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Just like $0-$5K bikes: it's not like a homeless junkie is going to leave your bike alone if it's just $3K or even $300.
by pandaman 1y ago
Just like $0-$5K bikes: it's not like a homeless junkie is going to leave your bike alone if it's just $3K or even $300.
- tim333 1y agoMy $200 rusty ebike has been parked outside for 18 months in central London without problems. I take the battery in. The homeless junkie would have to get an angle grinder to cut two D locks, figure out how to buy the battery which costs $300 and is only available from decathlon, somehow try to make a profit out of the whole operation which I don't think I could myself and so on. It's actually cost me about another $500 in maintenance getting the various bits that pack up replaced but it's a good theft deterrent.
- pandaman 1y agoThis might have something to do with London not being in the USA?
- tim333 1y agoI guess it varies by location but we have homeless druggies and bike thieves here too. I think old rusty stuff not being very attractive to thieves is fairly universal.
- pandaman 1y agoDo you also have homeless tent cities with thousands of stolen bikes in different states of decay piled around?
- tim333 1y agoNo. We don't have that one. Although the place still has issues https://www.reddit.com/r/londoncycling/comments/1hfo5ij/how_bad_is_bike_theft_in_london_really_im_talking/ https://www.reddit.com/r/londoncycling/comments/1hfo5ij/how_...
- pandaman 1y agoYou might have different problems but you don't have the American problem with bike theft. Homeless here steal bikes regardless of their price and condition.