Bike security

johnbond said:

Just have a very expensive mountain bike stolen! I have secured it was a
d-lock and a wire in a plastic type cable which was wrapped around it.

Somehow someone manage to nick it! God knows how.

I saved for months for this bike and in the blink of 30 minutes leaving it,
it is gone. Completely miffed.

Question is what can I use to secure my bike ? (when I get another one,
after more savings)

Thanks

Bring it in with you or get a complete piece of garbage that nobody
would want. No lock is 100% secure.

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johnbond said:

Just have a very expensive mountain bike stolen! I have secured it was a
d-lock and a wire in a plastic type cable which was wrapped around it.

Somehow someone manage to nick it! God knows how.

I saved for months for this bike and in the blink of 30 minutes leaving it,
it is gone. Completely miffed.

Question is what can I use to secure my bike ? (when I get another one,
after more savings)

Thanks

Bike locks only keep the honest people honest, and the good lock
systems can only slow down a determined thief. Best bet, and I'm not
being sarcastic, is to not leave your bike unattended, or just buy a
beater if you're needing an around-town bike to lock up while you go
for coffee, to class, or whatever. I got a really decent old 1spd
cruiser for $5 at a police auction.

Other tips of course, are to park it in heavily travelled areas so a
dood with a power hack saw or bolt cutters would stand out pretty
obvious. Release the brakes and qr's, dry shift the gears, and take
the seat post with you.. if he steals it, and goes to ride off,
hopefully a wheel or two will fall off, and the gears should be locked
up, and no brakes is a plus. Do whatever you reasonably can to
discourage, and/or slow down a thief. Best bet is to keep it home or
locked up inside a vehicle.

CDB

johnbond said:

Just have a very expensive mountain bike stolen! I have secured it was a
d-lock and a wire in a plastic type cable which was wrapped around it.

What kind of D-lock? Check this out:

http://www.google.com/search?q=kryptonite+lock+bic+pen&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

I use a modern flat key D-lock for the frame and a thick short cable
for the rims. Also, I ride my cheap-ass beater bike when I'm going to
park it someplace questionable.

Also the forks on my bike can be removed with an 11mm allen wrench in
about 10 seconds. I'm not quite sure what to do about that.

-Beej

Paladin said:

if he steals it, and goes to ride off,
hopefully a wheel or two will fall off, and the gears should be locked
up, and no brakes is a plus.

Reminds me of how a local bike shop helped the cops with a bait bike.
It was stuck in low gear, so the cops could run the guy down on foot
while he tried to get away at 120 cranks a minute. :-)

-Beej

Finally, you might want to check your local internet for-sale boards,
or flea markets. It might turn up.

It's good to put a permanent unique marker on your bike, too, so you'll
positively identify it.

-Beej

johnbond said:

Just have a very expensive mountain bike stolen! I have secured it was a
d-lock and a wire in a plastic type cable which was wrapped around it.

Somehow someone manage to nick it! God knows how.

I saved for months for this bike and in the blink of 30 minutes leaving it,
it is gone. Completely miffed.

Question is what can I use to secure my bike ? (when I get another one,
after more savings)

Thanks

It's already been said, but I'll say it again. Leave your "good" bike
at home and ride a beater around town. I have a total cheapie lock for
my beater and nobody has luoked twice at it.

JD

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johnbond said:

Just have a very expensive mountain bike stolen! I have secured it was a
d-lock and a wire in a plastic type cable which was wrapped around it.

Somehow someone manage to nick it! God knows how.

I saved for months for this bike and in the blink of 30 minutes leaving
it,
it is gone. Completely miffed.

Question is what can I use to secure my bike ? (when I get another one,
after more savings)

Thanks

It's already been said, but I'll say it again. Leave your "good" bike
at home and ride a beater around town. I have a total cheapie lock for
my beater and nobody has luoked twice at it.

I used two tactics for protecting my back when I rode it to university: I
always parked next to a nicer bike and I used two locks instead of just one.

Glenn D.

Paladin said:

Other tips of course, are to park it in heavily travelled areas so a
dood with a power hack saw or bolt cutters would stand out pretty
obvious.

