Where/How do you keep your lock?

[aJohnson]

Hi, I just bought a fairly big heavy lock, for insurance purposes, and I'm wondering how you carry yours along with you? Do you attach it too the frame?

 

[Landslide]

Mine stays in my bag. I don't like locks mounted on the bike, they rattle about too much.

 

[fossyant]

My big 10lb chain stays on the stand at work. My heavy Krypto Mini forgetitpunk goes in rucksack with an Abus Bordo (additional protection when not at work) and a coil lock (for securing saddle and carbon seat post....)

All in all quite heavy....

 

[HLaB]

On my commuter the Lock is attached to the frame I mount it on the seat tube but reversed like this so it doesn't interfere with a water bottle. I find it doesn't rattle there and if it did i'd rather it rattled there, than inside a bag eventually wearing a hole.

Edit: and like other people I leave the heavier lock (New york+Kyrpto flex Cable) at work.

 

[joolsybools]

D lock mounted on bike (doesn't rattle) and coily(?!) lock either on bike or in basket.

 

[Arch]

D-lock, either in a pannier, or my courier bag, or on very short hops, just hooked over the handlebars.

 

[Kestevan]

Big Heavy F&ck-off lock permanently in the garage at home.
Second Big Heavy F%ck-off lock permanently round the stand at work.

On weekend rides, thin cable lock in jersety pocket - but the bike is never out of sight and no more than 10 seconds away.

 

[Bigtwin]

Odd-job bike - d lock on the frame - doesn't rattle on account of clever mounting bracket design.

Roadie - have one of those retracting steel cable ski-locks in the seat pack for cafe stops etc. Not secure as such, but good enough for going up to the counter to order/sitting by the window.

When I didn't work at home - big lock left at each end.

Other occasions - lump it in the ruck-sack or bungee on the rack if I have one.

 

[byegad]

When I commuted I carried a light 30 second stop lock and left a seriously heavy motorcycle lock on the stand at work, where there was 24/7 security. Not sure how sensible this would be if there was only part time security but it worked for me.

 

[punkypossum]

I leave my D-lock chained to the stand at work, however, just in case someone decides to superglue it or tamper with it in any way, I have a second D-lock in the cupboard at work, so there is always a replacement. For short stops I use a cable lock which is attached to the bike.

 

[Helly79]

I have a D lock and it goes in my bag as I have no where to fit it to my bike.

 

[2Loose]

Anyone seen the UGH brackets by ABUS? a secure way of locking pretty much anything lock related to a rack... 20quid is a bit much, but I reckon that'll solve my weighty rucksack problem.

 

[palinurus]

D lock and long cable lock stay in the shed and I keep a fairly weedy cable lock at work- mainly to deter colleagues from hiding my bike (the site is pretty secure). If I needed a really heavy lock at work I'd leave it there.

Only problem with this system is it makes it difficult to stop and buy milk on the way home. What I need around here is a ride-in market.

 

[notsolazy]

I always take a rucksack out when im riding for storing essentials so my lock goes in there

 

[tordis]

Used to carry my old, cheapo cable lock in my rucksack; now I have a bike with a rack, so I put on some panniers and my new D lock goes in there. I have this thingy to mount it on my bike, just haven't had the time to do that yet.