Originally Posted by
Winky
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The trip is question is two weeks in Nova Scotia & PEI, ...
I got home a about three weeks ago from a five week trip in Nova Scotia and PEI. I felt that my bike was pretty safe there. I brought a cheap coiled quarter inch diameter steel cable and a padlock.
Locked it to a tree or a picnic table in the campgrounds. I stayed at the HI Hostels in Halifax and Charlottetown, at Halifax the bike was in a gated yard under a wood deck out of site. In Charlottetown it was in a bike rack in the yard, it was sort of out of site and not gated but I still felt it was quite safe there.
When in restaurants or grocery stores, I carried my handlebar bag in with me, my valuables were in that. Often if I would have a good view of the bike from a window in a restaurant, I used a skier type lock that was quicker to use but less secure, see first photo.
But I was there in June and early July before the big tourist rush so often I was the only person in the tenting part of a campground. You will be there when it is busier, not sure if that makes it safer or less safe.
The photo below is from a different trip, shows the cable and padlock I am talking about.
