Getting more like Bejing (and bike security)

Crapaud

From Lovemoney.com via BT/Yahoo:

Emma Lunn wrote:

... According to research, more than three million people have started cycling to work to keep costs down. ...

:shock: Lummy!

Emma Lunn wrote:

... Interestingly when I bought my bike and was torn between the girly-looking pastel coloured one and a plain black one, the man in the cycle shop said girls' bikes are stolen less often than men's for the simple reason that it's mainly boys that nick bikes and they're unlikely to go for ones they wouldn't be seen dead on. So a girly bike it was then. ...

Anyone know where I can get some kitten decals?

Jay dubbleU

Mine's a stealth bike - if you can't see it you can't nick it - that and a huge Kryptonite lock which I think weighs more than the bike

biondino

Also, who'd want to nick a hybrid :P

Jay dubbleU

biondino wrote:

Also, who'd want to nick a hybrid :P

Harsh, very harsh :shock:

damnedinflames

My train station bike racks are now full of shiny new commuter bikes (although now it's got a bit nippy some of them haven't moved much recently) and there seems to be a large number of hybrids, girlie coloured things and lots of handlebar mounted wicker baskets about - I think they're quite safe from being nicked

The guy who'd locked his halford special racer to itself but not to the rack on the other hand . . . . :roll:

sarajoy

Damn, mine's looking ever more sporty and blokey - it's a girl-bike but black with clipless pedals and about to get black rubberised bar-ends.... how should I girl it up?!

bluesacs

I'm going to paint my bike pink and leave an empty bottle of chardonnay in the basket.

Crapaud

sarajoy wrote:

Damn, mine's looking ever more sporty and blokey - it's a girl-bike but black with clipless pedals and about to get black rubberised bar-ends.... how should I girl it up?!

Crochet a floral pattern bike cosy with a bobble on top?

Or kitten decals? (From $4.95.)

don_don

biondino wrote:

Also, who'd want to nick a hybrid :P

Or a cyclo-cross bike.....

rolf_f

sarajoy wrote:

Damn, mine's looking ever more sporty and blokey - it's a girl-bike but black with clipless pedals and about to get black rubberised bar-ends.... how should I girl it up?!

She's a fake!! Not a girl at all! Not only do real girls always know how to girl anything up, they do it entirely subconsiously!

girv73

I'm going for tassels, sparkly pink tassels on the bar ends.

sarajoy

Part of me very nearly picked up the little coloured plastic spoke wotsits from Tesco yesterday. So close.

Crapaud

girv73 wrote:

I'm going for tassels, sparkly pink tassels on the bar ends.

You'll be needing a bike windmill with that!