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Kudos for the inventive solution, but it is not significantly better than a good lock. Nothing is. And even that isn't really good. An acquaintance of mine had
by bipson 5y ago
Kudos for the inventive solution, but it is not significantly better than a good lock. Nothing is. And even that isn't really good.
An acquaintance of mine had his new and shiny bike stolen in front of his flat on a busy street over night. Well secured with awesome locks to the communal bike rack.
The thief simply cut through the rack pipe, and took bike and lock as is. Battery-powered heavy duty tools that are now easy to come by will get you anything left on the street - no matter how well secured...
- colechristensen 5y agoWhen the bike is the lock and you don’t have the key it really puts a damper on why or how you steal it. If you cut up the infrastructure that you lock to, you still have a bike in a weird position and need a key you won’t have. Most bike lock thieves focus on destroying the lock which you can’t do if the lock is the bike. Making the structure of the bike the structure of the lock is a great idea because of this.
- bipson 5y agoEvery (keyed) lock is easily picked with enough time and the right tools. Being able to carry it home, will give you our your conspirators more than enough time.
- colechristensen 5y agoEasily? No. Decent locks take skill, skill which takes a long time to develop. And also if you buy a bike which has a primary feature of it being a lock, your buyer is probably going to wonder where the key is. Paying a locksmith who may or may not be able to make a new key for your lock really cuts into the motivation for stealing a bike.