Your choice for best casual locking strategy

[jags]

Excellent stuff Dan really look forward to that.

[Andre Jute]

It's my bike that's the movie star, not me...

I should make those Brain People of Switzerland, makers of the n'lock, pay me a commission!

Andre Jute

[Eric]

I have one of those 're-usable' cable ties/zipties (the ones with a little tag on the ratchet so that it can be released with a fingernail)hanging round my bars inboard of the barbag moutings.
 Takes me a few seconds to release it and clamp a brake lever on with it - front for a 'handbrake' to stop the bike rolling away on a hill or when I'm loading it; rear as a quick anti-rollaway.
Not quite a D-lock, but it costs 2p and it works!

[Danneaux]

Brilliant idea, Eric; thanks for sharing! Best of all...the reusable zip-tie won't go "flat" with time as elastic or rubber bands can as they slowly deteriorate. Handy for other things, too, and as an emergency tie. Well done!

Best,

Dan.

[No]

I always prefer the big damn chain with a big damn lock method. It can be quickly augmented with  a U-lock, specially with a long noose chain.

[jags]

 i bought the kryptonite new york lock couple years back i think it weighs more than the bike.
needless to say i never used it except maybe to lock my 2 bike together in the house.

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[Andre Jute]

i bought the kryptonite new york lock couple years back i think it weighs more than the bike.
needless to say i never used it except maybe to lock my 2 bike together in the house.

Ha! My Abus 54X Granit stands against the wall. I used it more often to fend off incompetently driven Range Rovers during the Celtic Tiger than to lock the bike... It makes a good four-pound hammer.

Andre Jute

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[No]

I always find that having a heavier chain is better than walking home. It's a pain but, I don't know how you trust these light weight strategies. Have had too much stolen without one.

[JimK]

That New York Standard lock is what I routinely carry in my saddlebag, along with a cable. It does weigh a ton! I combine the lock with the grungy bike look. I have yet to see another Rohloff in the county. But I definite ride through and stop in some neighborhoods that are plenty iffy so that bit of security helps me stay calm! I like reducing whatever impediments I see to make the bike really practical transportation.

[No]

I wonder, has anyone ever had a chain stolen? Maybe there's something to be said for the lack of a quick link on Shimano chains?

[Andre Jute]

One one day, going to lunch at my favourite Cork restaurant, Isaacs, I saw on the McCurtain Street near it two stripped frames. I mean that literally, frames, chained to lamp posts. The thieves must have come with bike tools, because even the bottom bracket had been removed. So yes, No, on one day I saw two stolen chains.

Andre Jute