Unlocked Bike

Seen in Whitley Bay last weekend - a bike with a nice big lock: Nice sensible bike - pannier bags and a basket at the front. Ideal for shopping trips. And the owner has secured it to these nice wibbly-wobbly bike stands. You can probably see the problem though, can’t you? That lock is just HUGE, and it only...
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Sometimes people’s failure to lock their bike properly is just so stupid that it’s funny. Like this photo from joeandmiranda’s Creative Commons images on Flickr that I found via Bikehacks: Oh, and just in case you’re wondering,
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A great way to protect your bike from getting stolen is to park it next to something far more attractive / easier to sell for ready cash. I’m guessing that’s what’s happened here, with these two completely unlocked bikes I saw yesterd
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While I was walking through town today, I saw a guy ride up & park his bike outside a shop before popping inside. He was just nipping in to pick something up, so didn’t bother to lock it: This is a mistake that people frequently make (just t
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Free bike, anyone?
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Prizes for spotting the deliberate mistakes with this bike!
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I was away for the back half of last week & over the weekend on a teaching job in Croatia. I took my camera, and enough other assorted electronics to ensure that my hand luggage got to go three times through the X-ray machine, flying out on Wednesday from Newcastle to Zagreb via Heathrow Terminal...
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When I was in That London the other week, I took some photos of locked bikes around Angel tube station, for my other blog. Firstly, here’s a picture of one way to stop your bike being pinched. Have a bike that no-one would want to buy. Actually, it’s just the sort of bike I’d buy,...
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Yes, they’ve been at it again . . .well sort of. I did a little noodling around on YouTube, and came up with two public information videos about locking your bike. The first is from the ’70s, and is worth watching if only for the Quentin Cr
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Found this today on Bike Snob NYC - someone who thinks that bike thieves don’t understand the complexities of a quickrelease fixing for a seatpost: For once, I’m left speechless.       
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