How To Lock Up A Bike With A Cable

Get a pen that fits well inside the keyhole after the cap has been detached.

How to lock up a bike with a cable.

Attach a u lock or chain around the rear wheel the frame and the bike rack as above. Grasp the ballpoint pen by your dominant hand and coil it into the lock at the time of pushing rigidly. Lock the free end in the d lock. Here our host amanda teaches you how to properly lock your bike.

Get a tight fit. Position your lock off the ground with the keyhole facing down. Take a peak at. Lock according to value frame first then back wheel and finally front wheel.

The less room inside of the u lock or chain the more difficult it will be for thieves to use their tools. Then push one end of the cable through the front wheel pass one loop through the other loop and secure the first loop to the main lock. A guy i met at a downtown bike rack showed me his 16mm cable lock that a thief had tried to cut twice bolt cutters hacksaw. Secure the free end in the d lock.

Secure by passing the free end of the cable through the loop. Catch u lock by your non dominant hand. Lock up to the center pole. Push a loop of the cable through the rails of your saddle.

Make sure what you lock your bike to cannot be cut. Secure the front wheel using one end of the cable by pushing it through. With the help of a u lock or a chain lock this can be done fairly easily. If your wheels are quick release remove the front wheel and put it beside the rear wheel and frame.

Push a loop of the cable through the rails of your saddle. Slide your u lock through your frame and both wheels. Never use just a cable lock. The ideal lock system is a good u lock or heavy duty chain and a second lock like a cable.

The advantage of this method is that the cable is very light. Use a d lock on rear wheel through frame and an immovable object. Secure by passing the free end of the cable through the loop. A 16mm cable real thick in other words can be sheared with a bolt cutters or cut with a hack saw but it s one hell of job.

The thief dented it but never severed it.