Do you lock your Brompton on public transport...

[GrumpyGregry]

...or even lock it to the public transport you are on. bloke on southern this afternoon used a cable lock to lock his to the handrail by the doors (in the carriage lobby)

Never seen such a thing before, is it common?

 

[Red Light]

I don't, I always keep it within sight. I don't even carry a lock of any sort on the basis that if some jobsworth tells me I can't bring it into a building and I should lock it up outside I can truthfully say that's not an option as I have no lock and am not going to leave it out there unlocked. Not had to test that line yet. if it's a full size bike that has to go in a bike section of the train then I will lock it as you can rarely sit with it.

 

[dawesome]

I always lock my bike in the guard's van on the train. The journey's through Essex.

 

[Moodyman]

...or even lock it to the public transport you are on. bloke on southern this afternoon used a cable lock to lock his to the handrail by the doors (in the carriage lobby)

Never seen such a thing before, is it common?

I've never seen it before either. Did he go to the toilet with an imminent station stop?

 

[Brains]

I always lock my bike in the guard's van on the train. The journey's through Essex.

I would have thought a bike was safe in Essex, as no EssexBoy would be seen dead on one. Now if you had a hot hatch with underfloor lighting, blacked out windows and a stereo that would be understood by the Who's Sound System Roadies, now that you would need to lock up

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I've never seen it before either. Did he go to the toilet with an imminent station stop?

Nope. Locked it as soon as he got on and went an sat miles away, even though nearer line-of-sight seats were available. high end brompton as it happens, dynohub, rack, etc..

i wouldn't nick a black one though.

 

[gaz]

I see.. sorry, i trip over, a brompton on a southern train every now and then. Not once have i seen one locked.

 

[StuartG]

I lock my Brommie to the luggage racks when I travel on Great Western HS125s or Virgin Pendalinos since the reserved seats rarely overlook the racks. I don't bother on local trains where the whole point is you can keep the Brommie within reach.

 

[Bromptonaut]

There are examples of Bromptons nicked from train vestibules - Paddington/Oxford services ring a bell.

I've bought and use a simple cable lock for use with mine (Euston/Northampton). Under no illusions about the determined and equipped but at least I'm making life difficult for anyone trying to lift the bike as the door alarm goes at Euston, Leighton Buzzard or MKC.

 

[srw]

Never - I don't carry a lock. But I'm lucky in that it fits between seats (on Chiltern class 165s), or I can sit next to it (on Metropolitan stock). On the train to Guildford I make sure I sit within watching distance.

 

[BentMikey]

I think I'd lock mine if I sat a bit away from it, and if I had a brompton.

 

[CharlieB]

Never - I don't carry a lock. But I'm lucky in that it fits between seats (on Chiltern class 165s), or I can sit next to it (on Metropolitan stock).

+1

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

No, for me there's no point even taking one. At work it sits in a locked room all day. In the mornings, I go one stop on a train where I can sit down and either keep an eye on it by the doors, or put it in a luggage rack close by my seat. There are also people on there that I speak to that (I hope) would notice any suspicious activity.

In the evening I'm normally standing with it, leaning against the doors, along with up to 15 other people crammed in the bit at the end of the train carriage. I would put it in the luggage rack, but there's usually someone sitting in there.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

I don't train commute daily but on the long distance trains I do take a cable lock and lock the bike up. On cross country trains the only guaranteed Brompton parking is in the coach near the 'normal' bike parking and that's outside the seating area; so I lock mine to the upright in the luggage area there.

If it's guaranteed that the bike is (a) in my sight and (b) closer to me than to any door I'd not be bothered.

Depends on the train layout really. On the Virgin services there's normally more luggage room and more evenly distributed (on cross country they're only teeny luggage racks at each end, right near a door and invisible when the train is full).

 

[fimm]

I don'y lock mine, and I leave it in the vesibule by the doors. You're making me paranoid now... maybe I should try and keep it next to me... I do keep an eye on it but I think you could nick it if I was not looking at the right moment. Hmm.