I’m going to be parking my bike at a highschool. I will never leave it unattended overnight, but the bike will be there about 30 minutes after many students have left. Of course, there will be teachers roaming around the parking lot aswell as security guards, so I reflect they would help stop, or at least deter theives.
I will be locking my bike in this fashion: A excellent u-lock (Kryptonite Evolution or Kryptolok series 2) around my back wheel and frame securing it to the bike rack, and a cheap cable lock to secure my front wheel and saddle to the frame.
How do high school theives steal bikes? If they want to steal my bike, they will need a car jack and boltcutters, and they will also need to spend a excellent deal of time, probably 10-15 minutes stealing my bike. I don’t reflect they would do that, they would rather steal the bikes protected with a crappy cable lock.
The cable lock around my saddle and front wheel (and anchored to the frame) would preclude the opportunity for some random jackass to steal them for fun, right?
Are highschool thieves even smart enough to know what brand Giant is? Do they even care? My bike has no shock absorbers, and it doesn’t look ‘cool’ to the average highschool joe. Are highschoolers stupid enough to rather steal a ‘cooler looking’ annoyed or NEXT, just because it has shocks? My bike is an FCR3, a very nice bike fore smart people, a terrible ‘uncool’ bike for the average kid who subdue thinks he needs full suspension on the road. Its not a ‘cool’ mountain bike or a ‘cool’ BMX bikes, and those are the bikes stupid people probably reflect are better for commuting to school. I don’t mean any fault to any mountain bikes or BMX riders; I just watched the dew tour and the BMX stuff was snazzy, and mountain biking looks perilous and exiciting. I’m just saying, people shoudn’t commute to school on their BMX and mountain bikes, but on a nice hybrid or roadie.
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A excellent kryptonite U Lock and a excellent cable lock will discourage most thieves and you must be safe under most conditions. I have used a Kryptonite U lock for several years and have never had a problem.
Inquire at the main office if there is a security camera aimed at the bicycle rack and if you can register the bike with the school.
I would also mark the seat post right position at the frame with tape or an etched line. Carry a 3 way in your sack and remove the seat with post and keep it in your locker. A bike with no seat is less desirable.
I would use a cable and padlock over a cheap cable lock that has a drum style combination lock.
If your handle bars are just held on by a clamp with allen key bolts you could easily remove the handle bars which would easily deter anyone from attempting to take the bike since it is un-rideable.
Forget this new fad of buying a bomb proof lock using a crappy cable lock on the front wheel. If your front wheel has quick release take it off and place it next to the rear wheel. Place the u-lock through the object you are locking it to, through the frame and rear wheel and through the front wheel (not just the spokes) It’s pointless to buy a excellent lock and leave your front wheel to some crappy cable. The Evolutions are really excellent but the NY lock is better. Or the Fahgetaboutit U- lock or the chain of the same name. You force reflect it’s overkill, but your bike will subdue be there.