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

 2 overlapping photos. at the top: a mountain bike is leaning against a rack of those with a high structure. A U-lock ties an arm of the fork to the rack. Dismantling the wheel a thief takes everything. In the photo below: how I tie my bike to the uncomfortable racks, with low structure. The bike is straddling the structure, so I can easily tie the frame instead of just the wheel
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[–] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I dont understand either of the photos from the post. This i understand.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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