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End of the day, locking your bike outside is a losing battle. Whether it matches up to an angle grinder or not is not really the point, it just prevents opportu
by Lewisham 16y ago
End of the day, locking your bike outside is a losing battle. Whether it matches up to an angle grinder or not is not really the point, it just prevents opportunist theft.
The goal of locking your bike is to ensure bits don't go missing. However, what you're really trying to do is protect your investment. Locks stop bits going missing, but they don't protect the investment. My bicycle was locked overnight at Bristol Temple Meads train station (which I wrongly assumed was a secure-ish location). The thieves didn't manage to break the lock, so instead they just vandalized the bike so that I couldn't use it either. I sort of wish the lock had just given way, at least that way the bike might have provided some value to someone, somewhere.
- barkingcat 16y agoTrue - In Toronto downtown, locks don't do anything. Thieves come fully outfitted in hex key sets and pedal wrenches - and they steal everything - from rims to forks to pedals to front shocks, and chains (who steals chains??? - apparently the thief had a chain tool handy to break the chain). Anything less than encasing the whole bike + lock + secure post in a steel case (like a bike locker) won't ensure that your bike will stay in tact.
- tlear 16y agoThe answer is to have a shitty bike with a good lock, been using a $200 beater for 4 years and it still got everything except the saddle got stolen once
- there 16y agowhy not get an ugly girlfriend, too? then you don't have to worry about her cheating on you, right?
- jcampbell1 16y agoSome people have no sense of humor. Thanks for the laugh.
- pmccool 16y ago>who steals chains??? - apparently the thief had a chain tool handy to break the chain). Reusable joining link? No tools required. As to the point of doing it, well, I had the QR skewers stolen off my bike once. Stealing a chain makes at least as much sense.
- buro9 16y agoThe solution to having components stolen is being made by a British company at the moment in co-operation with Royce: http://atomic22.co.uk/ http://atomic22.co.uk/ They have a Pitlock solution, but it works for everything from Saddle down to chain rings. With 1 key doing the whole bike.
- ldite 16y agoI've been locking my bike up at Temple Meads for years without any problems - I (cynically) always try to lock it up next to a much more expensive looking one, or one with a weaker lock. Failing that, as deep into the centre of the mass as possible.