Best way to lock up a bike and child trailer(burley encore)
#1
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Best way to lock up a bike and child trailer(burley encore)
Hey folks,
I have been using my Burley Encore for the past two years with my son, but have only done small rides of less than 20 miles.This year I would like to do longer rides and maybe ride to places and events where I would have to lock up the bike and trailer. I rarely see bikes with trailers locked up places and have no idea how to lock mine up. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated and especially photos. Thanks!
I have been using my Burley Encore for the past two years with my son, but have only done small rides of less than 20 miles.This year I would like to do longer rides and maybe ride to places and events where I would have to lock up the bike and trailer. I rarely see bikes with trailers locked up places and have no idea how to lock mine up. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated and especially photos. Thanks!
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I never used to lock up / worry about the trailer. I'd just lock the bike. I guess you could use a second cable lock and loop it around some of the trailer frame and then to a pole, etc.
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I don't know if this will work with Burley's hitch, but just a matter of course I use a long hasp padlock on my trailers instead of the stock hitch pin. I found long hasp locks by Master which have the same pin diameter as the stock part so there is no free play - it fits the pin hole just as the pin does.
Of course this just discourages opportunistic theft, and then it only works with a nutted axle - and with the assumption that a potential thief has no wrench in his pocket.
If I am going to be away from the bike and trailer for a longer period - like at the mall or grocery store - I either run a cable through the trailer frame and the chainstays, or, if I really don't like the place I am forced to leave the rig, I can unhitch the trailer and secure it to the bike frame or bike rack or both with the u-lock, but I rarely use this last option.
It may also be sufficient to run a cable lock through the trailer wheels and loop it through the frame to both secure the wheels and make the trailer unrollable.
Of course this just discourages opportunistic theft, and then it only works with a nutted axle - and with the assumption that a potential thief has no wrench in his pocket.
If I am going to be away from the bike and trailer for a longer period - like at the mall or grocery store - I either run a cable through the trailer frame and the chainstays, or, if I really don't like the place I am forced to leave the rig, I can unhitch the trailer and secure it to the bike frame or bike rack or both with the u-lock, but I rarely use this last option.
It may also be sufficient to run a cable lock through the trailer wheels and loop it through the frame to both secure the wheels and make the trailer unrollable.
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My first though was to use my cable lock as well. or maybe removing the wheels and locking them to the frame and post via a bike lock.