Those staples work well; plenty of those in the Netherlands. One alternative that works fairly well is this fixed post thingy: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wik

Those staples work well; plenty of those in the Netherlands. One alternative that works fairly well is this fixed post thingy: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Fixed_bollard_bicycle_stand.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Fixed_bo... The clamp for the vertical seat bar is probably what limits this to conventional framed bicycles, but the U-ring welded below is very useful for attaching the lock as I did on the photograph. The big benefit of this one is that the clamp can be closed, and that your bicycle is then essentially storm-proof (I would guess for at least one Beaufort more than the Sheffield staple).