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The best way would be to lock it up in a skytrain bike locker and go places 
by bus.  Or leave it in Surrey in my apartment.  The places you mentioned 
are easy by bus.  B-line is fast too.  If you want I can apply for a locker 
for you.  You pay 3 months in advance $10/ month.  Deposit on the key also. 
Details here http://translink.bc.ca/   Skytrain from my place takes 35 
minutes to downtown Vancouver which would be central to every where you want 
to go.  Lockers are in a few places around the lower mainland now.  Do not 
know how long the waiting list is though.
On the other hand I have a New Yorker kryptonite for heavy crime areas, 
weighs 4 lbs, bomb proof.  They may still have them for cheap at 
biketiresdirect.com a US website.  You may want to skip traffic on a bike in 
Vancouver anyway.  But if you do go by bike take the bike ways like 8th ave 
and Ontario St.  More biker friendly by far and off the main drag.   All 
buses have bike racks now practically.
What ever you decide.  Ride safe.

"Claire Petersky" <cpetersky@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message 
news:qz27g.7544$An2.5442@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>A friend of mine is going to ride up to Vancouver from Seattle. He believes 
>that bike thievery is a more organized and professional operation in 
>Vancouver. He's concerned that just his U-lock will be insufficient to 
>protect his bike. He's got an Independent Fabrications frame -- the frame, 
>and then all other high-end parts he's slowly found on eBay for cheap and 
>built the whole thing up, so he's got time and money invested in his 
>beloved bike.
>
> If he's going to ride around town, what would be his best strategy for 
> locking up the bike while he's out at the Museum of Anthropology, 
> Granville Island, and all the other tourist spots?
>
> -- 
> Warm Regards,
>
> Claire Petersky
> http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
> See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky
>