Ways not to lock your bike

The main reason vegans exist is to clear their quorn-cience after committing heinous crimes.

ftfy

Almost.

I don't eat pork crackling, whilst this doesn't make me a 'good person' like all you lot, I can swap pork crackling for bikes, no questions asked.

I'd say you're good to go.

Can't believe this actually happens...

ain't no-one stealing that pannier!

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^ Why did he even do that? Looks of that lock, he could have just pulled hard on the bike and whole thing would have come away, he could have ridden home on both wheels.

Showing off mad wheelie skillz

rly

I'm going to have to shame myself in here.

I completely forgot to bring my lock to work and had to leave my bike outside unlocked for half an hour until my colleague came and locked it to his bike for me.

/fail

I forgot my lock yesterday, luckily it's just to lock my front wheel as I keep a chain near the office but had that paranoid feeling all day that some thieving scrote would nick my front wheel.

also meant i couldn't stop off anywhere on my way home.

#fail

could you not have taken the front wheel off and locked it up to the frame and back wheel with your chain?

probably but i'm way too lazy for that. and i was rushing to lock up as i'd got a puncture on the way in and was mucho late-o

Strong work. Survived long enough for the tyres to go flat too.

I keep seeing that in college, so fucking stupid. I don't get what goes through peoples minds.

but da cablz r invinsibble?

"Look at the big padlock I got with my cable." ?

I keep seeing that in college, so fucking stupid. I don't get what goes through peoples minds.

bike shop assistants selling them the cables & assuring them they're fit for purpose.

I had a chat with the manager at work about that^. He said just tell them that they're ok, because telling someone that they need two d-locks at all times to lock their bike means they will be put off and not buy the locks at all. That and one of the best value locks comes with a 'free' cable. (Krypto evo mini). Logic seemed iffy, so I still recommend double d-locks.

Cheap lock = return business.

I had a chat with the manager at work about that^. He said just tell them that they're ok, because telling someone that they need two d-locks at all times to lock their bike means they will be put off and not buy the locks at all. That and one of the best value locks comes with a 'free' cable. (Krypto evo mini). Logic seemed iffy, so I still recommend double d-locks.

Where do you work?

Secret, innit.
But the guy has been selling for literally decades and said not to bother, as people just don't use them properly (2731 is a case in point). So may as well spend their money on something that will be used to its full capacity.

I still stand by telling people how to lock up when they buy them.

I did however have one guy nod all the way through my explanation, and buy the discussed locks (fahg and a krypto mini)... he came in for some gels three days later, and left his bike unlocked on the street asking the receptionist to 'keep an eye out for dodgy characters'. She asked and he DID have a lock on him... Fucking beggars belief really.

he came in for some gels three days later, and left his bike unlocked on the street asking the receptionist to 'keep an eye out for dodgy characters'.

I know of one branch of a bikeshop chain in London whose layout dictates they need separate "reception" and sales desks.

AICMFP.