Ways not to lock your bike

Spotted this on Brick Lane the other day.

There must be some logic to that. I'd love to know what.

Maybe it is a woman who wears heels or some other kind of impractical shoes at work, and wears converse to ride in?

Shit, just noticed the bike has no pedals!!!

that is deserted, handlebars aren't even centered

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63068306@N07/10379085333/
neither lock nor bike were there when i went in

Souths classic tonight, had to go on the thread here...

http://i.imgur.com/XglhNv1.jpg

^^^ Left the light on and all...well done.

http://imgur.com/Yoi46IV

Two for the price of some nail clippers at King's Cross

I struggle to believe that some of these are real, even if you're not going to lock it properly how could someone lock the green State like that? It's more difficult to miss the frame with the D lock.

Some people are just that stupid unfortunately

Mine. Looked like this for an hour in the town center.

/Boast post

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I regularly leave my bike locked like this around Manchester.

Hasnt been stolen yet, I'm either really lucky or my attempt at building a bike not worth stealing was successful.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lock8/lock8-the-worlds-first-smart-bike-lock

Discuss

Probably a good second lock with a D round the frame and front wheel.

iPhone batteries are awful, how do I know if my bike is being stolen if it's out of battery and my bike is only protected by a simple cable lock?

There was a break in about 5 doors down from my house roughly a week ago and the only reason they found the house had been broken into was because the alarm was going off and someone called the police.

Also getting tired of the whole 'compatible with your smartphone!' on every kickstarter page. If it can be engineered to lock wirelessly it can be unlocked exactly the same way.

The lock will still work if your phone runs out of battery and it has a loud alarm built in, it'll also be unlockable with a keyfob type thing. I wouldn't use it as a main lock but it'd be good as a secondary one.

Well, at least on a bike you use a lot and had to lock up often.

Not sure I like the implied monthly charge you have to pay.

You can locate, share, borrow and lend bikes.. So all it takes is some bright spark to write an app that picks up all these GPS signals and 'borrows' the bike and they have a map of all of the bikes in the area that are expensive enough to merit a GPS enables alarm and lock...

Nice idea but I don't think it would last ten seconds vs a lump hammer.

Shit idea.

bike theft in Manchester is not crazy high. I never even thought to lock my brooks saddle to my bike One week after moving to london and it was gone!

Dude... in London you need to cork your arse or some fucker will steal your farts.