Who Rides to Starbucks?

[TsPoet]

I love my street cuffs for places that make me nervous (like WalMart ). They weight 2.5 lbs!!! I lost my key once and had to leave my bike locked to the back of my truck for a week. I took it to two locksmiths and an auto mechanic that I know, all three of them said I was SOL, that the street cuff was impenetrable with anything they had. One of the locksmiths recommended I befriend a fireman, that the jaws of life should be able to cut it off.
(I found the key!)

http://www.masterlockcycle.com/product_9link.shtml

[mimitabby]

Eden, is that in Leschi?
We stop at the Pert's deli across the street from that starbucks.
When stopping at a coffeeshop for a break, we usually lock up about 3-8 bikes all together with various numbers of locks. We feel some safety in numbers.
When it's just one or two of us, we do the same thing.

i have the smaller size krytpo lock with key, dh has the larger size with combo, both seem good.

[horsemom]

Ha! I bike to Starbucks so I can justify the 300+ calories in a grande soy latte! Our local shop (only 8 miles each way) is on a college campus and has a bike rack. I don't carry a lock, but I watch it out the window. Salsa is definately the prettiest (and certainly the most expensive!!) bike on the rack, but this is a sleepy little midwest type town, so I don't get too worried.

Caffeine fueled,
Laura

[rhiannon008]

The kryptonite New York u-lock seems to work really well (I still have my bike),especially in conjunction with a cable lock. It may seem like overkill, but after having the same bike stolen twice , I gave up on the idea of just using a cable lock no matter how strong it may appear.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Warning: Don't linger TOO long over your Starbucks triple latte while your bike is outside chained to a tree.....
http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/...ke-in-tree.jpg

[KnottedYet]

Ahhh, the famous bike-eating tree. That's here in the lovely PNW.

Come visit! Bring your raingear and rubber boots! Grease up yer bike chain real good, and put extra dubbin on yer Brooks!

[madscot13]

i used to work at starbucks and I biked there everyday, until that is my bike and I were derailed. it was under condos and the bike rack was in the back next to the parking places. barring all else I have no qualms about locking my bike up to a parking meter, sign, etc. I don't lock my bike up to trees because 1. they are usually to big, 2. I think it is bad for the trees, 3. if the tree is too big it will be bad when I rough up the bark because I am trying in vain to lock my bike to it.

[Susan126]

When Joe and I ride in Enumclaw we start from the high school and on our return we stop at the Enumclaw Starbuck for coffee (about 2 blocks from the high school). We carry locks in our back pouches that are attached to our seat post. We lock the bikes together and place them so we can see them through a window. We use our locks when we bike into Seattle. We usually start from New Castle Beach in Bellevue and bike over the I90 bridge and work our way to the Seattle Water Front where we usually stop at Ivars or that other place (can't remember the name) for lunch and then head back. Our locks work wonderfully but we still keep them in a spot where we can keep an eye on them.

[Xrayted]

Kitsune and I both have Street Cuffs. They fit in the same space as a water bottle basically. We have the 2 link ones that are good to lock up one bike. The one Tspoet posted is made for motorcycles or to lock up 2-3 bikes. Ours are around 2 lbs I think. Here they are mounted on a couple of our bikes. They run roughly $50-60. The holders are $10 and fit perfectly to the water bottle bolts.







These things are very strong. The recommended way to lock up is to remove your front tire (if you don't have locking skewers) and put it next to your rear tire. Then lock the cuff to the rear frame, run it through both wheels and then around something solid.
We go everywhere we can with our bikes and have no qualms about locking them up. I have a big thick cable lock for when they are on the bike rack, along with using the cuffs.
If you ride to work everyday or something, you may just want to leave your lock hanging there so you don't have to lug it along everywhere. Most of us where I work do that so they've installed a big ring for that purpose.

Like Eden said, it will keep the honest, honest and if someone really wants to steal your bike, they will find a way. Happy trails.

[TsPoet]

Kitsune and I both have Street Cuffs. They fit in the same space as a water bottle basically. We have the 2 link ones that are good to lock up one bike. The one Tspoet posted is made for motorcycles or to lock up 2-3 bikes. Ours are around 2 lbs I think. Here they are mounted on a couple of our bikes.ed a big ring for that purpose.

Like Eden said, it will keep the honest, honest and if someone really wants to steal your bike, they will find a way. Happy trails.

Xrayted, I had to laugh, I meant to specifically recommend the 9 link one! I found the 2 link one to be too constraining, same problem I have with U locks, you only have a very limited distance from point A to point B and it lessens your options. For 0.5 lb difference, I'd go for the 9 link version.
I do, however, have a recumbent - and that makes a huge difference, my seat is in the way and my bike has to be farther away from the rack I'm locking it to.
I've also used the 9 link lock to lock my bike to itself (main tube to front wheel) in emergencies - at least that makes it more difficult to pick up.
I like the bike mount, I'll have to check into one of those.

[northstar]

I do ride to our local coffee shops.

When I go, I take Lulu, my runaround baby blue Schwinn Suburban, to which I keep my U-Lock always locked on the rear rack. Whenever I need it, panniers or not, the lock is there.

I'll lock to pretty much anything that looks respectful and trustworthy. Signs, benches, whatever.

Nothing like cruising up to a coffee shop on a super-cute "vintage" bike.

[Eden]

Eden, is that in Leschi?
We stop at the Pert's deli across the street from that starbucks.

Indeed it is at Leschi. (now just don't come and steal my bike since you know I leave it out there unlocked )

Someone did have a bike swiped there once - he didn't even leave it, he just had his back turned and someone took off with it.