Reddit mentions of Kryptonite Krypto Series 2 U-Lock 4" x 9" with 4' Flex Cable Bracket

Not to be alarmist, but do remember how to lock up your bike. here are two pages you really should read (1|2) . Also, get a good U-Lock and flex lock like this. One of my students just had their new bike stolen, they had a simple combo-lock.

With that out of the way, there are some nice places to ride. As you are in AP, look at the North Channel trail, its a nice calm ride up through the Skokie Sculpture Park up to Evanston. The North Branch trail can be a little more difficult to ride to (Devon & Central), but is a really nice ride up to the Botanic Gardens. If you want a little more distance, you can combine the above with the Greenbay Trail, going up to Kenosha.

Riding to the loop, I usually take the Lakefront trail, but when I ride on streets, I prefer Elston over Milwaukee. In general, Chicago drivers are aware of riders, sticking to the streets marked as designated routes in google's bike overlay tend to be safe.

This one is the minimum kryptonite I recommend to people in NYC. Even that I think is a little weak if you're going to be locking up all day during work/school or whatever. For all day or overnight, I usually recommend the Krypto Evolution Mini and a wheel locking system like Pinheads.

You need a better lock, buy a ulock something like this. Might seem a bit expensive now, but it's much better then coming back to a missing bike.

You need this. Register your bike with them and they will replace it up to $1500 if it's stolen.

>Is there a specific type or brand that you know of? And where would I get this, a bike shop?

If it's a little, use clear coat nail polish, if it's a bit more... maybe spray can from like walmart. I'm not 100% on this.

>The lever feels normal when I brake, I just feel like the actually brake pads aren't gripping the wheel well so it's kind of slipping.

The pads are cheap <$10, but take in your old ones to the store so they can match it up right.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010XTIB8/ref=oh_details_o05_s02_i00

THis is the lock I use... I bought it a few months ago when it wasl ike $35.... u lock for the frame and backwheel + cable for the front wheel.

A bicycle one I bought while living on London, someone tried to break through it and they couldn't, so I suppose it's good enough.

It's a Series 2 IIRC, like this one. I use it in combination with my disc lock.

I don't think that's totally fair. This is a great bike, but you're talking like it's a $10,000 bike.

I hate to say it, but your bike is probably not going to be found. So lets focus on the next one.

Best precaution: get a good bike lock. Lots of places review them, here's one: http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Bike-Locks-Reviews

They are expensive, but not as expensive as losing your bike.

This seems to get good reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Kryptolok-Series-Standard-Bicycle/dp/B0010XTIB8

And comes with a $1500 guarantee (as, with most guarantees, it's a bit of a pain to collect, but at least it's something)

This is the lock and chain I use on my surly cx, should I upgrade to the forgetaboutit? http://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Kryptolok-Standard-Bicycle-U-Lock/dp/B0010XTIB8/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1309897259&sr=1-1

I was checking out some customer reviews on Amazon and they said the lock gets jammed, just wondering what's your experience with that?

So this would be appropriate I assume?

I thought the same thing at first and ended up going with this one (4" x 9") instead. After biking around with it for a while though I started to realize that it was almost always much larger than I needed, and I picked up the mini.

I pretty much never use the larger one now, and for my needs the mini is pretty perfect. It all depends on what you're going to be locking up to of course, but either way just make sure to go with some sort of U-Lock.

There is a bike in the middle of the forest across from the stadium. It doesn't match your description, but hey, maybe you want a free bike. Bring a deadbolt, this lock is still on the front tire.

I work at a bike shop and my advice is get a U bar lock with cable. Put bar lock around rear wheel and frame and run cable through object you are locking the bike to and back to the U lock.

http://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Kryptolok-Series-Standard-Bicycle/dp/B0010XTIB8

Thanks for the advice! check out the link!

series two for half the price and free shipping

Im truly sorry for your loss however if you do findyour bike and i will look around when im there on campus you need to use a u lock and a secondary lock for your front wheel something like this or utilize the sheldon brown locking method again im sorry this happened but hopefully you can prevent this from ever happening again make sure you contact campus police the actual police and keep checking all the popular bike racks at fiu generally bike thievery is a crime of convenience and you need to make your bike look more defended than the rest so they will steal the poorly locked ones instead of yours