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It doesn't have to be perfect; just good enough. You don't have to lock up perfectly, just better than the bikes around you. And carry insurance and be prepar
by wffurr 4y ago
It doesn't have to be perfect; just good enough. You don't have to lock up perfectly, just better than the bikes around you. And carry insurance and be prepared to replace your bicycle. Or just ride beaters.
- Fricken 4y agoI remind myself that taking transit costs $1200/year. That's what the poor people who can't afford a nice bike do. I don't come anywhere close to having a $1200 worth of bike stolen every year (I'm 45 and have had 7 bikes stolen in my life of commuting by bicycle). I just lock the frame to whatever with a U-lock. Once I had my seat stolen, and once someone made off with my pedals, and again, that isn't enough to warrant threading cables through all my components every time I lock up.
- analog31 4y agoYup, I ride an old clunker, use a padlock and chain, and try to park next to a nicer bike with a cable lock. You need to have a really good eye for bikes to notice that my ugly bike is actually a finely tuned machine.