Originally Posted by municipal_man
I've heard Davis has a huge bike culture, but for the most part they're just laying around unlocked. Is this true? My friends visiting from SF were dumbfounded as to how you could even think of not locking a bike up, but there were so many floating around that they thought it was the just the norm.
You find a lot of rusty, yet functional, xmart cruisers parked unlocked here. The thing is that you have 30,000 students who go back and forth to school each day and probably travel less than a mile. For convenience sake, it might make sense to get the cheapest POS bike you can find and just park it. If it gets stolen, you can get a another one at the thrift store or one of our many "bike junkyards" for less than what you'd pay for a bike lock
Note: If the thought of "bike junkyards" makes you want to plan a trip to Davis, FYI I have never actually found any frames or parts at one that I'd actually want to use
Essentially, rusty xmart cruisers are the biggest part of the bike culture around here. If you want to see nice SSFG bikes, you have to go to downtown Sacto.