Ways not to lock your bike

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Seen outside Willesden Green Sainsbury's. It caught my eye because of the lock through only the wheels, then I noticed it doesn't even loop through the stand.

My only hope is that this is bate from the police and that someone isn't really that stupid.

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Quite write.

I've been recently using this combination to lock my bike

Kryptonite d lock through rear wheel and frame.
Thick chain through front wheel and frame secured by a pretty serious padlock

Is the padlock a bad idea? I can't seem to find those tiny d locks sold separately as i already had a chain so didnt need to buy one

There are so many times I've seen bikes terribly locked outside of that sainsburys it's unbelievable.

Seen outside Willesden Green Sainsbury's. It caught my eye because of the lock through only the wheels, then I noticed it doesn't even loop through the stand.

My only hope is that this is bate from the police and that someone isn't really that stupid.

I've been recently using this combination to lock my bike

Kryptonite d lock through rear wheel and frame.
Thick chain through front wheel and frame secured by a pretty serious padlock

Is the padlock a bad idea? I can't seem to find those tiny d locks sold separately as i already had a chain so didnt need to buy one

The only thing bad about it is the weight. Chains & padlocks are pretty poor in terms of security and very very heavy. So best you leave this at location.

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That's clearly the best locking ever!

^This.

Thank god no one can steal their front tyre.

there was logic behind the front lock... not sober logic though!

well you can't ride it as it is so I guess it works alright ha!

Unless that missing branch was once used to secure another bike.

That's nearly the best locking ever!

ftfy

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Bike after its stag do.

Or bike owner helping thieves out by means of a makeshift workstand.

Or bike locked to sapling thirty-odd years ago.

and the 'arione'.. :-D

^^^^ I gave my old bike to a friend. It had a quick release seat post, so I used to have a cable lock wrapped around the seat rails for the purpose of locking saddle to bike when locked. There was also a cheap (but reasonable given the age of the bike) D lock. I gave said friend a couple of minutes' tuition on locking bikes (round the frame and something permanent such as railing, lampost etc). However, saw her a few days later and she only had the seat and the cable lock left. She had locked it like this...

I was annoyed having had the bike for like ten years or more without it going missing. Then I remembered, it was hers now, so not my loss. But still....

While I'm here. That bike hanging from the tree... what is the point of the D-lock on the front wheel?

the weight of it stops the bike blowing about in the wind

While I'm here. That bike hanging from the tree... what is the point of the D-lock on the front wheel?

MAkes the front wheel less desirable. Pretty easy to knick it via quick use of a spanner, but then you have the hassle of taking the d lock off before it's any use to another bike...

While I'm here. That bike hanging from the tree... what is the point of the D-lock on the front wheel?

And also if they somehow get the whole bike off the tree. It's un-rideable due to both D-locks