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    This is a specialist / niche blog about . . . uh . . . locking your bike. The clue's kinda in the title.

    I also write a more regular blog about cycling, bike culture, advocacy, and stuff, called "Do The Right Thing".

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    • Hahaha! Fail! November 15, 2009
      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,
    • Is This A Safe Bet? November 15, 2009
      Walking to my hotel in Zagreb last week, I passed a betting shop with an unlocked bike outside it…. I’m not sure what sort of a market there is here for second hand bikes, but if you were a betting man / woman, would you want to put good money on this bike not getting [...]
    • Bicycle Shaped Object November 15, 2009
      For the last few days I’ve been in Croatia, teaching at the university in Osijek. I have been exceptionally well looked after by my hosts, one of whom lent me his bike so I could have a ride around the city on Friday morning before lectures. What you have here is basically a 15 year-old [...]
    • Be Seen In Traffic November 15, 2009
      Now that winter is definitely probably almost nearly here (currently sunny & just below 20 °C here is Croatia), the chances are that you’re going to end up riding at night. Unless you are actually a Bike Ninja, and on some sort of assassination mission, it’s a good idea to make yourself as visible as [...]
    • Friday Caption Competition: Slow Bicycle Movement Edition November 13, 2009
      Like the sexy bunny in the Cadbury’s Caramel ads from the 80s , I agree that life really is sometimes far, far better if you slow down & take your time. With that in mind, we’ve slowed things right down for this week’s Friday Caption Contest. See what you can make of this Creative Commons photo [...]
    • Is It Time To Demand Segregation? November 11, 2009
      No, I’m not talking about the kind of segregation that creates second-class citizens , and makes people sit at the back of the bus - that’s not a Good Thing at all. No, what I mean is having decent, direct routes for bikes that keep them out of the way of eejits people driving motorised vehicles. [...]
    • In Flanders Fields November 11, 2009
      In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To [...]

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You get what you pay for

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Karl McCracken

This video shows a reformed ex-bicycle thief in the Netherlands. We’ll call him Fritz, but that’s not his real name.
Anyway, the premise of the film is to show you just how easy it is to break into most cheep bike locks – in this case less than €30 each. We’re talking times as low as [...]

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Locked Bikes In London

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Karl McCracken

When I was in That London the other week, I took some photos of locked bikes around Angel tube station,
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, but your average scroat in [...]

Filed under: Bike locking strategy, Bike theft, D-Lock / U-Lock, How to lock your bike, Partially Locked Bike, Stolen Bike | 1 Comment »

Bike Lock That Bites Back

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Karl McCracken

OK, it doesn’t bite – the Smart Lock is a prototype bike lock designed by Michael Lambourn, that sprays the would-be bike thief with paint / smart water / skunk scent / ebola-infected blood / whatever when they try to cut it.
Basically it’s a regular-ish looking lock that’s full of some fluid under pressure. When [...]

Filed under: How to lock your bike, News, Technology, Video | 2 Comments »