unicycle storage

I became friends with the librarians and they let me keep my unicycle in
their office when I ride it to school.

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i leave mine in da bushes, and lock it to a tree😄

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I go to uni(versity) and when I don't have time to stash it in the trunk
of my (mom's) car, it can usually lean up against the wall of the
classroom I have a class in. It's not in the way, and as long as campus
patrol doesn't see me riding it in the hallways, they don't care. Other
than that, maybe someone with an office, like the guidance councillor or
something (saying this because they're usually pretty cool) would let
you keep it in there, especially if it's something small like a 20". I
don't think I'd leave a uni tied to a bike rack though, too much
possibility for vandalism.

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my high school principal/vice principal are really cool. they let me
ride it in the halls. i just roll it into my classes and keep it with me
by my desk.

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At university, I take mine into lectures with me, and usually put it
beside me on the floor. If you're at school, just put it at the back of
the classroom or something. If you're not sure, I reckon the teacher
wouldn't have a problem with that if you checked with him/her first.

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When at uni i leave mine in the bike rack outside my flat most of the
time, and leave it in the rack outside the department when i go for
lectures, had no problems yet.

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well, that really isnt the best place to put your uni. locking it to a
rack, you can only lock it thru the wheel, which can be removed with a
simple allen wrench on most models. just letting you know.

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I keep it in my room when I'm not out on campus or elsewhere, and either
in class for those that don't mind, or in a bike rack for those that do
or if the room is too small.

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Well school isn't much of a problem, now it's just coop, at school it
turns out it fits in my locker, barely. Actualy a friend of mine has a
24" and his doesnt fit but my 20" fits with room to grow. Now I have to
go downtown to the Chateau Laurier after lunch to do my coop and the
lockers there are just a little too small so I don't have anywhere to
put it, hence the delema.

🙁

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Quoted message said:

well, that really isnt the best place to put your uni. locking it to a
rack, you can only lock it thru the wheel, which can be removed with a
simple allen wrench on most models. just letting you know.

That is true with bikes too, I mean no matter how you lock ur bike,
someone can take most of the parts off and steal them. I guess you just
have to trust people 😄

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2. backward
3. idle

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abbabibble said:

*well, that really isnt the best place to put your uni. locking it to
a rack, you can only lock it thru the wheel, which can be removed with
a simple allen wrench on most models. just letting you know. *

That's assuming that during the 50 minutes you're in class that someone
happens to walk by your unicycle who wants to steal it, happens to have
an allen wrench of the correct size in his pocket, and happens to not
care about unscrewing the frame off of a unicycle in the middle of a
busy campus walkway.

Even then all this thief would get is the frame, which is wholly useless
without a wheel.

In all actuality it would just be much easier for someone to simply cut
the chain/lock, in which case it takes the same effort to steal your uni
as it does the bike sitting next to it that the thief can actually
ride.

So really, I'm not too paranoid about people stealing my uni when it's
locked up between classes.

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I've always just left it on the bike racks.
When I lived on campus, I left mine in the bike rack outside the dorm.
Now, I commute to school on it every day, and leave it chained to the
bike rack/fence outside my class.
If it's raining hard when I leave, I might give it a spray of WD-40 on
the rustable bits.

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As far as theft goes...
first off, everyone at my universitiy knows me as the unicycle guy
(though most don't know my real name) If one of mine were stolen, I
reckon it would come back to me eventually.
I just use a simple length of chain from home depot with a small key
padlock. The chain is just long enough to lock my uni, not much longer,
so that it fits nicely in my pocket, unlike a real "bike chain" which
would be too bulky.

I once had my old 70's Schwinn chained outside to a bike rack when my
keychain was lost. Luckily, only the frame was chained to the rack, so I
just squeezed the frame sides together to release tension on the bolt,
unbolted it easily with my fingers, and walked away with my compelte
unicycle. Perhaps the old Schwinns should really be locked through the
wheel....😉

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I often leave mine locked to bike racks, even in town. Even in strange
towns. I lock through the wheel and round the frame and if I'm using a
long chain through a pedal as well and maybe a wrap around the frame.

If the uni won't fit IN the lockers at coop ( what the heck is coop
anyway, I'm confused) would it fit on top of them? In one job I had all
the cyclists would chain their bikes to the banisters on the stairs to
the little used basement. In another there was a bike rack in the
basement! One of the places I work now the bikes live in the shower
room much of the time. Anywhere my colleges leave their bikes I'm happy
to leave my uni.

Sarah

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Alright I guess I should just try and find a bike rack near there,
hopefully there is one in back but I havn't explored much around the
building.

For those that dont know coop is like an internship or apprenticeship
(apprenticeship in my case) except its all arranged through your school
and instead of getting payed you get high school credits.

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LikeableRodent said:

*That's assuming that during the 50 minutes you're in class that
someone happens to walk by your unicycle who wants to steal it,
happens to have an allen wrench of the correct size in his pocket, and
happens to not care about unscrewing the frame off of a unicycle in
the middle of a busy campus walkway.

Even then all this thief would get is the frame, which is wholly
useless without a wheel.

In all actuality it would just be much easier for someone to simply
cut the chain/lock, in which case it takes the same effort to steal
your uni as it does the bike sitting next to it that the thief can
actually ride.

So really, I'm not too paranoid about people stealing my uni when it's
locked up between classes. *

My thoughts exactly.

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My uni was stolen two weeks ago. 🙁

I had no problem leaving it anywhere in town locked to bike racks,
balustrades, lamp posts, etc.

At home (where it disappeared) I kept it in the staircase in front of
my apartment. It must have been someone from the house who saw me
leaving and knew I wouldn't come home for a while so he had time to
niggle with the lock. 🙁(((

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That sucks! Sorry to hear that!
I left my Giraffe chained just outside my front door for months.
Then, I needed an extra chain/lock, so it's just been outside my door
unlocked for about two months.
I think I might go lock it again now. 🙁

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I always use a cable rather than a chain, simoply becasue you can't use
bolt cutters on it, and you can't hacksaw it effectivey because it
bounces around too much, and you can't pry it like you can a D-Lock
because it isn't rigid. Also, you can get it through the whhel, one of
the pedals and the seat handle (KH), I don't think anyone's going to
bother trying to nick it after all that.

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