Buying locks in quantity: buildings, fleets and shared bike rooms
Ten locks for a building bike room is a different problem to one lock for one bike. What to standardise and what not to.
Lock maintenance: the ten minutes that stops a seized cylinder
Locks fail from grit, salt and water rather than from attack. Twice a year keeps one working for a decade.
Securing an e-bike overnight in a city
An e-bike parked on the street overnight is the hardest security problem there is. What genuinely reduces the risk.
Combination or key: which lock do you actually not lose?
The strongest lock in the world is useless in your kitchen drawer. A practical look at the two mechanisms.
How to lock a bike properly: the anchor, the angle and the gap
A good lock used badly is a bad lock. Five minutes on technique is worth more than doubling your budget.
Cable, U-lock, chain or folding: what each one actually resists
Four form factors, four different attacks they defeat. A frank comparison, including where a cable lock is genuinely fine.