Silly question about locks on a road bike

[GLC1968]

I've heard it said that you only have to lock your bike better than the one next to it! Personally, I don't ride my road bike when I'll have to leave it alone. It's not replaceable, so I'm paranoid. I reserve my touring bike or my mixte for those type of rides and I keep a cable lock in a bike bag. I have seen many thin lightweight cable locks though, some that you could even put in a jersey pocket. They won't deter a real thief, but they'll keep joyriders and jokers from making off with your bike.


Did anyone else think of the Matrix when you saw that bike tower video? It reminded me of the scene where they show all the humans as 'batteries' in big towers...

[F8th637]

Did anyone else think of the Matrix when you saw that bike tower video? It reminded me of the scene where they show all the humans as 'batteries' in big towers...

I must admit I did think that exact same scene. LOL

[IvonaDestroi]

I wouldn't trust it without a solid lock...

I never trust it! I've lost 2 already because I didn't want the inconvenience/cost of a big heavy u lock but, in hindsight, the other choice is to just have accept that you might lose it AND sit there in the restauraunt peeking out the window every 2 seconds to make sure it's ok.

Bike theives are sneaky, they have probably noticed that there is a group of bicyclists with nice bikes that park at a particular restaurant on a regular schedule.

Not worth the risk, just get a good lock and deal with it. BTW cable locks seem to be what they go for first, from personal experience (the majority of bikes that me and my friends that have lost were locked with good cable locks.)

I now proudly lug around a big fat kryptonite "forget about it" u lock, and I'm headed towards a personal record of how long I've kept my bike.

[PscyclePath]

I've got a small colection of locks that I use, depending on what part of town I'm in. For quick stops at the coffee shop and club rides, I've got a Bell cable with a key lock that I use to keep the bike from wandering off too far while I'm somewhere nearby or watching it. It rides ina small handlebar bag that I can move from bike to bike if need be, or it can fit in a jersey pocket.

On the commuter bikes, I'm a lot like Iwona, and I pack a Kryptonite NY 3000 U-lock. I use this one when I'm going to be away from the bike for awhile, and when I lock up at work or around the downtown area. The U-Lock gets strapped down to the top of my rack trunk, or a pannier if I'm packingthem that day.

And when I'm feeling particularly unlucky, I bring out the Krypto Fuhgeddaboudit New York Chain ;-) This derned thing weighs more than my road bike, and pert near as much as the MTB or Cross-Check does ;-) I wear it around my waist like a belt -- at least for a day or two when it dawned on me that I just might misplace the key, and find myself all locked up in my own chain for the rest of my life. So now I have one of those little carabiner things that I clip between the lock and the link on the other end of the chain, sort of like a belt buckle. I get a bit of ribbing about it,,, but like some folks wear ankle weights for the extra fitness, I just wear my bike lock