Here's a video of a guy stealing bikes in NYC with
bolt cutters, hack saw, etc with no problems.

http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/bikethief_holding.htm

Per JD:

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It's already been said, but I'll say it again. Leave your "good" bike
at home and ride a beater around town. I have a total cheapie lock for
my beater and nobody has luoked twice at it.

I'd been grooming my beater for months and months: duct tape, hand-brushed paint
job, mismatched brake levers, mismatched bald tires, saddle covered with an old
shop rag...

Then I pull into this gas station in South Jersey (USA) and the kid at the pump,
with eyes sticking out like golf balls, says "Wow! Coooool bike!"

Sheesh!
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Quoted message said:

Per JD:

Quoted message said:

It's already been said, but I'll say it again. Leave your "good" bike
at home and ride a beater around town. I have a total cheapie lock for
my beater and nobody has luoked twice at it.

I'd been grooming my beater for months and months: duct tape, hand-brushed

paint

Quoted message said:

job, mismatched brake levers, mismatched bald tires, saddle covered with

an old

Quoted message said:

shop rag...

Then I pull into this gas station in South Jersey (USA) and the kid at the

pump,

Quoted message said:

with eyes sticking out like golf balls, says "Wow! Coooool bike!"

Well, if the tires hold air than it's a cadillac to those pineys.

Greg

johnbond said:

Just have a very expensive mountain bike stolen! I have secured it was a
d-lock and a wire in a plastic type cable which was wrapped around it.

Somehow someone manage to nick it! God knows how.

I saved for months for this bike and in the blink of 30 minutes leaving it,
it is gone. Completely miffed.

Question is what can I use to secure my bike ? (when I get another one,
after more savings)

Thanks

My sympathies. I had my dad's cheap bike stolen when I was 16, and that
was enough for me. Someone snagged my seat when I parked another bike in
front of a mall for an hour, but that's the extent of my losses.

I generally do not park my bike in a public area, unless it's in a place
I can keep an eye on it. I don't ride it to work unless I have an
out-of-the-way or secured place indoors to put it. At home, it comes
inside with me, possibly dripping mud or dirt onto my expensive carpet.
The carpet can be cleaned, the bike is much harder to replace.

I'll let a few minutes go by between checks if I've locked it on a
sidewalk, but I frequently don't have a lock. When I park it unlocked, I
release the wheel levers, optionally put a coin in one of the brake
handles (locking the brakes), and put eyes on it every 15 seconds, max.

Just assume that there's someone going to come by capable of picking it
up, throwing it in the back of a truck, and driving off with it. Take
appropriate measures.

Don't leave it unattended in public for any significant amount of time.
Some fairly easily-obtained measures make short work of any lock.

--
Lynn Wallace

If FDR fought fascism the way Bush fights terrorism, we'd all be
speaking German now.

johnbond said:

Just have a very expensive mountain bike stolen! I have secured it was a
d-lock and a wire in a plastic type cable which was wrapped around it.

Somehow someone manage to nick it! God knows how.

I saved for months for this bike and in the blink of 30 minutes leaving it,
it is gone. Completely miffed.

Consider yourself lucky! You could have been one of the many people
KILLED mountain biking each year. Buy yourself a $25 yard-sale bike
like mine (3-speed, at least one of which actually works), and stick
to pavement.

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Question is what can I use to secure my bike ? (when I get another one,
after more savings)

Thanks

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Mike Vandeman said:

Consider yourself lucky! You could have been one of the many people
KILLED mountain biking each year. Buy yourself a $25 yard-sale bike
like mine (3-speed, at least one of which actually works), and stick
to pavement.

Now here's one person I wouldn't share the road with.

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On Nov 16, 11:42 am, Ride-A-Lot

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Now here's one person I wouldn't share the road with.

Most dangerous riding I do is on the streets of San Francisco.

-Beej

Beej said:

On Nov 16, 11:42 am, Ride-A-Lot

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Now here's one person I wouldn't share the road with.

Most dangerous riding I do is on the streets of San Francisco.

-Beej

C'mon down and try North Orange County sometime. It's positively
frightening.

JD

Interesting... You try to turn the focus of bike security into another
issue. Do you also advise road cyclists on the dangers of possible injury
and death from riding on the road?
Typically hypocritical.