The Backstory:
On our way home from our latest adventure in the Outer Hebrides (see our journey here) the unthinkable happened, our beautiful, precious touring bikes had their locks cut and were stolen from a carpark in Poole in the UK (yes, I know, we shouldn't have let them out of our sight… hindsight etc. ).
A few days before the theft:
Anyone who has ever had this happen will know the heartache and distress it causes – it felt like a part of us was taken away.
When they went missing: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7GZgRztS91/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
We kept the police updated at every stage but they have many other things to be dealing with so we decided to investigate it ourselves… and with the help of the amazing cycling community we managed to track them down to a barn on a rural farm about 50 miles from where they were taken. The seller had hundreds of used bikes in the barn. Because of the remoteness of the location we decided not to confront the seller while we were there so we bought them back, albeit without our original saddles, pedals, handlebars, dynamo headlights etc) for a tiny fraction of their worth.
The find: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7vxOsAtuV5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
We feel very very lucky to have them back and we want to do all we can to keep our bikes safe in future.
The Question:
So, what lock do you use on tour? We've always used high quality locks, but flexible type rather than solid or d-lock types, trying to find a compromise between strength and weight/bulkiness… it seems however that with the rise in battery-powered angle grinders that locks that once seemed pretty safe no longer are. We'd really love to hear about which locks you use.
by PebblsAdventures
1 Comment
I use an abus folding lock with an alarm. And I have an AirTag in the bike and one in each pannier. But as you already know, no lock is fool proof. The only real solution is to never let the bike out of your sight