If there's one thing I've learned while riding my bike to school and back this year, it's that the Champaign-Urbana weather is extremely rough on my bike lock.I have a metal U-lock so I can protect my bike from theft. It worked well until about the first week of February when it got some water in the keyhole. Now it's really a toss-up whether the lock will work or not. Really frustrating.
So, students who are thinking about bikes: beware that the U-locks are very sensitive to Champaign-Urbana weather.
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In other news, Engineering Open House is going on today. Come and check out the exhibits. Fun for the whole family!
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I have a funny story about this. One time that happened to me and I needed to get something copied at Kinko's. I had about 30 minutes to get there from the arch studio and back to the studio for my project to not be counted as late. First I tried spiting in the lock but it didn't work. I unded up pouring hot water onto the lock which ended up working. I ended up giving my project to a different architecture student once I reached Kinko's because I was unable to lock my Bike. Yep.. i twas already frozen up
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