Another trick to add: Put your shifters in position so if ye olde bike
thief hops on they'll immediately have the chain crunching and jumping to
lower gears, essentially rendering the getaway over.
On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 2:12:45 PM UTC-7 Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY wrote:
> Another voice
Another voice of dissent here, I use velcro straps that weigh nothing to
engage my brake levers when I'm within eyeshot of my bike. Any would be
thief will be confused by the locked up brakes long enough for me to run to
my bicycle's defense.
-Kai
On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 2:37:02 PM
I shall dissent from the others who like these things. I had the one Riv
used to sell mounted on a Clem and it was really stinking heavy. At the
time I lived in an upstairs apartment and the extra weight when lifting the
bike up those steps was quite noticeable and I took it off.
Joe Bernard
I agree that frame-mount locks are very convenient, but probably best for
bikes too heavy for a casual thief to lift and walk away with. Almost every
Indian-made DL-1 copy had one when I was a wee lad, all stamped from sheet
metal, and all with, probably, the same stamped-steel key.
I last used
I have an Abus wheel lock on the front wheel of my e-bike. I use it all the
time for quick trips into a store. Anything over a couple minutes and I’ll
break out the other locks and lock the bike up properly. I’d never used a wheel
lock before but do find them very useful.
I considered one, but then decided that: A. For the cost, a smaller U lock
would work just as well, and be more versatile; and B. Frame locks would
seem to be most useful for heavy bikes (like many Dutch-style bikes) that
can’t be easily picked up and walked off with. While I like the idea of
I had a Clem-like Dutch bike for many years with a frame lock. I used it
all of the time to lock up in front of a store for a few minutes. It's
also extra security for longer-term lock-ups because it protects your rear
wheel from theft.
I had a cable lock that plugged in as well. I still
I have an AXA lock with plug in chain on my 52 cm Clementine. It easily
clears 650B x 50 tires on Alex DM-24 rims. I used it for trips to the
grocery store. The chain was more expensive and harder to find than the
lock itself.
Laing
Delray Beach FL
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 2:15:22 PM
