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How to lock a bike, 2 extreme cases (f2.tchncs.de)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/bicycling@lemmy.world
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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

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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[–] 6 points 11 months ago

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.

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