<p>I know that many people say you need the approrpiate U-lock, or else your bike will be stolen. Can anyone recommend an affordable lock that is good enough to lock my bike at UCSD? </p>
<p>Also I have heard if people will steal seats if they are not bolted like those adjustable seats.
Any truth to that?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Not really a bike person so I can’t help with choosing a lock.</p>
<p>But yes, I usually see a few bikes locked in the racks with the seats/handle bars missing sometimes. I brought a bike for the first 2 months of my freshman year and didn’t have this problem though, so I’m not sure if it’s a big issue of if those bikes were just of poor quality.</p>
<p>yeah, people will steal seats. it’s not too common, though. and people will steal front wheels if they’re not locked down. basically, don’t trust anyone.</p>
<p>cables are easily cut, get a u-lock and lock your frame and front wheel to a stationary <em>legal</em> object. you can also lock down your rear tire and seat, but i’m willing to bet 95% of people don’t.</p>
<p>I’m the local bike expert on here it appears… since I work at a bike shop…</p>
<p>Anyway, pick a orange colored one from here:</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.kryptonitelock.com/products/list.aspx?cid=1001&scid=1000[/url]”>https://www.kryptonitelock.com/products/list.aspx?cid=1001&scid=1000</a></p>
<p>AND an accessory cable to go with it.</p>
<p>This should cover you from non - determined thieves; however a very determined thief can not be stopped in anyway unless you catch him and teach him a lesson via shiara law lol.</p>
<p>Sure its a bit pricey but I’m pretty sure replacing a bike and a cheap lock will cost even more.</p>
<p>How do you lock down your bike seat? O.o</p>
<p>Useful and entertaining: [The</a> Best Bike Locks for Every Type of Cyclist – New York Magazine](<a href=“http://nymag.com/shopping/features/48659/]The”>The Best Bike Locks for Every Type of Cyclist -- New York Magazine - Nymag)</p>
<p>from the city of bike thefts :)</p>
<p>To secure your seat, just go to your local bike shop and ask them to replace the quick-release seat bolt with a fixed bolt. Shouldn’t cost more than about $5.</p>
<p>This is very interesting information. I know that the kryptonite u-locks are the best ones, but the orange ones are just a bit expensive. </p>
<p>Leukybear, would you recommend the keeper 12? I know it is less secure, but still a lot cheaper than the evolution series. </p>
<p>Also, would I need another lock to secure the wheels? Or, like Astrina said, would it be sufficient to just lock the frame and front wheels? Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>@kewlosaurusrex</p>
<p>Yes, a quick release seat post clamp (you can get one from your local bike store) & removal of seatpost, seat, seatpost clamp every time you lock up.</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>By using a piece of old chain sleeved in a old inner tube looped between your saddle’s rails and your frame’s seat stay triangle.</p>
<p>@xUCSDx</p>
<p>No I do not recommend that lock, most bike stores will not even carry it for that reason. The minuscule difference in price is not worth losing a bike because you skimped out on a lock.</p>
<p>It is recommended to lock up all wheels. Just use the u lock to lock up the rear wheel and frame (via the seat tube) to a bike rack and get a ~accessory cable~ to loop your front wheel and then back to the U lock.</p>
<p>Leukybear, do you recommend any good accessory cables to go with the evolution u-locks? Or is it not as important since the rear wheel and frame is already locked to the rack?</p>
<p>@ xUCSDx </p>
<p>It is a good idea to have an accessory cable with any u lock, no matter how safe it is. Kryptonite’s own accessory cable is great, you want a longer model FYI. An accessory cable will solve the front wheel problem.
You just do not want your weakest link to be the U lock as I’m pretty sure you rather have to replace a peripheral then a entire bike itself when the unfortunate does happen.</p>
<p>One last question. like sedluhs said in the previous post, would it be just simpler to get a fixed bolt on my seat to fix the quick release seat problem? Even after a fixed bolt, I wouldnt need to lock it separately would i? </p>
<p>And thank you so much for the advice. I’m probably going to get the Evolution 4 and the kryptonite cable from amazon!</p>
<p>@xUCSDx</p>
<p>Thieves have access to tools like me and you. I’m pretty sure you get the point, just read my prior posts regarding how to protect your bike saddle.</p>
<p>hey i had an unrelated questions but still regarding bikes. does anyone know if there are places where i could pump air into my bike tires on campus?</p>
<p>free, outside the bike shop in the old student center. i used it even when i lived off campus.</p>
<p>that’s great! thanks so much!</p>
<p>Yep its all cool; at my dad’s store we have a floor pump chained outside too.</p>