Tricks of the Trade video: Two bikes, one lock trick

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1. 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)

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2. 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.

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   1. 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.

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3. Of course, the point is moot if your older Kryptonite U-lock can be opened with a bic pen! :)

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