Bike locks on tour
03-26-23, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by drlogik
that sucker won't be out of my line-of-sight for more than a few seconds unless I can bring it inside.
My bike won’t fit inside my tents or their vestibules.
03-27-23, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
... If I ever do any more touring, I will keep the key battery in mind if I drive my car.
So, learning from the meter experience, I might as well be careful with my vehicle key too. Thus, the key goes into a plastic bag and that goes into part of a plastic bottle.
Vehicle key, if the battery is dead, the vehicle should still be unlockable, lockable, and drivable the old fashioned way. So, less critical than my meter that stopped functioning. That said, there are so many different vehicle electronic systems now, on some it might be more critical?
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Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN
Side note, last summer I was going to leave my bike at a large municipal campground for a week, I needed it to shuttle my vehicle on a backpacking trip. I chose the bike that I paid $5 USD for a decade ago at a garage sale. The bike had been stored outside for a decade before I bought it. I put two days of work and about $50 into it to make it rideable again, but it is really rusty and looks much worse than it really is. A 1994 Bridgestone MB-1. I would be bummed if it was stolen, but there is more rust than paint on the steel handlebar and stem, so I felt very comfortable that it would not be stolen after a week.
I think I used a $5 lock on it to match what I paid for the bike.
I think I used a $5 lock on it to match what I paid for the bike.
So, got any immediate plans to leave your undesirable Bridgestone MB-1 anywhere soon? Date, time and location maybe?
Even ho hum 90s steel mountain bikes are all the rage. That one is a famous culty one amongst a certain set.
04-17-23, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dvdwmth
So, got any immediate plans to leave your undesirable Bridgestone MB-1 anywhere soon? Date, time and location maybe?
Even ho hum 90s steel mountain bikes are all the rage. That one is a famous culty one amongst a certain set.
Even ho hum 90s steel mountain bikes are all the rage. That one is a famous culty one amongst a certain set.
