The Principles of Bike Locking

1. Your bike should be more secure than the bike parked next to it. There is old adage, if you are camping in the woods with a friend and see a bear, you don't have to outrun the bear, you just need to outrun your friend. Similarly, you will never be able to 100% secure your bicycle, but you can make your bike the least accessible target on the block for a thief.

2. Never ever ever ever rely solely on a cable lock to secure your bike. Ever. These cables can be snipped so easily it will blow your mind. You wouldn't tie your bike down using Twizzlers—so don't tie your bike down using cables.

3. The smaller the u-lock the better. Not only is it lighter to carry around, the smaller size gives the thief less room to mount a leverage-based attack on the lock (i.e. pry it open with a crowbar).