Is this how bikes were locked in the 60's ?

jimihendrix

MacRetro Rider
:LOL:

bikelock.jpg
 
:D

They were the days, even though i'm not old enough to remember. I have seen many bikes from that era with a spoke lock, basically a bar that went across the spokes.

Theory of both being you cannot ride it away in a hurry :roll:
 
posties bikes still have spoke locks...(not that they use them...not opening that can of worms up again)
 
You make it sound like I couldn't open your capper with one of my discarded escort or tina keys :LOL:

Back then there weren't any teams of robbers going around in vans stealing bikes , they were doing banks :LOL:

If it couldn't be ridden away it wasn't going far .

The Raleigh Superbe has a nice lock on the fork that stops the bike from steering and I've seen many eastern bikes with a lock on the seatstays that stops the rear wheel rotating .
 
perry":6zq3nmhp said:
You make it sound like I couldn't open your capper with one of my discarded escort or tina keys :LOL:
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True, but that's probably because the locks are 30 years old.

Then again i remember when i had a MK2 Escort back in 92 a mate used to "steal" it using the keys for his Hillman Avenger :LOL:
 
Wonderful picture, not only is the chain and lock pathetic, the bikes not even attached to anything :shock:

How things have changed :roll:

When I went touring in Holland circa 1997 I passed a cycle shop in Amsterdam that in the typical direct Dutch way of speaking had a sign in the window pointing at a cable lock saying 'Shit Lock, you dont want one of those you want one of these !' with another arrow indicating a very heavey duty cable lock. At the time it was possible to watch bike theives openly nicking bikes in broad daylight as you sat in a pavement cafe. No point hiring a bike at the time, cheaper to buy the stolen bike off the theif :LOL:(I in no way condone this behaviour you understand) :oops:
 
jimihendrix":2502ooh4 said:
perry":2502ooh4 said:
You make it sound like I couldn't open your capper with one of my discarded escort or tina keys :LOL:
.

True, but that's probably because the locks are 30 years old.

Then again i remember when i had a MK2 Escort back in 92 a mate used to "steal" it using the keys for his Hillman Avenger :LOL:

I used to "lock" and "unlock" my Austin A40 with a swiss army knife (the small blade)
 
My old Triumph Dolomite could be opened by anything that would fit in the lock. I once used a ring pull.
 
A different world.

Talking of cars I used to be able to get in my mate's Dad's Cortina with a lollipop stick. :LOL:
 
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