I did not get around to posting these on Friday but still wanted to share. The first video comes from last weekend’s Double Down Ladies’ Alleycat Race. The second is a great video from StreetsFilms critiquing various locking jobs on bikes on the streets of New York. The host appears to be the same bike [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Locking your bike’
Unclear on the concept II
Late last week, I snapped this photo around the corner from my office of an interesting locking job. In light of the news of James Clayton’s arrest last week, there might some relaxing in security among cyclists, but this person remained vigilant. Unfortunately, their choice of hitching post was less than idea. Obviously, there are [...]
Did Someone Steal Your Bike?
Thanks to Urban Velo for alerting us to the site Someone Stole My Bike, a great new site that includes interviews with people who had their bike stolen and in some cases had a happy ending. Speaking of stolen bikes, local cyclist Eric Hougland put out a APB on his commuter bike which was stolen on [...]
A new way to prevent your bike from getting stolen
As part of our Getting Started guide, I wrote an article on how to prevent the theft of your bike. While most of the article was about best practices in bike locking, I did mention the perfectly reasonable strategy of riding a cheap beat up bike and not worrying too much about locking. The downside [...]
Bike thief, thy name is Scum Bucket
Recently, I wrote an article about best practices for locking your bike so that it would still be there when you return. In this article, I took a moment to single out bike thieves as generally crappy people. I said that while bike thieves are bad people they don’t rate as Hitler or Carrot Top [...]
Locking Your Bike: Will your bike (and wheels for that matter) still be there when you return?
This article is part of a series we are writing on getting started biking for transportation. Articles include: Taking the Plunge Picking a bike for everyday transportation Putting it all together: The accessories you need to successfully bike for transportation Locking Your Bike: Will your bike (and wheels for that matter) still be there when [...]
Putting it all together:The accessories you need to successfully bike for transportation
This article is part of a series we are writing on getting started biking for transportation. Articles include: Taking the Plunge Picking a bike for everyday transportation Putting it all together: The accessories you need to successfully bike for transportation Locking Your Bike: Will your bike (and wheels for that matter) still be there when [...]
