I have taught the same sort of lesson twice, the most recent just a few days ago. A worker at our corner deli had been "locking" her bike to a 2" pylon in front of our house (I placed it there to prevent the parallel parking challenged from backing into our newly planted sidewalk tree). The pipe sticks above the sidewalk only about 4 feet. The other day, I was present as she rode up, said hello, etc., then "U-locked" her bike to the pipe pylon. I suggested to her that wasn't the best locking practice. She looked puzzled, so I made the point by simply lifting her bike over the end of the pipe.
I wish now I that had done it differently, as she was visibly quite embarrassed. I felt bad, as she is a very pleasant person. But, she at least locks up her bike more strategically now to another, much higher pole a bit further down the block. Also, it is capped with a Street Cleaning schedule sign that is much larger than the U-lock. >________________________________ > From: Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> >To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 7:56 AM >Subject: [RBW] Re: New Kryptonite Bike Lock Idea > > > >On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:31:11 AM UTC-4, Sean Cleary wrote: >Wow, where do you live where there is such prominent bike theft, Andrew? The >rare clues of bike theft that I've seen in our Minneapolis suburbs are orphan >front wheels locked to a bike rack. Apparently the owners didn't understand >the meaning of quick release skewers! >> > > >I had to re-explain that to my son, as I was dropping him back off at campus >for his sophomore year. He locked up his bike out front of his dorm with a >Kryptonite U, but neglected to get it through the main triangle. I walked >over, flipped the QR lever and the canti-straddle, then started to walk off w/ >his bike. Point made. > > >I've used a cable along w/ a U for decades. Haven't had one go missing, >yet..... > > > > > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW >Owners Bunch" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
