For her new saddle & post, we added the bit of zero-cost security shown below. We ran a bit of old chain through a section of old inner tube, looped the wrapped chain around the saddle rails and frame and connected the chain with a chain tool. The tubing protects the bike frame and helps keep the chain from clanking around too much. This bit of added security should make the saddle a somewhat less tempting target to the scum of the earth. Of course, a scumball with tools can still steal stuff, but every bit helps.
Keep 'em rolling and keep 'em safe,
Kent "Mountain Turtle" Peterson
Issaquah WA USA
Kent "Mountain Turtle" Peterson
Issaquah WA USA
6 comments:
I dunno Kent. Seems changing to a bolt might be easier. How often does she change seat post height? I could see if you are changing height on mtn bike becuase of terrain. But the older I get the less I am certain of anything.
She and her husband share that bike, so the seat height gets changed a fair bit so they wanted to keep the quick release. That's why the retaining chain is set up with a bit of slack.
Nice, I live in fear that my lovely Brooks saddle will get pinched while I'm on the road. I met another bicycle tourer that had been cycling the world for years without a saddle because every time he got a new one it was pinched.
Chain, rubber, and leather are a classic fashion vocabulary. Done right, as here, the materials synergize to give the saddle a chic, confident voice when speaking to admirers, and not just thieves. A chained Brooks saddle with rubber hose accessory speaks playfully of bondage while answering the question "Theft? Make it work!"
These are the best investment I've ever made:
http://www.amazon.com/Zefal-Locking-Bicycle-3-Piece-Seatpost/dp/B001NOECEC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_5
I don't think the QR itself is the vulnerability. The critical thing is how the seat is bolted to the seat post. If you use a bolt having a nonstandard head (one for which typical thief doesn't have wrench)or fill the head with supergue, then the chain strategy can work in that it slows a thief down or moves him on because he would still to deal with the whole shebang being locked to the frame. So, I wonder, how easy is it for a thief using small, hand-sized cutters to cut through a chain as compared to a cable? I am assuming the thief doesn't carry a chain breaking tool.
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