Best place to lock a bike?

muirgheasa

As the title says really. I'm studying engineering, so any place near the Hamilton building end of things is best, but where is safest?

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muirgheasa

That's exactly what I was after, thanks. I did search, but for whatever reason I didn't come across that post. Thanks again.

No bother - it wasn't in the TCD forum, it was in the Cycling forum

Power Chords

My bike was stolen from right outside the security rooms beside the house
50, a lovely mountain bike, less than a year old.
I lived on campus last year and it was fine, left it locked over the summer and it went missing. I wouldn't like to point any figures but it's about the least travelled by public area in Trinity...
:mad::mad::mad:

Kurtosis

That's the difficulty - too busy a place, one of the many passers by nicks it, too quiet a place, no one sees them cutting the lock! I've been locking mine to the railing opposite the security hut inside Lincoln Gate and it's been fine there for the last 2 years nearly (having said that now, it'll probably disappear next time I put it there!)

Ron DMC

You guys have me all nervous now. I've just bought myself a shiny new bicycle. I know for sure that I won't be leaving it outside house 37 in early May.

Kurtosis

Just make sure you have a good lock on it. And don't clean it, the less shiny the better! Bonus points for a plastic bag over the saddle.

PurpleFistMixer

More worried about my bike getting mangled on route.. no wait, more worried about ME getting mangled on route, than it getting stolen. My bike is girly and purple and tiny so unless the thief is planning on reselling it to a little girl (... possible)/melting it down and turning it into a machete, I should be okay.
Of course, I still don't want it to be stolen. I'll just make sure I put it near more tantalising, less well-defended bikes so they take them first.

The special place behind House 15, is that like... impermeable then? (Or more accurately, cannot be accessed unless you're a student/planning on climbing over a fence with a bicycle you just stole) I'd like to have a good place I can leave my bike overnight, in case I get too tired and lazy to cycle home.

Pet

YES. I don't know from where you'll be cycling in, Purplefistmixer, but cycling in Dublin is an extreme sport.

As for that place behind House 15, it is pretty secure, yes. But all of campus is locked up overnight, anyway - it's the evening time that you need to worry about.

By the way, combination locks are SO much handier, if you're someone like me who always forgets to bring keys.

Handier isn't always better when it comes to locks though.

Power Chords

My bike had a serious lock, cost a far bit too wouold've taken some time to get through with a bolt cutter. The only foot traffice would have been security which would have been quite regular there. The security bloke I reported it too couldn't believe it.:rolleyes: