Originally Posted by
The MAX
Whenever I ride my bike to a high risk area, I usually tie a plastic grocery bag around my Brooks like a hobo rain cover. Makes the bike look cheap even if the frame and components are great!
(Please note, I use these as ACTUAL rain covers as well
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i like the irony of that.
a cheap disposable plastic grocery bag (and it weights next to nothing!) easily destroyed by a small child, serving as an effective and economical anti-theft device capable of thwarting the most determined malicious and maloderous bicycle thief.
genius, sheer genius...
i usually just have my girlfriend sit on the bike when i go into the store. and as you say, "Makes the bike look cheap even if the frame and components are great!"