How To Carry Locks-Scary Incident

[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

[RidingBuddy]

Velo, that was a good save! Glad ya got off the road quickly.

[Velocivixen]

Thanks RidingBuddy. With picking up my lock AND bike and running out of the street made me think I might have the makings of a cyclocross girl! lol. Apparently cyclocross is big in the Portland area! At least I'd have an interesting story about how I got started in the sport!

[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.

[kcmpls]

I see lots of people sticking locks down the back of their pants/underwear. So, there is always that...