How To Lock Up A Bike With A Cable

Lock up to the center pole.

How to lock up a bike with a cable. Secure by passing the free end of the cable through the loop. Grasp the ballpoint pen by your dominant hand and coil it into the lock at the time of pushing rigidly. Position your lock off the ground with the keyhole facing down. Secure the front wheel using one end of the cable by pushing it through.

The ideal lock system is a good u lock or heavy duty chain and a second lock like a cable. Attach a u lock or chain around the rear wheel the frame and the bike rack as above. Lock the free end in the d lock. Then push one end of the cable through the front wheel pass one loop through the other loop and secure the first loop to the main lock.

Secure by passing the free end of the cable through the loop. Here our host amanda teaches you how to properly lock your bike. Lock according to value frame first then back wheel and finally front wheel. Use a d lock on the rear wheel pass it through the frame and an immovable object.

Get a tight fit. Catch u lock by your non dominant hand. Take a peak at. A guy i met at a downtown bike rack showed me his 16mm cable lock that a thief had tried to cut twice bolt cutters hacksaw.

If your wheels are quick release remove the front wheel and put it beside the rear wheel and frame. Slide your u lock through your frame and both wheels. Press and twirl the pen into the keyhole. A 16mm cable real thick in other words can be sheared with a bolt cutters or cut with a hack saw but it s one hell of job.

Secure the free end in the d lock. Secure the front wheel using one end of the cable. Never use just a cable lock. The thief dented it but never severed it.

Push a loop of the cable through the rails of your saddle. Make sure what you lock your bike to cannot be cut. Use a d lock on rear wheel through frame and an immovable object. Push a loop of the cable through the rails of your saddle.

With the help of a u lock or a chain lock this can be done fairly easily.