Best compact u-lock
10-09-07 | 10:52 AM
#26
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10-09-07 | 01:46 PM
#27
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From: Boston (sort of)
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For Me, 90% of the time I'm leaving my U-Lock locked to the bike rack at work. Only when I'm going somewhere other than home after work do I need to bring my lock with me. So yeah, I ditched the u-lock mount on the frame in the name of "style." It would be left empty 90% of the time anyway, just looking ugly.
10-09-07 | 01:51 PM
#28
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From: Boston, MA
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Not openly, but I'm not just hanging stuff all over it for no good reason. Like I said, you store your lock on your bike, I store it in my pocket (10% of the time anyway). What, exactly, is the difference?
10-09-07 | 03:33 PM
#29
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From: Seattle
Bikes: Trek 1500
Yup, a good U-lock can be quite heavy. My bulldog lock was mounted on the top tube and came apart while riding in traffic. The lock fell into my empty water bottle cage and decided to grind with the front derailleur and cogs.
After I determined the lock mount was held together with a single bolt that worked itself loose, the lock now goes in my bag.
