Originally Posted by
KBentley57
It's just my personal preference. On the end, there is only one bike that can be beside you, limiting the number of people who will toss a beater into the middle of the rack, lock it to your bike on accident, ect...
It's also easier to maneuver the bike in and out of without bothering others' bikes.
Got you. I thought you had a bike lock holy grail of information. I have never had someone lock their bike to mine, therefore I do not really think of that.
When parking on street racks I tend to avoid the end spot closest to the road since I have seen cars park and hit them and a lot of evidence of that occurring.
I usually park where is easiest. If questioned on the safest (least likely to be be a victim of theft) I would answer the middle of a rack is most safe since it seems to be a greater hassle to cut a lock.
I sometimes have a hard time fitting my bike in the middle of racks since I have front and rear racks and usually a kids seat; I guess by default I tend to use the ends (still within the bar limits of the rack though).