Unicycle Locks?

Boy, thats a tough one. I've never heard of a kit to attach a ring but
then I'm rather new to uni-ing myself 😄

But even if you can't find a kit it shouldn't be to hard to weld a ring
onto the frame 🙂 Then if you looped a normal lock through the spokes
and that the only thing anyone could steal is the seat. (if you have an
expensive one you might want to think about that as well 😉

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Sounds like you are worried the thieves will take apart your wheel at
the bearings and walk away with the frame and seat? Somebody earlier
mentioned using a Hunter frame for this, but that's a lot of expense
just for locking up.

If your local thieves are really so industrious as to take apart 4
screws or more, my advice to you is to never let your unicycle out of
your sight. You might try for permission to bring it into the classroom,
or talk to a custodian or someone who has an indoor place you can put it
during the day.

And somebody should do something about your school's bike theft problem.

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I didn't mention this before but you also have to consider whether the
thieves would even WANT a unicycle 😉

The percentage of the population that can ride them is very small.

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That could be irrelevant. I think some people steal to stick it to
people, regardless of whether they can use the item.

I've got a really flexible bike lock, can't remember the name of it.
But it's about 4 feet of cable with ends that lock together. Maybe you
could buy one of those and thread it through the tire, then tightly wrap
it around the whole uni, including the seat? Finally locking it into
place on the bike rack. It'd have to be a REALLY tight wrap, though.

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I've been uniing to class for 3 years on two campuses and so far have
never been told that I can't bring my uni into the classroom. However,
if it's a big lecture hall and I can't keep my eye on my uni, I lock it
up through the rim with a U shaped bar lock. If I'm feeling really
paranoid I take the seat off. I also registered a uni with the campus
police for whatever that's worth.

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ethilien said:

*I didn't mention this before but you also have to consider whether
the thieves would even WANT a unicycle 😉

The percentage of the population that can ride them is very small. *

I could just imagine my $600 muni being sold in a pawn shop for $15.

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Get a few different locks. Put them through the spokes, the frame, and
then (if you have a KH or Miyata) find one small enough to fit through
the handle.

Or, take it apart. I store the seat in my locker at school, but the
frame could easily fit as well if I wanted it to.

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I just had an idea. If you tie a knot around the fork like this and
there isn't too much slack, it would secure your uni 😄

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Actually, forget that, I accidentaly didn't make the knot right 🙁

In this image the red line is the continuation of the chain (i deleted
the scene before I realized my mistake 😠 )

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hell-on-wheel said:

*I could just imagine my $600 muni being sold in a pawn shop for $15.
*

That's what might have happened to my carbon MUni and my DM ATU when
they were stolen in 2000. The thief offered the carbon uni to the bike
shop in exchange for removing the (splined) cranks from the ATU.

Some people will steal anything that's not bolted down, just for
laughs.

Others will steal a unicycle if it's attached to something else. Like a
car. My first unicycle to be stolen was in my car. I assume the thief
wanted the car, but the unicycle (my first Miyata) and my toolbox, went
with it.

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These are all good suggestions. I tried to use one of those compact
computer lock down cables with the attachment you "super glue" to the
frame. However it didn't work because there is nowhere on the unicycle
that is perfectly flat to firly attach the d-ring so it fell off after 3
hours. Someone could make some money if they came up with a lock
designed -for- unicycles. Thanks

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Joelasaurus said:

*Someone could make some money if they came up with a lock designed
-for- unicycles. Thanks *

yep ,bout 5 bucks at least 🙂

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Joelasaurus said:

Someone could make some money if they came up with a lock designed
-for- unicycles.

Swage two eyes (loops) in the end of a short length of cable. Now,
loop the wire 180 degrees around the "top tube" of the frame, then
loop each end 360 degrees around the crown. This leaves you with a
pair of eye loops you can attach to a standard lock cable with a
padlock (or more simply a U-lock), securing it (through the wheel) to
the frame.

This should all cost about $2 (SWAG) to make at hardware store prices,
much less in quantity. If you think you can make money off it, go for
it!

Ken

drill a hole in the seat?

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my suggestion fer keepin yer seat and yer wheel is to buy a cable bike
lock, loop it thru yer fork/wheel like you would a b*ke, then wrap it
around yer frame until you reach the seat(loop in enough times so that
you have just enough cable left to get one final loop around the seat)
then, loop it around yer seat. not a completely failsafe way of locking
yer unicycle, but the best that i can think of.

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This thread reminds me of that peewee herman movie where he parks his
brand new bike outside a store and wraps about 20' of thick chain around
it and a lamp post, only to find his bike stolen and several cut chain
links on the ground.

mike

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I use a dog choke chain and a small lock with a key. It makes me feel
safer about leaving my uni outside, discourages people from messing with
it, and keeps local jackasses from taking it just to be jerks. It
doesn't provide a whole lot of actual protection (It would take me all
of five minutes to wear through the chain with a file), but it provides
enough.

People steal bikes because you can sell a bike. Unicycles are of limited
appeal, and odds are, no one would pay what they're really worth (I.e. A
new Miyata freestyle uni costs $200. I found one at a yard sale for
$15).

My equipment is protected by one simple fact: I live in a town of less
than 5,000 people. Word gets around. If someone stole my unicycle, there
isn't a damn thing they could do with it. Someone would say, "Hey,
didn't your one-wheeled-bike thing get stolen? Yeah, that guy Alex has
it..."

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ethilien said:

*I didn't mention this before but you also have to consider whether
the thieves would even WANT a unicycle 😉

The percentage of the population that can ride them is very small. *

That is true, but how many theives steal what they want? Compared to how
many steal what they can, whether or not they want or need it.

johnfoss said:

*Some people will steal anything that's not bolted down, just for
laughs.*

True, makes me wish I had bolted my MUni down, to prevent the damn
thief's laughter.

sockmonster said:

*My equipment is protected by one simple fact: I live in a town of
less than 5,000 people. Word gets around. If someone stole my
unicycle, there isn't a damn thing they could do with it. Someone
would say, "Hey, didn't your one-wheeled-bike thing get stolen? Yeah,
that guy Alex has it..." *

I thought I was protected by the same simple fact. I live in a small
country, in a small town with a population of about 50,000 people. I
thought that nobody would even want to steal my unicycle, not knowing
how to ride. And that if anyone did steal it, someone would see them and
let me know. My Wilder Lightrider 6160c unicycle (probably the most
expensive uni in New Zealand) was stolen from my flat a couple of
weekends ago. I have no clue as to who took it. I doubt the theif has
any practical use for my unicycle, but maybe he or she got a thrill from
taking it, and perhaps is learning to ride in secret, out of the public
eye. I'm doing my best to get the word out, to make sure everyone knows
it's missing. I might go see customs today to let them know, just in
case someone attempts to ship it overseas. Tomorrow I should get an
article in the free Midweek paper. It sucks being a mountain unicyclist
with no MUni- locking it up is probably a good idea.

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