No One's Going To Steal Your Fixie (at Saturday's Bike Swap)

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 12, 2013 at 12:00pm

At the risk of this becoming circular (too late, right), I lock my bike at two points, and I think everyone else should too.

All of the bike parking we have, literally all of it, was fought for by cyclists.

We seem to have entered an unfortunate phase where we choose blaming other cyclists for lack of bike accommodations rather than speaking up for more.

Look, folks, it wasn't supposed to be like this.  What was supposed to happen was that, as the number of identified cyclists grew, a larger constituency would emerge to fight for improved conditions and accommodations for cyclists, which would in turn lead to a larger constituency. Instead we seem to be perpetually picking at each-other for whatever crumbs happen to be tossed our way from above.

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Permalink Reply by T.K. 3.5 mi on March 12, 2013 at 12:13pm

http://www.activetrans.org/blog/mgeraci/win-saris-bike-corral-your-...

h', good thinking. Active Trans just posted this the other day. It would likely be a positive net-gain if we focused on adding more parking instead of nit-picking social etiquette.  

Also, at the Bike Swap there was a gentleman walking around with a petition for downtown indoor, secure, bike parking for all. HERO! Find him and sign that thing!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on March 12, 2013 at 4:37pm

Well he should have said no ones going to steal your bike. And I beg to differ that fixies are stolen more or have parts stolen due to the individual ability to re-sell a deep wall rim,leather seats, for $50 vs an entire bike for the same price.

The point being yes he's a passive/aggressive asshat advocating destruction of property over an ignorant/lazy locking method. 

If he had a pic of how it actually inconvenienced/prevented other bikers he should have used that too.

Many times I make a 10-20 minute trip into a business and lock that way as the bike rack is almost always empty. Ex: Kmart on Milwaukee, Dominicks on Broadway.

The rack is poorly designed for securing it with a u-lock if that's all you carry.

notoriousDUG said:

ALL bikes have parts taken or get stolen everyday; one kind of bike is not more special than the other.

If you bothered to read the article closely you would see it did not have two flats but they passively advocated that it would be OK to flatten the tires.  The person who wrote the article is a passive aggressive weenie but that does not change that as a selfish way to park a bike.

Mike Zumwalt said:

The title is wrong too because Fixies DO get stolen or parts taken every day. A poor way to lock it but the pic doesn't show a space problem.

And according to the article the bike has 2 flats which is a poor reflection of the community if another biker gave the bike them in retaliation.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on March 12, 2013 at 4:58pm

If all you carry is a U lock you can't secure a bike very well.  Unless you take off the front wheel and lock it like someone in New York circa 1983 (first time I remember seeing that particular locking style).

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on March 12, 2013 at 11:17pm

And that still leaves your back wheel vulnerable (frame to rack) and if you put the rear wheel which WILL allow you to lock wheel and frame to rack leaving the easier to remove front wheel unless you remove that. The moral to the story is carry 2 locks and take your seat off. 

Tricolor said:

If all you carry is a U lock you can't secure a bike very well.  Unless you take off the front wheel and lock it like someone in New York circa 1983 (first time I remember seeing that particular locking style).

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Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on March 13, 2013 at 9:31am

I look like someone in New York circa 1983.  To me, taking the front wheel off is no big deal, even though I lock it with two U locks.

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Permalink Reply by paulcycles on June 1, 2013 at 5:51am

So True; and with 2 U-locks

Cameron 7.5 mi said:

In a place with a parking shortage parking like like that is a jerk move, but I can see why the owner did it. Putting the frame over the rack bike the bike in back with a red tire is very difficult to do on like bike with a tight frame clearance and absolutely destroys the paint on the underside of the downtube. That is a terrible rack style except in places where a cable lock is considered security. The ends are really the only good places to park and lock up on that style of rack.

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