{"id":2335,"date":"2013-01-16T19:39:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T19:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2023-07-13T17:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:02:26","slug":"not-the-recommended-way-to-secure-your-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/not-the-recommended-way-to-secure-your-bicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Not the recommended way to secure your bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/8387682136\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8356\/8387682136_75de985c11.jpg\" alt=\"TP'd bike\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chains? U-locks? Bicycle frames with built-in locking mechanisms? Sure, you <em>could<\/em> use any of these methods in prevention of bicycle thievery. But one enterprising local has apparently discovered a new way to secure your bicycle: toilet paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If potential thieves can even spot your bike under the shroud of TP, will they be able to tear through it all before the cops arrive? Probably not &#8212; as anyone who&#8217;s ever suffered a TP attack can tell you, it takes a while to clean it all up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, the TP method has several drawbacks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paper is not as sturdy as a U-lock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Metal locks don&#8217;t get soggy in the rain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Street-crapping crackheads might use your bicycle lock to wipe themselves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless a solution can be found to these issues, toilet paper cannot be recommended for bicycle security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Spotted at 16th and Albion.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chains? U-locks? Bicycle frames with built-in locking mechanisms? Sure, you could use any of these methods in prevention of bicycle thievery. But one enterprising local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Not the recommended way to secure your bicycle - MrEricSir.com","description":"Chains? U-locks? Bicycle frames with built-in locking mechanisms? Sure, you could use any of these methods in prevention of bicycle thievery. But one enterprisi"},"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[35,681,882,883,23,244],"class_list":["post-2335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-16thmission","tag-bicycling","tag-lock","tag-monkskettle","tag-san-francisco","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10135,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions\/10135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}