Best Unicycle Pic!

[Nomadic]

~I was always curios what you would do with your unicycle if you rode it to the store, and now I know! The best part is that it was locked to the bike rack using handcuffs...
(Image credit to PeopleofWalmart.com (http://peopleofwalmart.com/?p=3289))

[dudewithasock]

Haha, well I've never used handcuffs, but I loop a bike lock around through the tire at bike racks all the time on campus during class.

[johnfoss]

I wonder what that unicycle did wrong?

[Nomadic]

I loop a bike lock around through the tire at bike racks all the time on campus during class.

Does it stay fairly safe? I mean, unicycles are kinda expensive (even the seats for that matter), and I really would like to ride my unicycle somewhere and chain it up, but I'm just too concerned about its safety. I wish there was a decent/secure way to lock up a uni.. :rolleyes:

[DoctorPunch]

I usually just find a high spot to stow it or bring it in. I don't think I ever tried to bring my uni anywhere where they didn't allow it.

Hell, If I bring it to a bar it's a guaranteed free drink!

[1-wheeled-grape]

free drink ehh... have to remember that one
I'm considering riding to college, I'll just lock through the wheel and either through the seat or take the seat off and put it in my locker

Saying that i could take the frame off too :L that would be even funnier! :D

[Michaelgoround]

Does it stay fairly safe?
Yah. Have you had anyone try and steal it?

[DoctorPunch]

Yah. Have you had anyone try and steal it?

lol he has the cuffs to make a citzen's arrest.

[petad]

I just loop my bike lock through the space in my frame between the double crown and the normal crown, and through the wheel :p

[Trevor Staader]

In my town with the population of 500 Im the only unicyclist so it would easy to find the person who stole my unicycle. :)

[nimblelight]

~I was always curios what you would do with your unicycle if you rode it to the store, and now I know!

I just wheel mine in with me. Nobody cares so long as I don't ride it.

This works perfectly. Because my hands are free, I can snack on whatever I bought while I'm riding home.

[dudewithasock]

Does it stay fairly safe? I mean, unicycles are kinda expensive (even the seats for that matter), and I really would like to ride my unicycle somewhere and chain it up, but I'm just too concerned about its safety. I wish there was a decent/secure way to lock up a uni.. :rolleyes:

Well I did it all freshman year and have done it so far this year as well with no incidents.

[maestro8]

Haha, well I've never used handcuffs

If used properly, you'll never have to. She'll put them on for you. And take them off when she's done with you.

[Peripatet]

As cheeky a picture as this is, the handcuffs are really much less secure than a U lock or even a chain with a good padlock. Any 15 year old with a bobby pin and Youtube access can shim 4 out of the 5 most common handcuffs in the world in a matter of seconds.

I used to use a big Krypton U lock on my uni, but found it unnecessarily heavy. Now, I have a good length of heavy gauge chain and a sold Master lock. Nobody has messed with my unis anywhere I've left them.

[johnfoss]

A thick chain is pretty theft-proof as long as your lock is bolt-cutter-proof. The reason U-locks are more popular is the weight difference. :)

[evil-nick]

Now, I have a good length of heavy gauge chain and a sold Master lock. Nobody has messed with my unis anywhere I've left them.

Scam School on Revision3.com had a great episode on unlocking padlocks with a shim... might want to rethink the type of lock ;)

[hobo_chuck]

Heh, it wouldn't matter if you used a rope and a square knot.

The thieves would just go after the completely unprotected bike laying on the ground rather than take the risk of being seen fiddling with a lock... and if they're the kind that wouldn't, they'll cut through whatever chain or bar you use anyway.

[Peripatet]

Scam School on Revision3.com had a great episode on unlocking padlocks with a shim... might want to rethink the type of lock ;)

That's where lock selection is key. Personally, I walk in the store with a pick set and take the one that's hardest to pop. It's only the cheapest locks that can be single-shimmed. Most need to be opened with a rake and tension bar (new toolset, takes longer) or picked (more skill/time required than most thieves have to invest in a uni).

Also, look for a thick shackle or one with very little exposed shackle to discourage bolt cutters. A crappy shackle makes all other concerns moot.

[daretodream]

I usually just find a high spot to stow it or bring it in. I don't think I ever tried to bring my uni anywhere where they didn't allow it.

Hell, If I bring it to a bar it's a guaranteed free drink!

Ive tried getting my uni into a bar but the 2 security guards wanted it left outside.No way was I leaving my uni behind.

I did get to bring my uni inside the casino at Brisbane funnily enough. My uni just fitted into their large locker very snuggly.

[john_childs]

Master Lock (http://www.masterlockcycle.com/product_9link.shtml) actually makes a bicycle lock that is designed like cuffs. They've made several different flavors through the years. Some with longer chains and some with very short chains. I wonder if the lock on the unicycle is a Master Lock or a regular pair of cuffs?

A very good U-lock is more secure. But the cuffs are better than any cable lock.

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[GILD]

And they do look waaaay kewler.

[Trevor Staader]

:)

[hobo_chuck]

Haha, some guy had a quick release and they stole most of his bike:p

[john_childs]

That is an evil (poorly designed) bike rack. It's a design that encourages you to lock your bike improperly (just locking the wheel like that poor person did). If you try to lock your bike securely to that rack you have to use the rack in a way that the designer did not design for. You can straddle the front wheel over the rack and then be able to lock the front wheel and frame to the rack, then use a second lock or cable or chain to secure the rear wheel. Or you can lock your bike parallel with the rack rather than perpendicular, but that will block out about four of the bike spots. Still, blocking 4 spots is better than having your bike stolen. Basically it's a bike rack designed by someone who has never tried to securely lock up a bike.

I'm a bit of a bike lock nut. I have at least 4 good locks and several OK locks (cable locks and the like).
- New York Fahgettaboudit U-lock (https://www.kryptonitelock.com/products/ProductDetail.aspx?cid=1001&scid=1000&pid=1095) (NYFU), that little sucker weighs about 4.5 pounds
- OnGuard Brute Std (http://www.onguardlock.com/?page_id=329), larger than the NYFU but still heavy
- OnGuard Pitbull Mini (http://www.onguardlock.com/?page_id=329), about the same size as the NYFU but much lighter
- Master Lock chain lock, heavy but the chain isn't burly enough to withstand bolt cutters

Which lock(s) I bring or use depends on what I'm locking up and where.