Chester - I'll give it a go and see. I'm going to be moving in early spring and will probably wait until then to start commuting on the Riv. I will have more garage space to tear it down, lube everything well, soak it in frame saver, and put it back together. I think I'll keep on with the Surly until then. The chain idea is a good one. I could maybe just leave a chain and mini-U lock at work and bring another U with me.
On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:05:36 PM UTC-5 Chester wrote: > On Monday, December 11, 2023 at 10:07:11 AM UTC-8 Josh C wrote: > > > Timothy - What’s your dream bike? We wanna see… > > As for your locking method, same. I think it’s kind of the only good way > to do it. Lock through the fame/back wheel, then cable through the front > wheel. I guess a second U-lock for the front wheel/frame is always safer > but starts to get heavy. I’m heavy enough without 2 U-locks strapped to me. > > > If the hospital you work at has an area to lock up the bikes that is > pretty well trafficked and someone going at a U-lock with an angle grinder > is not typically going to be ignored, then I would worry about security a > lot less. Especially if in view of staff who are usually around. Even more > so if you lock up with two locks. Good idea to leave one at work and carry > one with you. Even better if one is a high security chain so that they're > two different styles. > > And especially if you ugly it up. I wouldn't festoon it with stickers, but > you could wrap up sections with old inner tubes and/or mismatched cloth > tape that you get a little grimy to make it look more like it might be > someone's random, old mass-produced steel beater. > > I don't think thieves are going to target something like a Rivendell so > much. A bike that needs to be recognized by someone who knows what it is to > get what it's worth, but which also is more noteworthy and attracts more > detailed attention. Maybe I'm thinking too much into it and there might be > plenty of thieves very happy to sell off a Riv. But, in any case, I > wouldn't be surprised at all if your Surly would be as tempting a target > than your Rivs, maybe even more. > > Chester > SF Bay Area > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4709abe5-502a-4cd8-a2bf-3bb58c063ea1n%40googlegroups.com.
