You may think I am paranoid, but I would never use a U lock or a cable lock on a bike I am leaving outside. I see way too many broken u-locks and cut cables.
Whenever possible, I use attended bike parking - we are very fortunate in the SF Bay Area to have several such facilities. If you frequent downtown Berkeley, you can get a smart card, enabling you to use the downtown Berkeley (or any other) Bikestation at the rate of one penny per hour. This is especially convenient if I am coming home after a concert, play movie, etc. and the attended parking area of the Bikestation is closed. The Bikestation has restrooms, lots of racks and several small lockers (for personal items other than bikes). When I take my bike to work, I park it in my office. When I there is no alternative but to park my bike outside, I use a Quadrachain together with a Mul-t-lock. This is a rather heavy solution, but is easily carried in my Burley Nomad. The Mul-t-lock is virtually unbeatable. Boron hasp, unpickable keyway, keyed like the rest of my Mul-t-locks. CZ -- 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.
