Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Perhaps I should, but I've never worried about my bike at planned stops.
Me neither and my bike's kinda special. My plan at rest stops:

Pick a spot near the center and food. I don't want the outer fringes or easy to grab and use as its own getaway vehicle.

Remember where I parked

I do two things to "lock" the bike:
I like gloves with the velcro strap on the back. Loop that around a spoke.
Loop the helmet on downtube and a wheel.

If there was someone who wanted to "trade bikes" at the stop they might not notice those are there. As long as I do and don't roll off with a glove getting stuck in the brakes we're fine.

But I've never had a problem. I'm less worried about other riders than the possibility of someone wandering by to "bike shop".