Just to follow-up, I took some pics of my locked up QB outside of my lab. Note that my workplace is secluded, remote, and well-trafficked by people, and it's on a pretty secluded campus with hundreds of barely locked bikes everywhere. So, my work lock and cable are less beefy than their counterparts at home, which I use when running around San Francisco.
The pics: http://tinyurl.com/286ywhb http://tinyurl.com/2bymylj Best, Lee On Nov 10, 11:39 pm, Lee <leec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jose. I live in San Francisco and frequent the East and South Bay > areas regularly. Here's my two cents: Definitely do not rely on a > cable lock in the Bay Area. Of course, thieves will target high-end > bikes and components, but I think even more so, they target weak > locks--cable locks in particular. Ironically, in this way, cable locks > act as an attractant in my opinion, regardless of the bike. On any > given weekend morning I can walk the streets near my apartment and > find part of a cable lock on the sidewalk or in the gutter. > > I ride my Quickbeam as my daily bike, and I do lock it up outside > during the work day, as well as out in the city during the weekend and > nights. It's outfitted with a B-17 Special and either a Phil hub or > Shimano dynamo hub front wheel. In the latter case, I'll also have a > B&M Cyo mounted to a small front rack. And, I usually have a tool > pouch hung from the saddle and a SuperFlash mounted on the seat stay. > My locking solution is a heavy cable through both wheels and the > saddle rails, which is then locked along with the frame to a bike rack > with a Kryptonite u-lock. I think it's the Evolution. I usually take > my tool pouch if it's night. During the day, depending on the area, I > may leave it on my bike. I always leave the SuperFlash and Cyo on my > bike regardless of time or place. > > The only thing I feel really secure about this set-up is the frame and > u-lock situation. I take my chances with the heavy cable, hoping that > a bike thief won't try to get through that just to get my Brooks or a > Phil hub. One thing that works in my favor is the number of nicely > accessorized bikes that have become so popular in the city right now. > Go to any bar, coffee shop, or yoga studio in the Mission and you'll > have your pick of non-secured Brooks saddles and Phil wheels. But, > this is no real security solution, obviously. > > I guess this is a long-winded way of saying that your instincts are > right, a cable-lock-only approach is likely to be a problem. I don't > think you have to cover up the logo, but lock down with a u-lock > anything you don't won't to risk being taken, and remove any item you > positively don't want to be stolen. Other than that, you weigh the > risks and take your chances. Of course, that advice probably fits most > urban areas. For this one, I think after a month or two of being out > and about, you'll find your comfort zone in the areas you frequent. > > Good luck! > Lee > > On Nov 10, 11:00 pm, jose <jose.cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All. I just moved to Oakland (Rockridge) from Houston and I'm > > curious what peoples opinions are parking your Rivs here are. > > > In Houston, I felt fairly comfortable with locking up my Atlantis with > > bags/lights/brooks onboard with just a cable lock during the day. No > > one there pays too much attention to an old looking slow bike with a > > bunch of crap on it (ha!). > > > Here I see only beater-bikes with no bags/lights/brooks parked on the > > street. > > > So I'm wondering how secure I should go. Never leave lights on the > > bike? Cover up the Rivendell logos? Get one of those locking seat > > post clamp things? I realize that no bike on the street is ever safe, > > but I'd like get a sense of what the probability of getting my stuff > > jacked here is. > > > Oh, and I'm asking for during the day coffee and errand type trips. > > For BART parking and late-night pub crawls I just bought a $50 > > craigslist special, but I would really like to be on my Atlantis as > > much as I can be. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- J. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
