Who Rides to Starbucks?

[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.

[KnottedYet]

MADSCOT!!!!!! So good to see you!!!!!

[Trek420]

Madscott!! Hey there, good to see you.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

We don't have many places in town here to lock our bikes on the street- no parking signs or meters, etc...
We lock to small trees frequently, and are careful not to hurt them. Gotta watch out for people walking their dogs though. That sure hurts the trees more than we do.

[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.

[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.

[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.