Bikes are cheap compared to cars. No one is going to risk a prison sentence for it if they can avoid it. Besides, if it's stolen I claim it against the insuranc

Bikes are cheap compared to cars. No one is going to risk a prison sentence for it if they can avoid it. Besides, if it's stolen I claim it against the insurance and get another one. I'm referring to the cheap city bikes, if you have a carbon fiber competition bike keep it at home and save it for race day. Some cities bikes are so ubiquitous you have to really want to steal it to steal it. Last time I was in Ghent bikes were everywhere. If you didn't have one just grab the nearest unlocked bike off the rack. Most likely its 50 years old and the owner has abandoned it. Now that is a bikable city!