do you padlock/chain your saddle - how.?

[John the Canuck]

just talking to Sis in Law. Her son [works in Paris] recently did a Charity ride to London

whilst visiting Oxford, she says his saddle was stolen whilst bike was locked
I'll have to ask him how he got home.......

don't know if it was a QR -
but do you 'secure' yours, considering they can be an expensive item..? and how.?

 

[marzjennings]

Watch vid and learn.

 

[jefmcg]

I've seen a lot of bikes with missing saddles in London, and mine is a beautifully broken in Brooks, which would take months to get back into similar condition, after the £50+ replacement price.

I put a kryptoflex cable through one (or both, depending on how my ulock is deployed) wheel(s), and through the saddle hoops. This cable will only go through a brooks saddle, other brands have a smaller space under the rails, and you'd need a thinner cable.

I like this picture; it reminds me to lock up well.

 

[alans]

Irrespective of duration, depends where I leave the bike(rarely out of sight).
In town the saddle in locked.Out in the sticks less so.
The cost of replacing a Brooks Swallow with ti rails is sufficient incentive to use one of these

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/abus-combiflex-202-90cm-cable-bike-lock/

with the cable passing over/thru' the saddle rails & down & thru' the frame.Additionally the seat post is NOT q.r..
This will deter casual theft I reckon.
A determined tea leaf will have it away with the whole bike & be suitably tooled up to defeat the far more substantial lock used to secure the whole machine.

 

[fossyant]

I cable lock mine through the rails. It's not a particularly expensive saddle, but add in a carbon seat post then it's about £80 plus for the two. Just have to prey no tea leaf recognises the Ritchey WCS bars which are £80 a set.

 

[Dark46]

Oops looks as though I'm going to get a few things soon

 

[John the Canuck]

thanks all ... don't want to go overboard - living in the country [still when did that mean no thieves.?]

usually use an ''ONGUARD'' D-Lock through frame/rear wheel whilst shopping
plus a Magnum cable for the front wheel if leaving for several hours

may buy a discreet cable lock should i buy an expensive saddle

 

[MontyVeda]

QR levers do make it too easy for an opportunist to relieve you of your saddle and wheels... which is why i got rid of them.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I lock my bike like this in a bike cage at work:

One cable goes through the saddle rails, rear wheel and frame, while the other cable goes through the front wheel, rear wheel and frame.

 

[jefmcg]

In melbourne? You don't need all the that, just park next to this guy

 

[Shut Up Legs]

In melbourne? You don't need all the that, just park next to this guy

My bike I just posted above is a good-quality touring bike and cost about £1325, so I'm not sure what parking my bike next to that one would achieve.
Unless you're referring to the travel cost in your other thread? In any case, as I said, my touring bike isn't just a cheap bike-shaped object.

 

[slowmotion]

D lock through the frame and rear wheel and a cable loop through the front wheel. I find the faff of the curly whirly stuff through the front wheel tedious enough so I have never considered securing the Charge Spoon. I tend not to leave it locked in quiet/busy places for long though.

 

[jefmcg]

My bike I just posted above is a good-quality touring bike and cost about £1325, so I'm not sure what parking my bike next to that one would achieve.

it was meant to be light-hearted. There's a principle of bike locking that all you have to do - all you can do in fact - is make your bike less attractive than other bikes in the area. I kept seeing very nice bikes locked up with flimsy cables, I got pretty relaxed at locking my bike up.

 

[slowmotion]

it was meant to be light-hearted. There's a principle of bike locking that all you have to do - all you can do in fact - is make your bike less attractive than other bikes in the area. I kept seeing very nice bikes locked up with flimsy cables, I got pretty relaxed at locking my bike up.

Absolutely. It's when some of the other bikes don't that I get a bit nervous.

 

[DCLane]

Kryptonite cable / D-lock through the frame/wheel in a locked underground bike cage with CCTV. We've had no issues in the 3 years I've been commuting.

There's been bikes left there for weeks/months that are still there untouched; one colleague seems to be using it as personal storage for his ever-expanding collection