Motorcycle Parking: Lock-2-lock
Apr 23rd, 2010 by Leo
If you’ve ever had a bike stolen (I have), you know it doesn’t matter how many disk locks you have or OnGuard chains…unless it’s actually chained to something, someone can pick it up and throw it inside a van in two seconds…
Well here’s a great idea from some clever city bikers in the UK: Lock2Lock. The gist of it is, when you park your bike you can loop your chain around the chain of someone’s else’s bike. That way some thief can’t just throw your bike in the back of a van. To let people know you give them permission to chain up to their chain, you put an L2L sticker on your bike… And since chains are just locked up to other chains, any bike can pull out at any time. Brilliant!
[Repost: how easy it is to steal a bike with a van]
The ONLY thing I’d change about the system is instead of putting a sticker on your bike why not just put the sticker on the lock itself or the chain? That way you don’t go marring your fancy paint job…
Of course it only works in places where there are enough bikes…but we’ll only have more bikes as bike parking becomes safer and more practical. One part of that equation is being able to secure a motorcycle from theft.
So what do you think? Any other changes you’d make? Anyone interested in making this happen over here?
Related posts:
