How To Carry Locks-Scary Incident

[tulip]

Glad you are okay! That is frightening when your bike stops moving (and you don't).

When I ride my Jamis--my commuting and errand bike--I prefer to carry my lock in my panniers. Since it's my errand bike, I'm usually running errands on it and need my panniers for the errands, like mail from the post office, a few groceries, etc.

Occasionally, I'll need to lock up my road bike, which does not have a rack or panniers. In those cases, I bring only my cable lock in a small backpack, and I never let the bike out of my sight even when locked up. I also don't ride long distances with a backpack/cable lock.

[PamNY]

That is scary. Did the bungee cord actually fail? I use them, but they scare me.

[Savra]

Wow! Scary. When I carry my Kryptonite U-Lock I simply hang it from the rack. It fits perfectly in between the outer rail and the inner flat part. It's so heavy it would take one BIG bump to come out.

[Velocivixen]

@PamNY, no the bungee came unhooked I believe and it's end simply got caught and wrapped around the sprocket. I have done this set up before I had the pannier and went over plenty of bumpy patches with no problems. I told my DH about this and his comment was that I didn't have the bungee wrapped "very well". Well no kidding!!!
Thanks for your suggestions and I will play around with different options. One mechanic at the LBS told me, a few weeks ago, that he could mount a U-Lock just about anywhere!

[alice]

Wow, in an intersection even! I'm glad you're okay.

For short rides, if you can stand the metal-on-metal noise, hanging your u-lock off the handlebars or between the top tube and downtube usually does the trick with the least fuss. If you have a belt, through the belt works pretty good too.

If you want to try bungees again, I use a bungee made specifically for rear bike racks. Something like this. It seems a little more foolproof to me than just a bungee, and since there are three straps on one hook, a little more versitile and stable on the bumps as well.

[7rider]

When I carry my Kryptonite U-Lock I simply hang it from the rack. It fits perfectly in between the outer rail and the inner flat part. It's so heavy it would take one BIG bump to come out.

^^ this.
I also use a strip of velcro to keep it from wobbling too much.

You could also use something like this.

[Biciclista]

my kryptonite lock fits in a bag. i don't think i could stand the rattling

[nscrbug]

I had a similar bungee cord incident, only it didn't happen on my bicycle...it happened on my motorcycle! I was on a trip, so I had a piece of motorcycle "luggage" attached to a rack on the rear of my bike with long bungee cords. We had stopped to gas up somewhere, and I must have needed something out of my bag so I had unhooked the bungees. It wasn't until we were back on the road and another rider in our group behind me noticed that BOTH of my bungees were hanging down and dragging along the highway. I thank my lucky stars that those cords did not get tangled up in my rear tire, otherwise that would have been a really ugly situation.

I'm glad the OP wasn't hurt as a result of something like this.

[Mr. Bloom]

a similar issue from the saddle pack...along with pictures:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...highlight=hole

[Velocivixen]

@7rider, my DH actually own one of those cargo netting.

Not sure how my u-lock would fit off my rack without hitting my spokes??? I just looked at it today.