Ways not to lock your bike

Master of Ceremonies

(either that or Motorcycle)

Amazing technique.

What does 'Solo M/C Only' mean?

Master of Ceremonies

(either that or Motorcycle)

Isn't that just a mason in a red jacket?

You're not allowed to park a motorbike with sidecar ie. solo motorbike only

Saw this a couple of times finally snapped it up. I am assured by locals that the bloke/sheila works in the shop right next to the rack but still made me cringe.

I go past this most days and there is always something locked up abysmally.

The stands aren't visible from within the shop and I don't think the cafe across the road will be much help if something gets lifted. It's pretty central too.

It would be difficult to lock to that without the result being abysmal.
if I HAD to I would rear wheel into the stand with a shackle through wheel and rear triangle, then mini D front wheel to the frame.

But TBH I'd keep riding a find somewhere else.

There are proper sheffield stands at the other end of the (quite short) street in this case, I think.

job done

I was unlocking at the stands next to Shoreditch High St overground station / box park yesterday. Bloke who was taking my place noticed the bike next to us was locked using a shite lock and that he'd left his keys in the lock - house keys and all. We discussed it for a bit but he was late to play footy so I said I'd hang about. Ten minutes later I'd made some phone calls. No sign of the owner so I left a note and handed the keys in to the ticket office at the station. Hope it ended well, the owner did his level best to get his shit nicked!

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k578/Wrongcog/306E93E9-7951-4933-A120-C79610C64E47-1049-0000014B550AA576_zps27041e5c.jpg

Make a good fishing shelter

^^ That's amazing. Rear wheel not secured at all.

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k578/Wrongcog/306E93E9-7951-4933-A120-C79610C64E47-1049-0000014B550AA576_zps27041e5c.jpg

the keys for those locks are interchangeable anyway, so if he had lost them he could pop into halfords and try it out.

The bikes in florence weren't particularly pretty, but I don't think I've ever seen as many bikes just propped against walls. This was one of the better locked ones. I guess people just don't rob bikes over here.

http://i.imgur.com/iLvoPG6.jpg

The bikes in florence weren't particularly pretty, but I don't think I've ever seen as many bikes just propped against walls. This was one of the better locked ones. I guess people just don't rob bikes over here.

http://i.imgur.com/iLvoPG6.jpg

When I was in Lucca I saw a cinelli vigorelli all kitted out and some other fixed gear bike I didn't identify cause was in a rush not locked to anything but each other and leaned against a wall. Legit anyone could have carried them off. They were also locked together with one of those 5 pound gummy locks. I guess bike theft isn't so problematic in Italy...

Strange as in in Rome people will steal your shirt off your back

Well, Rome is famous for bicycle thieves.

I heard from a guy there that Pisa is pretty bad for bike thieves too so maybe it was just cause it was in a small town.

Yeah, 'cos Pisa's tiny...

Yeah, 'cos Pisa's tiny...

The "cause it was a small town" referred to my previous post in which I mentioned the poorly locked up expensive bikes in Lucca. Perhaps I didn't use the best wording.

Always locked like this, overnight, to an 8' pole with a small parking restriction plaque on top.

Yeah but what kind of bastard would steal a silly childs bike?

I can think of many bastards

How's this for a pointless bit of D locking?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89278534/IMG_1063.JPG%20%282%29.JPG

Wow. That's a little on the large side. How does one sort that out?

Get a smaller lock?