How To Lock A Bike Properly

The principles of bike locking 1.

How to lock a bike properly.

A bicycle locked using a chain and u lock make sure the lock is far away from the ground if the lock is close to the ground the thief can use the ground as a base to keep the lock and hammer to smash the lock. Take a peak at. Where there are many people and bikes locked there will be distractions and it will distract people since they won t have time to steal bikes. Always lock your bike to a solid object that it cannot be lifted over.

Lock your bike in a well lit area with high foot traffic. How to lock a bike. It would be best if you never kept your bike unlocked in either of the places. Tips on proper practice to prevent bike theft.

Lock your bike in immovable objects. A summary of how to lock your bike in the street. Make sure what you lock your bike to cannot be cut. Never ever ever ever rely solely on a cable lock to secure your bike.

By josh ross 16 september 2020. With the help of a u lock or a chain lock this can be done fairly easily. The level of security you need depends on where you are leaving your bike and for how long. When the object you use to lock the bike is fixed it also means the bike will stay there safe and undistracted.

Choose the right lock. Riding home on a bike with no seat is embarrassing and riding on a bike with no wheels is impossible. Therefore always keep the lock away from the ground. Lock your bike in a bike shed or garage if you can t keep your bike inside your home the next option is to store it in a bike shed or a garage.

Place the u section of your lock around the rim of your rear wheel your unattached front wheel your rear frame and the immovable object then attach the straight bar to ends of the u to lock it. Secure the wheels and frame to an immovable object. These cables can be snipped so easily it. There are locking systems such as pinhead which are designed to secure the small removable components of your bike and carrying a cable or cable lock is a great way to secure your wheels.

Always lock the frame not just the wheel to the secure object keep the lock as far from the ground as possible but avoid locking around the top tube make the lock as difficult to access as possible if you use a u lock fill as much of the internal. There is old adage if you are camping in the woods. Here our host amanda teaches you how to properly lock your bike. The question of how to lock a bike might sound simple but it gets done badly all too often.