Bike security initiative DLR

Seaswimmer

Saw this in Dun Laoghaire yesterday. It appears to be a demo of how to lock your bike securely and also to show the Gardaí are aware of bike thefts.

This one was bottom of Mulgrave Street opposite shopping centre and I saw another in the Peoples Park.

There could well be more around the town. Seems like a good idea..

traprunner

That front wheel can be taken by breaking a couple of spokes and gurriers would have no problem doing that just to cause mischief. I'd have put the loop inside the front rim and around the down bar.

check_six

Hmm... *considers investing in blue paint and "Grada" stickers for own bike*

tomasrojo

I'd never lock up that way: you'd always have oil on your hands from the lock.

endacl

check_six wrote: »

Hmm... *considers investing in blue paint and "Grada" stickers for own bike*

I'm sure Grada would be delighted for the free advertising. They've a new album out soon, I believe.

cormie

check_six wrote: »

Hmm... *considers investing in blue paint and "Grada" stickers for own bike*

I'd say mad yokes would be more likely to vandalise one of these bikes than a regular bike to show their mates how hard they are!

Seaswimmer

cormie wrote: »

I'd say mad yokes would be more likely to vandalise one of these bikes than a regular bike to show their mates how hard they are!

I meant to get a picture of the other side of the bike.

I think it says something like "this location is being monitored by An Gardaí" or similar.

There is certainly a camera in the vicinity of the one on Mulgrave st but whether its recording or monitored or not who can say..

cdaly_

traprunner wrote: »

That front wheel can be taken by breaking a couple of spokes and gurriers would have no problem doing that just to cause mischief. I'd have put the loop inside the front rim and around the down bar.

No it can't. The loop goes around the parking stand as well so the wheel is secured to bike and stand. That said, I go for down tube and rim and stand myself.

endacl

For a comprehensive (and very entertaining) locking tutorial, search for 'Hal Ruzal' on YouTube.

DirkVoodoo

Well, nice of DLR to make it appear that they are serious about cycling as a means of transport.

My recent experience of asking to have a bike rack installed at the junction of Carysfort avenue and Frascati road must be a rare one. I got told it was unsuitable due to "groups of children" using the pedestrian crossing. I'm guessing these are the same children whose parents park on the footpaths of the school around the corner?

The suggestion was to lock my bike up in Blackrock or 1km away in Carysfort park, where I'm sure it would be totally secure...

My alternative suggestion to have one of the 32 parking spaces on Carysfort avenue at the Frascati end (this excludes the AMPLE amount of spaces further up Carysfort avenue) converted into a space for 4 or 5 bike racks similar to Clyde road, has so far been ignored.

I continue to lock my bike to a pole on Carysfort avenue, as do many others.

tomasrojo

Yes, the cable follows an unbroken loop from the lock, through the wheel and around the stand. So you'd have to break the rim to get the wheel. Or, much quicker and more likely, cut the cable with a snips, junior hacksaw or bolt cutters.

traprunner

cdaly_ wrote: »

No it can't. The loop goes around the parking stand as well so the wheel is secured to bike and stand. That said, I go for down tube and rim and stand myself.

That particular bike would need a spanner to remove the front wheel and break a few spokes but most bikes appear to have quick release skewers on the wheels these days.

MagicMarker

Are we supposed to let the air out of the tyres too?

lgk

traprunner wrote: »

That particular bike would need a spanner to remove the front wheel and break a few spokes but most bikes appear to have quick release skewers on the wheels these days.

You still have to deal with the cable going through the wheel. Unless you cut the cable, or break the rim (pointless), it's going nowhere no matter how many spokes are cut.

traprunner

lgk wrote: »

You still have to deal with the cable going through the wheel. Unless you cut the cable, or break the rim (pointless), it's going nowhere no matter how many spokes are cut.

Doh...that's why I'm not a bike thief.

Planet X

One out in Glasthule as well....

kenmc

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Well, nice of DLR to make it appear that they are serious about cycling as a means of transport.

My recent experience of asking to have a bike rack installed at the junction of Carysfort avenue and Frascati road must be a rare one. I got told it was unsuitable due to "groups of children" using the pedestrian crossing. I'm guessing these are the same children whose parents park on the footpaths of the school around the corner?

The suggestion was to lock my bike up in Blackrock or 1km away in Carysfort park, where I'm sure it would be totally secure...

My alternative suggestion to have one of the 32 parking spaces on Carysfort avenue at the Frascati end (this excludes the AMPLE amount of spaces further up Carysfort avenue) converted into a space for 4 or 5 bike racks similar to Clyde road, has so far been ignored.

I continue to lock my bike to a pole on Carysfort avenue, as do many others.

Well another in DLR territory: Central Park, at the leopardstown roundabout, has NO public bike rack parking, by design apparently. All the office blocks have their own bike parking, but if you decide you would like to cycle to Baan Thai, or to Centra, or the other cafe i can't remember the name of, or any of the other retail premises that may open sometime the future before the celtic tiger era buildings disintegrate into a pile of rubble, then tough, you can't. Well you can, but you can't lock your bike anywhere decent. Sustainable much?

diomed

It looks like you could easily remove the ground level bolts on the bike rack and then remove the bike.

Edit: I notice the car registration is not blurred out (Google street view style). People mistakenly think you must blur out faces and car regs.
Wicklow 200 website did not display out any photos I sent in that had car regs (in the 2,100 photos).