Yeah, if I invest in a Ulock again it'll be solely for beating people. The last one didn't save my bike, and I have its twisted corpse to show for it.

In the end, I'm half tempted to see a poll here showing whether people's first instinct is to go online or buy locally when they get a new bike. I don't want to mess up my carbon footprint karma by having something shipped from California or wherever.

I'm half tempted to