Sad to hear about the stolen bikes. I have Pit locks on my wheels and an Abus lock.I also have a Kryptonite New York. The folding ABUS lock seems to have more options for locking your bike . REI usually has a good selection of both. I have the Abus Bordo Granite 6500 folding lock. www.abus.com It just depends how big the bulldozer the thieves have.
On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 3:13:37 PM UTC-6, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > Hi All, > > Every year I drive across the country from Nevada to Minnesota to spend a > month of the summer among family. I've always done it with my bikes on the > hitch-mounted rack, secured with a couple of cable locks. I've never had a > u lock or pit locks as I live in a low-risk area and ride to low-risk > areas, rarely needing to park my bike or leave it out of sight. I'm poor in > knowledge of security for bikes, I'm afraid. And with TBBITW (The Best Bike > in the World) in tow, I'm fearful about losing it. I've been operating > under the belief that Minnesota Nice reigns, but times have changed, I > guess! > > My sister and brother in law recently moved to Minneapolis, and his bike > was stolen from his yard (his fault for forgetting it out there). This is > the reason why there's a grilver Clem L arriving at his local bike shop for > assembly tomorrow. Today, I got a frantic call from my sister. They have a > married pair of doctors (paradox? haha) visiting them from out east, and > knowing that MN is prime bike country, they brought their bikes. While > visiting the Swedish museum in Duluth, they parked their bikes at the rack > in front of the museum entrance and the doctors secured their bikes with > cable locks. They were away only briefly, and when they emerged, a museum > employee was wheeling away Dan's bike. She had seen that the cable lock was > cut, and she was astute enough to realize what must have happened and she > was rescuing it. Christine's $1300 brand new bike had already been cut > loose and taken. My sister's Birea (sp) was u-locked and thus undisturbed. > > You might imagine I have some anxiety over this, as we have lots of bike > adventures planned for our stay next month. I've started looking at old > threads here, but the Abus u locks mentioned aren't the current ones being > sold, or the ones referenced aren't in stock. If someone out there has > recently been in the market for a new u-lock, would you mind posting here? > If I could lock two bikes together with one u lock, that would be even > better. I'll have 4 bikes - a Betz, a Clem H, a Specialized Hotrock at 20 > inches, and a little Islabike. Do you think I need pit locks for our Brooks > saddles? Do I need them for the wheels if we have front and rear racks on > the Rivs? How long should the locks be? I've seen mini, but I think that > might limit how I can park. I have a huge front basket, so that complicates > parking anyway. > > I'm most grateful for the wisdom shared here! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
