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Pays to have a good lock.

  • 17-11-2009 10:52pm
    #1
    bob123456
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭


    On Thomas St today.

    86050144.jpg


    Did someone really need a saddle that bad?
    Or did someone take it in the hope of selling it on the saddle black market?


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  • #2
    mcgratheoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭mcgratheoin


    horizontal dropouts for all those posters looking for cheap frame for fixie!!


  • #3
    Wheety
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,516 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Where I lock my bike (A 'secure' underground carpark), there's a frame lock to a post too.

    Is it all quick release or do they go through the trouble of taking the wheels off with tools?


  • #4
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    bob123456 wrote: »
    Did someone really need a saddle that bad?

    Did someone need a bulb that badly?:D


  • #5
    Marvinthefish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭Marvinthefish


    Tut tut. Should have put the lock through the rear triangle

    locktechnique1.jpg

    http://www.sheldonbrown.com/images/locktechnique1.jpg


  • #6
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,852 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    ... and at least a Kryptoflex to secure the front wheel.

    That's some harvest they got there. Thomas Street isn't a great spot to leave a bike, is it?


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  • #7
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    They'll be stripping the paint off it tonight.


  • #8
    niceonetom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭niceonetom


    Marvinthefish wrote: »
    locktechnique1.jpg

    I know that that's a very clever and effective way to lock a bike, particularly if you've got a small ulock, but I always suspect that given the IQ and spacial ability of the average 14-year-old heroin-addict / bike-thief they'd take a long time to realise that they can neither steal the frame nor the rear wheel, and then spend a long time kicking the **** out of your bike for playing a cruel trick on them with your cunning locking technique. I think a bike shouldn't just be locked securely, it should be locked securely and obviously to avoid these little misunderstandings.


  • #9
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,852 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    niceonetom wrote: »
    I know that that's a very clever and effective way to lock a bike, particularly if you've got a small ulock, but I always suspect that given the IQ and spacial ability of the average 14-year-old heroin-addict / bike-thief they'd take a long time to realise that they can neither steal the frame nor the rear wheel, and then spend a long time kicking the **** out of your bike for playing a cruel trick on them with your cunning locking technique. I think a bike shouldn't just be locked securely, it should be locked securely and obviously to avoid these little misunderstandings.
    That thought crossed my mind too. Still, I'm used to it now, and I've had no bad luck so far with it.


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