I do just like the others I go with a gut feeling If it doesn't look safe I pass by. I avoid large cities. At times I have to ride through and just keep going. At dinners and libraries I prop the bike up against a wall and go in with the handle bar bag with the important stuff. only on occasion I have locked it to a post.

One time I was in a dinner eating pancakes and the waitress asked if I was worried about someone stealing my bike? I looked at her and said, the bike is dirty it is heavy and it is loaded making it even heavier, Id been out on tour for close to 5 months I said If someone steals it then I WONT HAVE TO RIDE IT ANYMORE! we both laughed about it.

Seriously though there have been a few places I worried but those are few and far between
Catfish