Bicycle D-Locks?

[GraysonK]

I have a D lock for my bike when I ride to work and always take the seat post with me.  I'm not so much concerned with someone stealing my bike as I am having my tires slashed.  No lie, a couple of years ago I came outside after work and found my back tire slashed.  Not just flat, slashed.  You would not believe the fit I threw over that.  The poor security guard actually looked a little bit concerned as he took down the report.  After that, untiil they got a proper place for me to lock up my bike, I brought it into the building with me and kept it in our lockerroom.  It's amazing that at a hospital, they would not provide a safe, secure area for us to put our bikes but they encourage us not to drive to work but ride a bike or walk.  Simply amazing. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

It's tales like this that make me want to get another folder

[GraysonK]

It's tales like this that make me want to get another folder

Doesn't it?  They still don't really have a proper place for my bike but they did get a bike rack.  Now this is the funny part, they put the bike rack in a dark corner where the security cameras cant see and it's by the entrance that the employees are not allowed to use.  Nice huh?  However, they did put a handy little bench right next to the employee entrance where it is well lit (I work night shift so it's dark when I leave in the mornings) and the security cameras constantly sweep that area.  They don't like me locking the bike to that bench, but i told them if they weren't going to put in a bike rack down there then they'd have to get over it.  It's stupid.  I don't get why it's such a big deal to move the bike rack to the employee entrance.  It's not like our patients ride their bicycles to the hospital if they need treatment.  And I'm not the only one who rides either...several doctors and other employees ride as well.  It's just stupid. 

[Zed]

Here in poole we have proper lockup sheds, you just stick your own padlock on the outside, i used a kyrptoflex

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mc/cycle/7/Kryptonite/Locks/  ive had it for years and i use a good lock, plus i have one of there Dlocks but i dont use it much, at work i bring my bike into the home, and if i cant use one of the sheds i make sure its in a busy area, 

i dont trust cable locks any more

i think it depends on where you live ryan, ive been a cyclist for over 30 years and ive had 4 bikes stolen, 1 when i was 13 it was a PK ripper and this was 1983 and it was stolen from my shed,my kona explosive i got back in 89 stolen outside a shop , it was locked with a cable, and then 2 more over the last 7 years, 1 from my back garden and another from a locked up alley way, i mainly use a D-lock but since i use the sheds here or take it into work i mainly use the cable now , but i dont generally leave any of my bikes anywhere for very long,

paul   

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

It's tales like this that make me want to get another folder

Doesn't it?  They still don't really have a proper place for my bike but they did get a bike rack.  Now this is the funny part, they put the bike rack in a dark corner where the security cameras cant see and it's by the entrance that the employees are not allowed to use.  Nice huh?  However, they did put a handy little bench right next to the employee entrance where it is well lit (I work night shift so it's dark when I leave in the mornings) and the security cameras constantly sweep that area.  They don't like me locking the bike to that bench, but i told them if they weren't going to put in a bike rack down there then they'd have to get over it.  It's stupid.  I don't get why it's such a big deal to move the bike rack to the employee entrance.  It's not like our patients ride their bicycles to the hospital if they need treatment.  And I'm not the only one who rides either...several doctors and other employees ride as well.  It's just stupid. 

It's starting to slowly shift towards places being my cycle conscious, but it's a long way from being Copenhagen over here