A quick-release skewer on your new mountain bike is a bug, not a feature:
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Posts Tagged ‘lock’
San Francisco Must Be the Bicycle-Stealingest City in the World
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013Area Bicycle Thief Claims He Could Have Stolen This MTB Locked Up on Market Street in Two Minutes
Thursday, April 4th, 2013Which is probably true.
But the thing is I only left it there for two minutes
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After a brief examination of the doors of this obsolete newspaper pedmount, the bicycle thief ran off claiming that he wasn’t trying to steal this particular bike.
On it goes.
Here’s a Detailed Report of the Big SFPD-Google Bike Theft Workshop – 720 Stolen in the Mission Per Year
Thursday, December 13th, 2012Not from me, oh no, but from PlattyJo.com, aka Jenny Oh Hatfield, who just nuts about bikes.
Does this count as a bike theft? I’d say so:
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When You Need to Move Something Big Real Fast in San Francisco, Spirit Courier has the Right Bike for the Job
Friday, October 26th, 2012See?
We’ve come a long way, baby.
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The modern-day warriors at Spirit Courier dominate the dojo that is the Financh, the Nine-Four-Triple-One
Check their cv’s.
Just saying.
A modern-day warrior
Mean mean stride,
Today’s Tom Sawyer
Mean mean pride.
Though his mind is not for rent,
Don’t put him down as arrogant.
His reserve, a quiet defense,
Riding out the day’s events.
The river
San Francisco’s Spirit Courier Uses an Unstealable Cargo Bike, So It Doesn’t Need to be Locked to Anything
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012See?
How would you like to drive this monster around the mean streets of San Francisco?
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Danish Cargo Bike Fever: Catch It
Happy Six-Month Anniversary to the Abandoned Women’s Bicycle of NoPA – May You Stay Chained Forever
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012I’m sure there’s a story that explains how the rear wheel on this bike got taco’ed, but no matter, this bike is now useless and abandoned and it’s going to stay exactly where it is forever:
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Apparently…
Nordstrom No-No: Foolish San Francisco Cyclist Walks Away From His Fixie Without Locking His Saddle and Headset
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011So this is what happens, somebody comes along and steals the saddle, fork and headset.
See?
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Oh, the hubris of leaving your bike only partially secured in front of the flagship Nordstrom in Mayor Ed Lee’s San Francisco…
NoPA Tableau: Accident-Damaged Bikes Live Forever on the Mean Streets of San Francisco
Friday, September 30th, 2011I don’t know how long this ride has been sitting locked up on Fulton in the NoPA part of the Western Addition but it feels like a period of months now:
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Sometimes it falls down, but then people prop it up again.
The rear wheel has been pretty much taco’ed – see?
I’ll bet there’s a story behind that.
Now you’d think the cop who’s walking a beat in this area (while constantly swinging his billy club) around would notice at some point and have this bike hauled away…
You’d think.
Teach the Children Well: Proper Bike Security is the First Lesson to Learn on the Mean Streets of San Francisco
Monday, August 29th, 2011See?
That heavy-duty chain and tiny U-lock probably outweigh this wooden push-bike:
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Does the kid wear the chain bandolier-style when s/he’s riding? That’d be sweet…
“Street Cuffs” are No Match for the Bike Thieves of San Francisco – The Little Monsters Will Get You Regardless
Monday, August 22nd, 2011Thusly.
As seen on the 00 block of Grove, the World Capital of Bike Thievery:
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But, be my guest, if you want.
