Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - What do you lock up?

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.
nobrainer440
05-02-07, 09:34 AM
When you lock your bike, what do you usually secure?
(Sheldon method counts as securing both rear wheel and frame.)
Jerseysbest
05-02-07, 09:47 AM
It I have enough room, it'll all get locked down.
cyclezealot
05-02-07, 09:49 AM
Frame only. But I have read of wheels being taken off. I have wondered if my lock up methods are adequate.
It depends completely on where I'm locking.
viper_04649
05-02-07, 10:04 AM
i lock up to signs, but only after checking if it is cemented into the ground, one of my friends had a bike stolen like this, they just lifted the sign
jedi_steve420
05-02-07, 10:16 AM
My front wheel is QR and my back is bolt on so I generally secure the front wheel over the back, but my preference is to secure the back wheel since it is worth more.
DannyRocks
05-02-07, 10:21 AM
Back wheel is worth more, but front is less work to remove.
Front + Frame.
chip thunder
05-02-07, 10:29 AM
Totally depends on the area and how long I'm going to stay locked up. Just to run into a store for a beer or cigs or snack at the counter or something, usually just the frame. In a relatively secure area where I'm going to be locked for 10 minutes or more, usually the frame and back wheel. If there is ANYTHING sketchy about the spot...real or perceived...chain goes through both wheels and the frame. I'd probably lock the front more often if I had QR, but I don't. So there.
lima_bean
05-02-07, 10:33 AM
My front is quick release with an allen wrench, and my back is bolted, but I generally put a u-lock around the front wheel + frame, and run a cable around the back.
666pack
05-02-07, 10:34 AM
it depends what i'm locking up on and what i'm locking with.
lately i've been using a burly cable to lock my front wheel and downtube to railings.
if i'm locking onto a parking meter or something like that i'll use a u-lock through the rear wheel.
my rear wheel is pretty much trash, so if something's gonna get jacked off my bike i'd be least heartbroken if it was my rear wheel.
Jesse M
05-02-07, 10:56 AM
rear wheel with a mini ulock, sheldon style. front locked to the downtube with a tiny cheap cable lock.
newnoise
05-02-07, 11:02 AM
it depends on where I am, how long I plan on being there, whether or not I can see my bike from inside, etc. etc. usually It's just quick run in, run out so I just lock the frame (it's really safe here if you have any kind of lock at all). Or I'll lock front wheel and frame since I have a quick release front. If I'm really worried I'll lock everything.
Shiznaz
05-02-07, 11:11 AM
as everyone says, it depends.
i only lock up my frame. i do make sure if i lock up to a sign that it's cemented though.
thebankman
05-02-07, 11:16 AM
Only time the fixed bike has been locked, it was ulocked with another bike, frame only. We were gone for ten minutes and the wheels are bolted on, was more worried my girlfriend's QR wheels would get yanked even though it's a good neighborhood.
chain through what I can, and I use a cable for what the chain can't reach, especially my brooks saddle and cinelli alter stem.
cyclezealot
05-02-07, 11:20 AM
they steal one of your wheels, but not both. Still can't ride home. For me that can be a long way home.
LóFarkas
05-02-07, 11:26 AM
i lock up to signs, but only after checking if it is cemented into the ground, one of my friends had a bike stolen like this, they just lifted the sign
I heard of 4 or 5 bikes stolen from the same pole before a circle of friends who often locked up there realized what was going on. Too much weed I guess.
Generally, mini u-lock to the frame. I'm moving to Sacramento in September and will invest in a chain lock for my road bike to complement the mini u to lock everything.
norskagent
05-02-07, 12:03 PM
rear wheel w/ built-in lock.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/DSCF1955.jpg
delicious
05-02-07, 12:14 PM
what's going on there, norskagent?
anonymous-julie
05-02-07, 12:19 PM
Frame and front only (it's QR) for errands, pair of u-locks for longer term. Haven't gotten around to changing the front skewer yet. And there's always a bike around that looks like a better target than mine... usually frame/front only, both wheels QR, and 7-10spd cassette.
norskagent
05-02-07, 12:19 PM
it's a "dutch style" wheel lock, on an early 70s? euro bike I picked up for $20 at the thrift store yesterday. More pics and description on another thread I started over at classic and vintage:http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=293606
fibergoldfish
05-02-07, 12:20 PM
two mini u's one sheldoned to a pole and one locking front wheel to frame
nick burns
05-02-07, 12:26 PM
chain through what I can, and I use a cable for what the chain can't reach, especially my brooks saddle and cinelli alter stem.
How do you cable lock a stem?
norskagent
05-02-07, 12:28 PM
ya'll live in some bad places where you got to lock a stem.
How do you cable lock a stem?
http://www.roadbikereview.com/Channels/RoadBikeReview/images/products/Product_110934.jpg
nick burns
05-02-07, 12:32 PM
Ah, that splains it. Never seen that species of stem before. Pretty funky.
Shiznaz
05-02-07, 12:39 PM
One day I will buy a complete set of titanium security bolts for my bike. Then all I'll need will be a mini u and an insurance policy.
666pack
05-02-07, 12:57 PM
it depends on where I am, how long I plan on being there, whether or not I can see my bike from inside, etc. etc. usually It's just quick run in, run out so I just lock the frame (it's really safe here if you have any kind of lock at all). Or I'll lock front wheel and frame since I have a quick release front. If I'm really worried I'll lock everything.
would the so-cal thrash band uzi suicide not suggest that san luis obispo is a shoplifter's dream?
frame and front wheel with U lock
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.1.12 Copyright © 2013 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.