Comments on: How to lock your bike

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:39:36 +0000

Alistair, sorry to hear about your bike being stolen from a signpost. If you are going to lock to a signpost, make sure it has a Cyclehoop attached to it!

http://www.cyclehoop.com

Thieves either lift your bike over the top of the post (taking the sign off so the lock slips over it) or they simply break the post free from the ground and free the bike.

Another tip: When locking to railings, I see SO MANY PEOPLE locking their D lock ONLY THROUGH A SINGLE RAIL on the railing – it is very easy for thieves to break a single rail and take your bike – look through several rails, or lock through the thick railing posts.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:51:35 +0000

I’ve had 2 bikes stolen after I had locked them to signposts.. (ie the posts that tell you where you can park)

the second time the post was nowhere to be seen when I returned.. I thought I was going mad… they’d taken the whole thing, it was just a hole in the ground.

I still can’t fathom what happened.

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By: Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:49:04 +0000

Thanks for the comments Richard. Make sure you do it correctly guys

By: Richard Lee

Richard Lee — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:26:31 +0000

If registering you bike, regardless of which service you use, it is a good idea to TAG it in MULTIPLE spots. Such as shown in http://www.bikeregistry.com/install.php.
IF it gets stolen, the bad guys may find and strip off some of the tags, but the one that he misses will be his undoing….