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Pictured above: a bike locked badly to a good quality rack. Just a wrench, and a thief takes the wheel and bike away.
In the photo below: my solution to properly lock a bike to bad, low rack made wrong (to “dish rack”, outside Decathlon 🤦). Instead of inserting the wheel, I put the bike across the structure, so I can easily lock wheel and frame.
cross-posted from: https://social.tchncs.de/users/lgsp/statuses/115587191253235659
Even better...
I dont understand either of the photos from the post. This i understand.
In the first photo, the lock is attached to the rack and to the bike's fork only. If you remove the front wheel, then neither the bike nor the wheel is attached to the lock anymore.
The second one has the bike placed "wrong" on a bike rack so that they are able to lock the wheel and the frame to the rack.
The second is easier to see but the first was still hard to figure out. I dont bike nor know anything so thank you for the info
This would be an extremely funny joke to do ti s friend's bike
The top picture is clear but the bottom picture is too busy and flat to highlight what is being shown.
Mmmh you are right... I'll take a better pic next time!
I manage to sort out what you did there. Good move. You properly locked it.
I once had a neighbor who somehow always found a way to avoid using a U-lock correctly for their bike. Each day was a fresh example of how to get it wrong in new and creative way. I wish I had taken pictures.
To be fair, nobody's stealing that first bike
Exactly my thought. The bike itself is the protection.
With a bike like that you can lock it in the most outrageous ways just to spite other people.
In this vein I inadvertently discovered the best theft protection for my saddle: just wait for it to get a bit of wear and tear (specifically: tear). Now I no longer worry about finding it gone.
I'm seriously considering inflicting a bit of cosmetic damage to front wheel. At that point I can ditch the cable lock.
Definitely!
While I was living in Brazil, and exclusively using bicycle for my transportation, I adopted that attitude.
I bought a second hand worker's bicycle, and stealthily upgraded the components. For that I uglified the whole thing. At first glance, a shitty bicycle. But when using it, you knew this was no ordinary bike.
When I left Brazil after 10 years later, the bicycle was still with me, unharmed. 2 days before my departure, I proudly gave it to a friend.
Great story. I believe this is also an example of the difference between "intrinsic" and "extrinsic" worth. If one is content to value things for what they are to oneself, rather that what they may be to others, life becomes very much simpler.