Clem's mount for rear wheel lock.

[David B]

I purchased my Clem in the first round pre-sale, and up until now I haven't thought about the mounts for a Dutch-style rear wheel lock. However, I'm seeing some use for it now, with short trips within my neighborhood. Really just for running in somewhere for a few seconds with bike in view.

Anyone used one on a Clem? Your thoughts on whether it's 'worth' it or not?

Max tire/fender clearance?

Thanks,

David

[lconley]

I have an AXA lock with plug in chain on my 52 cm Clementine. It easily clears 650B x 50 tires on Alex DM-24 rims. I used it for trips to the grocery store. The chain was more expensive and harder to find than the lock itself.

Laing

Delray Beach FL

[Tom Wyland]

I had a Clem-like Dutch bike for many years with a frame lock.  I used it all of the time to lock up in front of a store for a few minutes.  It's also extra security for longer-term lock-ups because it protects your rear wheel from theft.

I had a cable lock that plugged in as well.  I still used another U-lock for higher security, but the frame lock + cable worked for me 95% of the time.

Tom 

Herndon, VA

[Arthur Mayfield]

I considered one, but then decided that: A. For the cost, a smaller U lock would work just as well, and be more versatile; and B. Frame locks would seem to be most useful for heavy bikes (like many Dutch-style bikes) that can’t be easily picked up and walked off with. While I like the idea of simply turning a key and walking away, my bikes (as built) are all too lightweight and valuable for that. If I wanted to risk it, I could simply slip a U lock through the rear triangle almost as quickly as using a frame lock.

[rlti...@gmail.com]

I have an Abus wheel lock on the front wheel of my e-bike. I use it all the time for quick trips into a store. Anything over a couple minutes and I’ll break out the other locks and lock the bike up properly. I’d never used a wheel lock before but do find them very useful.

https://roberttilley.smugmug.com/Bicycles/Tern-GDS-S00-2019/i-HjbJMFB/A

Robert Tilley

San Diego, CA

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On Apr 15, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Arthur Mayfield <ajmay...@gmail.com> wrote:

I considered one, but then decided that: A. For the cost, a smaller U lock would work just as well, and be more versatile; and B. Frame locks would seem to be most useful for heavy bikes (like many Dutch-style bikes) that can’t be easily picked up and walked off with. While I like the idea of simply turning a key and walking away, my bikes (as built) are all too lightweight and valuable for that. If I wanted to risk it, I could simply slip a U lock through the rear triangle almost as quickly as using a frame lock.

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[Patrick Moore]

I agree that frame-mount locks are very convenient, but probably best for bikes too heavy for a casual thief to lift and walk away with. Almost every Indian-made DL-1 copy had one when I was a wee lad, all stamped from sheet metal, and all with, probably, the same stamped-steel key.

I last used one on a very nice short-distance grocery getter, a hot-rodded (*) Worksman tricycle -- no one was going to casually heft that over his shoulder and walk away! But it was very liberating to ride up to the store, flip the lever, no need for a bike rack because the vehicle stood up by itself, and simply walk into the store like any other normal human being.

(* Imposed a Stronglight 99 crank on it by beating -- very nicely, I may add -- an indentation in the "chainstay" so the crank arm would clear, so I could install a 40-something ring in place of the absurdly small 32 or whatever the stock was, for a ~67-70" gear; clamp-on combined bottle dynamo/LED headlight, Wald Newsboy basket, and of course a decent saddle; B 68, I think. Trikes -- I also owned a refurbished Ken Rogers BRT with huge Hoss saddlebag -- are the ultimately good grocery haulers.)

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Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[Joe Bernard]

I shall dissent from the others who like these things. I had the one Riv used to sell mounted on a Clem and it was really stinking heavy. At the time I lived in an upstairs apartment and the extra weight when lifting the bike up those steps was quite noticeable and I took it off. 

Joe Bernard

[Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY]

Another voice of dissent here, I use velcro straps that weigh nothing to engage my brake levers when I'm within eyeshot of my bike. Any would be thief will be confused by the locked up brakes long enough for me to run to my bicycle's defense.

-Kai

[Joe Bernard]

Another trick to add: Put your shifters in position so if ye olde bike thief hops on they'll immediately have the chain crunching and jumping to lower gears, essentially rendering the getaway over.