Daisy chaining/Lock to Lock

Del2005

When I head out with my mates and we're leaving our bikes we always try and daisy chain them.



I've never daisy chained to a strangers bike. Has anyone ever had any issues daisy chaining to an unknown bike?

http://www.lock2lock.co.uk/

seanybiker

Never done it meself. Wouldn't bother me if someone done it to my bike.

Rosahane

It's a great idea actually.

There was a campaign in the UK a couple of years ago about this. They had stickers as well, something like a heart with a capital L on either side of it so signify that you supported it and to do it.

seamus

FWIW, the picture in the OP shows a very poor way to lock a bike/bikes, with the locks trailing on the ground. Although it prevents the bikes being lifted, it makes it much easier to work on with a bolt cutters or sledgehammer.

Del2005

seamus wrote: »

FWIW, the picture in the OP shows a very poor way to lock a bike/bikes, with the locks trailing on the ground. Although it prevents the bikes being lifted, it makes it much easier to work on with a bolt cutters or sledgehammer.

It's not the best method alright. But in a high traffic area I doubt that scumbags would risk working with sledges etc.

Antiquo

seamus wrote: »

FWIW, the picture in the OP shows a very poor way to lock a bike/bikes, with the locks trailing on the ground. Although it prevents the bikes being lifted, it makes it much easier to work on with a bolt cutters or sledgehammer.

Del2005 wrote: »

It's not the best method alright. But in a high traffic area I doubt that scumbags would risk working with sledges etc.

I would see the point of this if there was nothing else (fixed) to throw the chain around and when you go to the road racing its the preferred sometimes only way of linking the bike to something so Mr Nick Yerbike can't lift it.

Bitter lesson I learned a long time ago I lost an LC350 only 6 month old when the fuggers lifted it into a van with lock an all still on it. They used to get some little scrote to let the air out of a tyre then a van would pull up guy gets out in biker gear pretends its his bike mates van, etc. doing him a favour cause he has a flat and nobody blinks. (someone saw it being lifted but never saw it again).


Where possible I always use disk lock and the chain goes around a lampost or the like.

Del2005

Antiquo wrote: »

I would see the point of this if there was nothing else (fixed) to throw the chain around and when you go to the road racing its the preferred sometimes only way of linking the bike to something so Mr Nick Yerbike can't lift it.

Sorry I should have been clearer. The best way is always to lock to something solid, this is only for when there's nothing solid to lock to.