Brake the cycle: a New Yorker’s guide to locking your bike so it’s harder to steal this time

Even the U-racks aren’t thief-proof without the right locking technique. via Rawle C. Jackman / Flickr Thanks to 15 new miles of bike lanes this year and half a million New Yorkers getting on their bicycles each month, it is becoming somewhat safer to bike in the city. It is, however, substantially more dangerous to be a bicycle here. In three years, I have been the dysphoric victim of four bike thefts. The vast majority of big city cyclists can regale you with similar tales of woe. There’s even a Bike Batman in Seattle who makes it his mission to return over 20 stolen bicycles a year to their rightful owners. Until Gotham gets the bicycle-saving hero that it needs, how can you keep your bike safe? The NYPD has taken a greater interest in bike theft recently, but unless your theft was on video or your ride was equipped with some nifty GPS tracker, there’s not a ton they can do.… Read More

Brake the cycle: a New Yorker’s guide to locking your bike so it’s harder to steal this time : Brokelyn