Commuting - how do you guys lock your bikes

once you get to work / school......

what type of lock do you use, and how do you lock them?

just curious...:rolleyes:

Onguard U-lock with cable lock a la Sheldon Brown method.

I've got one of those 10 pound OnGuard monster chains. It stays locked to a support column under our office building, but the bike is almost always parked inside in the air conditioning where it can dry out better. Also have a cable lock for parking in town.

I just fire any employee who touches my bike

U-lock through frame and front wheel at bike racks around campus

U-lock through frame and front wheel at bike racks around campus

+1

pretty much the same U-lock through frame and front tire, and I take my seat with me too (quick release)

I'm lucky. I just stick it in a closet at work.

I just fire any employee who touches my bike
:lol:

I just run cable through both wheels, around a tree and through the frame, but this isn't a high crime area. Sometimes I don't lock up at all.

My son has a different answer to this. I came home from work one day, awhile back, and found out I missed the show. Seems he road his bike to a friends house and left it unlocked on the front porch. While they were inside one of the neighborhood punks decided to take it for a joy-ride.

My son came out, and his bike was gone. Did he wait until I got home, tell me and have me do something about it? Oh Hell no. He hunted the punk down, opened a can, and pounded on him for a little while.:D

I put it under the stairs. I don't carry a lock most of the time.

I use one of the OnGuard 10lb chains as well as two different cable locks and it is secured inside a locked (secure-pass-only) bike enclosure with 15ft spiked iron fencing. It's the one outside location I actually feel it's safe to leave my bike in so I generally just use one lock in there. Elsewhere, the bike gets three locks.

I use an onguard mastiff combo chain through rear wheel and frame and dollar store cable lock for the front wheel, but at night its always in my apartment on the top bunk. :D

kryptonite u-lock. Can't remember the last time I used it. I just park my bike in our cafe.

http://i1.tinypic.com/se0i0j.jpg

Onguard Mini U-lock and Krypto cable attached to the mother of all water main pipes.

Ulock around rear tire, inside rear triangle:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/images/locktechnique1.jpg
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lock-strategy.html

This is how 'Durham's Finest' lock their bikes:
http://www.jackedinger.net/images/DurhamPD_bikelock.jpg
-very kinky :D

At work, my bike comes upstairs with me and chills next to my cube all day; no lock necessary. Same deal at school. I have the fortune of being able to roll my bike inside the photo/graphics department and leave it leaned against a wall. Neither work nor school has bike-friendly facilities (no racks, etc.) so I don't feel too bad about bringing it inside with me.

Around town, at the bars, shopping, etc. I lock it to a good rack or sturdy signpost with a Kryptonite evolution mini U lock. When I'll be quick and it's a good area, I just lock the top tube to something. In rougher parts of town or when I'll be more than a few minutes, I usually use the sheldon method to secure the rear (more expensive) wheel and the frame to something. I recently bought a light duty cable leash to secure my front wheel when locking like this, but I actually haven't even used it yet.

Krypto U-Lock through the rear wheel and seat stays just below the brake posts, plus a Kryptoflex cable through the front wheel and U-Lock. U-Lock connected to a bike rack in an underground parking lot.

Mini-U around the rear wheel and frame and a Fuhgettaboutit to lock the front wheel and frame to the rack/street sign/tree.

Skinny cable and tiny padlock. Could easily be defeated with a pocket knife. It's just to prevent the casual theft of convenience. Nobody would want to steal my old beater.

I just put it in my lab, along with all of the other bikes.

I just put it in my lab, along with all of the other bikes.

Los Alamos?

I just lean it against the fence. It's always there for the ride back home.

right now I put it in the office next to me. There are security cameras here if anybody stole it, however nobody would do that here :p

Los Alamos?
Close, but not quite. I work at a small engineering firm that does a lot of gov contracts. I run the testing lab.

I am one of the lucky ones also... I put my bike where ever... unlocked.

If I run around town, I use 2 locks, Krypto NYC 3000 and a Krypto Cable Combo.

After years of nagging/begging/complaining, the city finally installed bike lockers in the Capitol parking garage. So that's what I use. It's great: out of the weather, out of sight of thieves and vandals, and I can hang my helmet, gloves, dorkbands, etc. on the hooks I put on the inside of the door.

for those thta have to leave the bikes outside, do you guys usually take off the front wheel and slip it into the U lock and lock the back wheel? i read several sites on the interweb that said this was the most secure way of doing it. however, this sounds quite troublesome to do everyday...no?

No doubt its the most secure, if your circumstances call for it.

I'd dip the fork dropouts in some tool dip from the hardware store to protect them a bit if you go this route.

I am lucky enough to be able to bring the bike inside at work. around town i use a older master lock U-lock through the frame and rear wheel.

I am lucky that there is space for me to keep my bike inside the office. For other situations, I have a Krypto NY U lock to go around the frame and front wheel and a cable to go around the frame and rear wheel. My Breezer comes with a wheel lock on the rear, and I use that as well. I admit I am a bit paranoid by nature, but it seems like there are more bike thefts here in Portland than ever before.

kryptonite mw18 u lock covered with so much athletic tape it'll gum up any cutting attempt, and an 11mm kryptonite chain with an abus granit padlock in whatever configuration works best for the lock up place.

i will either use a smaller 8mm chain with a discus lock to hold the saddle on or lock the rails with the shackle of the abus...

i really would like to get a multlock e series with a 10mm lockitt.com chain.

and sometimes i will take the front wheel with me and if i'm gone long i will take the skewers.

I carry one of these around it my bike bag!

http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/American_Pit_Bull_Terrie-02.jpg

I park in the back of my school, and put a cable lock around my back wheel, and lean the bike against an old broken wall.

I get to bring my bike into the office...I own the place...hehe

around town I used to use the Kryto chain until I decided that 10lbs was a bit heavy...I've switched to the Kryptonite EVO mini Ulock with a 4 ft cable. It's relativly light and I feel safe and secure with it. I usually hook up to a parking meter or something similar.

I use two U-locks. One around the front wheel and frame through a fixed metal object (sign post, bike rack, etc.). The second around the rear wheel and frame.