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
To be fair, nobody’s stealing that first bike
Exactly my thought. The bike itself is the protection.
With a bike like that you can lock it in the most outrageous ways just to spite other people.
In this vein I inadvertently discovered the best theft protection for my saddle: just wait for it to get a bit of wear and tear (specifically: tear). Now I no longer worry about finding it gone.
I’m seriously considering inflicting a bit of cosmetic damage to front wheel. At that point I can ditch the cable lock.
Definitely!
While I was living in Brazil, and exclusively using bicycle for my transportation, I adopted that attitude.
I bought a second hand worker’s bicycle, and stealthily upgraded the components. For that I uglified the whole thing. At first glance, a shitty bicycle. But when using it, you knew this was no ordinary bike.
When I left Brazil after 10 years later, the bicycle was still with me, unharmed. 2 days before my departure, I proudly gave it to a friend.