How to lock your nice bike up at work

Step 8: Double check

Double check everything and laugh how your bike looks like Pee-Wee Hermans...


Remember, any lock can be broken if they want it bad enough. But you have now made it more difficult and they cannot ride away on it unless they break two different kind of locks.

Be sure to lock it to a bike rack or something very sturdy. Make sure what you are locking it too is not the weak link.

Good luck and happy riding!

-Joe

Comments

[kjones5]

Nice instructable.

However, that's a lot of gear to be hauling around on a "play ride." I always, always carry a combination lock in case I want to dip into a convenience store or some place for refreshment or a snack. Previously, I've been paranoid about someone simply riding off on my unsecured bike. No one would even give it a second glance.

Now, I can put a lock through a disk brake. It won't prevent someone from picking the bike up and carrying it off, but it'd look a little weird to passersby. It would prevent some little thug kid from simply jumping on and riding off. Also, if I catch him trying to carry it off I could run the little upstanding citizen down. If he's riding it, I have no hope in catching him.

[glorybe]

Thieves are usually lazy and poorly equipped. They rarely carry both a cable cutter and a chain cutter. So extra security can be had by using one good cable and one chain. This tip has saved more than one motorcycle from theft. I also had a lock that looked like a tube with a button on one end that would just fir through my drilled disk. Also I had a tiny pad lock that fit through the chain in such a way that a thief might not see it at all. So even if the cable and chain were cut the locked disk and the locked chain would keep the bikes from being driven away,

[zzpza]

very good instructable! i'm glad is was a 'how to' and wasn't a 'how not to' as there are far too many of them on here already. i was a bit concerned that you were relying on the u-lock for the cables, until i saw step 7. :D

[jaime9999]

Bravo. A very secure scheme. Basically what I recommend. I didn't think of the fork-protection addition. One addition-- I thread my helmet (vent, not strap) through the cable, so I don't have to carry the bulky helmet while visiting/shopping/working/playing. Now: how to carry all that security gear equipment and be able to deploy it quickly and easily, to encourage getting into the habit of ALWAYS locking securely.