Quote Originally Posted by suzieqtwa View Post
This weekend I was riding, (my husbands bike I had adjusted for me) ,and I stopped at a Porta potty I saw in a industrial area. I was so nervous about leaving it alone ,even though there was no one around ,I opened the door slightly and had one hand on the handle bar as I was using the bathroom. Sad HUH!!!! I kept thinking about the girl who wrote she stopped at a friends to fill a water bottle for just a couple of minutes,and came back and her bike was gone. I should be getting my new road bike in a week or so ,and it will never leave my site. My husband asked me what kind of lock I would be getting this time. Heck ,I don't think it will ever be left alone to even need a lock.
Suzie
When in that situation (or, when I wanted to pop into a store in the middle of nowhere), I've actually removed the front wheel, and carried the wheel in with me, and/or used my helmet strap to "lock" up the bike's rear wheel. Yeah, it's not super safe, but it just might delay someone long enough so they're aren't about to ride off with it.