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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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    • Friday Caption Contest: A Politically Acceptable Deal For Less Than Two Degrees Of Warming December 17, 2009
      … or in other words, a snowball’s chance in hell. If we’d held out for a politically acceptable, affordable solution to problems in the past, we’d have probably decided that appeasement of the Third Reich was the way to win votes at home. Actually, it probably was the way to win votes at home, but we’d [...]
    • Electric Assist Bikes December 15, 2009
      In general, I’m not such a fan of these. A bike with an electric motor? Really, you’ve got to be kidding me! That is SO missing the point. BUT . . . just sometimes, when the wind is in my face for the whole of the journey home . . . or I’ve left late for [...]
    • Missing Item? December 15, 2009
      Flicking through my photos from Croatia, I came across this one of a bike parked up in Osijek: This bike was parked in the same location for several days, and I was left puzzling . . . Did the owner always park up int he same place, but having no saddle lock, take it with them [...]
    • Why Mountain Bikes Are Popular In UK Cities December 15, 2009
      It never ceases to amaze me the number of people I see riding around town on crazily shoddy mountain bike wannabe BSOs. Or probably even worse, the real deal - £2,000 worth of carbon, knobbly tyres and suspension travel to deal with roads that are for the most part smooth as Liv Tyler’s complexion. Well, [...]
    • Startled by Birds December 13, 2009
      Yes indeed, driving is hazardous. In a week in which it’s been revealed that more drivers than ever are chatting away on the phone (almost as if they know their chances of getting away with it are virtually assured, because it’s plain that the police don’t give a damn), I’ve seen all sorts of mayhem [...]
    • Photo - Alan Booth Clearances December 12, 2009
      Remember the driver who managed to squeeze through an impossibly tight gap to get past me earlier in the week? The one to whom I should be grateful for not actually hitting me ? At the time, due to the feeble flash on my Blackberry, I couldn’t get a decent photo to record the details of [...]
    • Think Happy Thoughts And You Can Fly December 11, 2009
      If you saw the early 90’s Peter Pan film, Hook, you’ll probably remember the scene where the Lost Boys are trying to teach Peter to fly again. The basic premise is that you can only fly if you’re thinking happy thoughts. The happiness gives you wings and ta-da! you can fly! The thing is, you [...]

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Hahaha! Fail!

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Karl McCracken

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, I don’t think the bike is an Asda special with the front forks on back to front – I [...]

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Decoy Bike?

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Karl McCracken

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 yesterday:

As I said, neither bike is locked, though that lamp post is pretty securely [...]

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The Good Lord Smites Bike Thieves

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Karl McCracken

I’m a huge fan of Yehuda Moon, and last Friday evening I started doodling bike stuff on a napkin in a restaurant – just to keep Daughter entertained.
What I came up with was this (now re-drawn – I don’t routinely take colouring pencils with me to restaurants!) – a little morality tale about the rights [...]

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