Ways not to lock your bike

Is that seriously £70 new, crazy! My bike is worth about the same, probably less and i have a decent lock just to protect me from the inconvenience of it getting nicked!

that may have only been at the end of their production run when they were clearing stock but that's the only time I think they actually sold any. I very nearly got one for my first fixeh at the end of last year when they had a handful left in store but I went for the draft shite instead.

How silly do you feel eh?

The thing is, you don't even need to spend much. Just buy a chain from a hardware shop and the biggest padlock you can afford. It'll do more than a lock through the spokes.
My £50 beater is locked up round the corner with a Brute force and mini NYC.
Saves me getting it nicked and having to get the tube home shudder.

Oh wait, now I see. They've made it unrideable by putting the brake levers in a ridiculous position.

I know somebody who used to use a cable to go round the frame and padlock the cable to a spoke. Because he said the only way to steal his bike would be to cut the spoke, and people either can't do it easily, or if someone manages to cut the spoke the bike can't be ridden with a spoke less... Erm... I got a good pair of cable cutter that can cut his spoke in a few secs, and I am pretty such a wheel with 1 missing spoke can be ridden far enough for him not to see the bike again. I was so tempted to steal his bike just to prove the point.

Big shout out to my boss who's installed 'bike hoops' at my work. We're not allowed to lock to the railings outside, so thank god he's put in these SUPER SECURE hoops. (Look closely, they're screwed to the wall and held together with 6mm allen bolts.
Fucked if I'm 'locking' my bike to that. I feel extra sorry for the two people with specialized allez (my bike's better, but there's look more nickable)
http://db.tt/wU1pUWy1

That's a disabled toilet handrail no?

It wouldnt last 30seconds... you only need a spanner. Fuck

face palm

Whoever is selling these things needs to be educated / shamed. Taking money and providing zero security.

Whoever is buying them deserves to lose that money... no cyclist with an ounce of sense would use them.... surely?

It's a convenient arrangement between the vendor and the buyer (usually a landlord or building manager). The buyer pays next to nothing and provides no security but appears to be "doing something". Both are to blame though I think it starts with the seller: something like that shouldn't be marketed as being in any way secure. Then the buyer wouldn't be able to say they're providing security.

You know how inflatable pool toys have a warning label like "This is not a flotation or life preserving device.", bike stands like that should have be engraved "This is not a secure locking point" so there's no misunderstanding or room for excuses.

At least they're in a courtyard, so not too bad. I'm sorely tempted to 'accidentally' pull one out the wall to prove a point.

Even if they were "secure" relatively speaking, they're just a really shitty securing point..

Whats the point of 2 sets of bars when it's blatantly obvious you'll end up with 1 maybe 2 bike on there double locked together through one hoop.
(for the minute or 2 before they're both stolen)

they could be improved though with the use of something like these...

http://www.componentforce.com/category/328/secure-nut-caps

or

http://www.securityfastenersandfixings.co.uk/Info/shear-nuts-security-nuts-16.aspx

I went for D Lock through Front wheel, frame and that 'thing', mini Kryptonite on the rear. The bike itself is secure, but it could be lifted onto someone's shoulder and taken out of there.
Might just have to lock my bike at Marylebone and walk the rest of the way (not far) but it'd be nice to have somewhere to lock bikes in a place where half the staff cycle every day.

Can you get the rear wheel into it and lock through the rear triangle? On the other hand it looks like one good kick would take the whole thing off the wall.

Yeah, that's how I've done it now. Moved it to a courtyard only accessible through the building, but it will be moved. It's a total joke! All it would require is a large ring/hoop sunk into the wall - nothing fancy. Most people use chains/cables, but there's no anchor point!

You could put super glue in the allen bolt heads to at least stop someone with only a bike tool...

Also, I checked and it's tubing. Not solid steel.
Saw this today as well. Do we have a winner?

those wall d handle things are possibly the most pants stands I've ever clapped eyes on.

You wouldn't even need tools! Just stand up in the hoop then stomp on them and will pull the rawl plugs right out of the wall, or more likely something will fail.

Thanks also to the total belmer who locked my bike to the bike stand outside Forest Hill Sainsburys when he went in to do his shopping. I came out to find it there and had to wait 15 minutes thinking about what I was going to say/do to him.
In the end I settled for "s'alright, easy mistake to make".

^ tickled me did that

Ha! Yeah. "EXCUSE ME! IS THIS YOUR BIKE… Um… Thanks. Yeah, no, it's alright…"

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

The lock!!

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