Who Rides to Starbucks?

[la bicicleta]

Let's say I want to ride to Starbucks, what lock is good? Key or combo?

I haven't seen a bike rack at Starbucks. What do you normally secure your bike to? Anyone carry it in? Drive-Thru?

[Tri Girl]

Well, I don't ride TO Starbucks, but we do a weekly ride that starts there and ends there. We do enjoy a nice drink afterward, however. I have been known to bring my bike inside the coffee shop and set it near my table (I try to sit near the door). I suppose you could go through the drive through- although some places frown on that. Not sure about the Starbucks..
There are really no bike racks anywhere in our town (aside from schools) , so I just have a cable lock that's pretty long (key kind), and lock it to whatever is bolted down (garbage can, railing, bench, sign post). You have to get creative sometimes, which is why I have a 3 foot cable lock.

[PscyclePath]

Let's say I want to ride to Starbucks, what lock is good? Key or combo?

I haven't seen a bike rack at Starbucks. What do you normally secure your bike to? Anyone carry it in? Drive-Thru?

U-Locks rule!

But then I'm in a bad part of town...



I don't ride to Starbucks, but our little Sunday afternoon group ride often winds up at a little coffee shop, Community Bakery, over on the south side of town. What I've found to be most versatile and still easy to carry is a 3-foot, key-locking cable, and locking up to a lamp post or steel railing if there's no decent bike rack around.

Tom

[KnottedYet]

Starbucks around here have racks for the most part. If you ride up thru the drive-thru they refuse to serve you. (I've tried it, they say you are a hazard... Hmmmm... and they aren't allowed by company policy to serve bikes in the drive-up.)

I tend to prefer independent espresso stands who WILL serve me at the window or coffee shops that let me bring my bike in (Yay, Diva Espresso!). But if I were to need a lock, I'd use my On Guard u-lock with cable.

Used it with just the u-lock part at the beer garden for Oktoberfest.

[fastdogs]

how do you carry your u-lock on your bike? When I got my trek, I bought a heavy cable combination lock, and they put it on the seatpost. But I don't carry it there much. I looked at U-locks in REI, and they seemed very large and heavy- just not sure how you'd transport one so you'd have it when you needed it.
vickie

[KnottedYet]

If I'm carrying a pannier (which I usually am) I put the u-lock and cable in there.

If not, I bungee it to my rack.

[kelownagirl]

I always leave my bike outside against the window and sit where I can watch it. I live in a pretty safe area where no one would walk up and steal it under those conditions.