> > > > Whenever I lock a Rivendell to a rack, I lock the heck out of it. I’m > talking three U locks and a thick cable lock. It’s a pain, you have to find > the right kind of rack to accommodate all the locks, and it means carrying > an extra weight. The additional few seconds a thief would have to spend > dealing with the locks might be enough deterrent. > > If I had to carry 3 U-locks and thick cable locks, why not just ride a heavy cheap used clunker? I remember someone once suggested the theorum that all bicycles + locks weigh the same (the light bike had to have a heavier lock). I once rode my Heron Touring bike in New Hampshire where I met cycling author Marty Basch. He and I walked into a restaurant for lunch, leaving our expedition-style loaded touring bikes in front of the restaurant unlocked. After a 2 hour lunch we walked back out and he looked at our bikes and said: "Darn. The bikes are still there. I guess we have to keep riding." ( https://blog.piaw.net/2009/06/new-england-2000-bike-trip.html)
I take the approach that if I have to worry that much about my bike being stolen, I should start to worry about my personal safety as well. Here in the Bay Area there have been stories of bicyclists riding their bikes being forced to hand over their bikes at gunpoint and left stranded in the hills: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/06/23/crime/oakland-bikejacking-bike-robberies/ -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPh0EZ74wpVXArzwKbQ-JfUhcX7EuJr3-3rzrQhNp-EqiUS_3A%40mail.gmail.com.
