How To Lock Your Bike Up

Check out our videos on how to properly lock up your bike with either a u lock or a chain.
How to lock your bike up. Take a peak at our latest episode and let us know. If you 39 re going to actively use your bicycle and leave it on the streets you have to lock it properly. For a bike with a quick release front wheel remove it and put it next to the rear wheel when you secure your lock. In some cases a bike thief might steal an entire rack and all bikes attached to it and in other cases if left outside overnight the bars of your u lock could be cut and cables snipped.
Ali shows us how to lock up our bikes correctly. If you lock it but not. In the street at home and at work or college. Buying the best bike lock is only the first step.
The only line of defense against bike thieves is a bike lock. This feature is not available right now. Avoid jamming your bike up against someone else s in a crowded rack or bike pile and make sure your bike isn t blocking or tangled up with other bikes. With the help of a u lock or a chain lock this can be done fairly easily.
You need to know how to lock your bike properly too. In the street locking your bike to a strong immovable object in a busy area with lots of other bikes and cctv cameras is a great. There may be an instance where due to an oddly shaped locking structure the size of your lock or the size of your bike you are limited in what you are able to capture in your lock up. And you need to lock your bike properly everywhere.
To lock your bike start by threading a d or u lock through the rims of the front and back wheels the rear frame and the handle bars and attaching it to an immovable object. If you re cycling around town or if you ve stopped at a cafe where you leave your bike and how you lock it can prevent it from being a target for the dreaded bike thieves. To lock to trees or not to trees. Please try again later.