Originally Posted by Doug64

We use a cable lock. It will stop most opportunistic thieves. Situational awareness is a good trait to have when determining how much security your bike needs.

We cabled our bike to this fence in a Swiss campground and then walked the 4 miles into town and hopped a train for a 300 km trip to a town we wanted to visit. We returned well after dark. Low probability of theft there, but I would not park my bike at the train station. We have some pretty nice touring bikes, but they are just tools. If always worrying about my bike caused my bike to become an anchor instead of providing the freedom that is the essence of bike touring, I'd find something else to do with my time.



On the other hand, a waitress in Cleveland, Ohio told us to bring our bike inside the small diner we stopped at for lunch.