If you are trying out biking to work this week. Remember to lock your bike, FRAME and wheel(s)

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Permalink Reply by V W on June 10, 2016 at 12:08pm

Or at least don't have quick release skewers on everything you aren't locking down.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn Evans on June 10, 2016 at 11:57pm

Use a U-Lock. Lock the wheel AND frame to the bike rack (it can be done if the U-lock is long enough). Don't use a cable lock (too easy to cut). Don't use the whole length of bike rack -leave some space for the next person who wants to lock their bike (you can lock the bike perpendicular to the rack).

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Permalink Reply by V W on June 11, 2016 at 8:41am

I see so many people who park their bike parallel to the rack leaving little to no space for anyone else (and even if there is space it's so little that if they're standing there locking or unlocking you have to wait for them to finish before you can try to squeeze into the little bit of space).

I personally prefer to park at a diagonal. It keeps the other post free while minimizing the amount of sidewalk space taken up.

Another thing - I don't like when a person parks one bike too many on an already loaded rack and to remove your bike you have to maneuver through a tangle of bikes.

And one last point- occasionally someone will park a bike next to mine which has no kickstand and isn't tethered in a way to keep the bike upright - but instead it's leaning on my bike for support. So when I remove mine theirs drops to the ground unless I catch it and reposition it so it doesn't look like I'm being careless with someone else's bike.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Valent on June 12, 2016 at 11:46am

Sorry VW, but, attached an example of the two lock method, that many use at the Lawrence & Kimball Brown Line station. This happens to be my bike, which is usually there at least ten hours a day. It may be awkward, but two bikes can share a single rack, and still be there when you get back.

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