One of our wonderful MAKE magazine illustrators, Tim Lillis, who does the Tricks of the Trade cartoon in each issue, did a video version. I really like it and hope we get to see more.
Tricks of the Trade: episode 1
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I’ll take this opportunity to point out that you should get locking skewers for your wheels, or travel with a cable.
(another trick, if you get the skewers that can be unlocked with an allen wrench, is to put a little wax or petroleum jelly in the hole, and insert a ball bearing. This will deter many casual thieves, while keeping the wheel easily removable for when you’re fixing a flat)
It’s better, if you can, to put the ulock around the rim inside the rear triangle. It’s impossible to get the ulock out of the triangle short of taking a hacksaw to the rear wheel. I’d be surprised if you could get a ulock around two rims and a pole though.
The way he locked up the bikes, some one could take off with two slightly used rear wheels.
Heck, they didn’t even bother to run a cable through the front wheels. Even where I live, in a suburb-city, they would come back to find two bike frames securely connected to the pipe without wheels.
Of course, the point is moot if your older Kryptonite U-lock can be opened with a bic pen! :)