a ring you have to release....unless you used magnets...then I get it....

This needs at least a picture drawn because my simple brain fails to grasp how you did this.....like those bloody wood and string puzzles with a ring you have to release....unless you used magnets...then I get it....

They'd double parked me and fed their chain through the middle of my frame, so I had to feed it back through. It was like re-tracing your steps using a ball of string. Except the string was a Krypto chain and it wasn't a sweet fairy tale, it was a fucking ballache.
Defo picked up a few scratches on my frame too, it was a snug old fit.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1551703/photo.JPG

woops

^Dibs. I need a new bike. Iz for takes?
Kthnkxbye

After a day of riding around central london the other day I am actually quite surprised at how many people are content locking their bikes up in such a insecure manner. During the past couple years (possibly due to talk on here) I have built up an image in my head of bikes getting pinched by gangs with powertools minutes after the rider leaves it. That you really do need to use two very heavy D locks and security bolts to even make cycling possible in the city.

But it seems like everyone locks up just as poorly as people in small towns elsewhere in the country with tiny cable locks around arbitrary parts . But the quality of bikes is much higher, so I am really surprised everyone seems to get away with it.

You're better off with a heavy D-Lock and tough chain, tbh. Makes them have to carry more tools. With that security, security bolts (for wheels at least), are not really relevant, since they don't stop the bike being nicked.

There are more bikes than thieves, so all but the worst security will work for a while. Much like poor riding skills.