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Minus one for impractical advice. Most of the alarms are either Bluetooth so have very limited range or audible alarms which a sharp tap of a hammer quickly fixes or which false alarm so much your neighbors will quick “fix” for you.
– RoboKaren
Commented Sep 14, 2018 at 21:18
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I’m thinking specifically about some that use gps and cellular. May still be impractical or too expensive, but they are out there.
– Adam Rice
Commented Sep 15, 2018 at 3:14
@RoboKaren sherlock.bike and others - GPS, Celluar, motion detection. A switched on thief might know its there, be able to find it, remove it and disable it before it gets a text message away.
– mattnz
Commented Sep 15, 2018 at 9:27
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@AdamRice GPS wouldn't work in a basement, though it might help track the bike after it's been removed from there.
– David Richerby
Commented Sep 15, 2018 at 12:46
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@nurettin: Apparently the Sherlock device linked by mattnz looks just like any other bar end plug. So unless such devices are common enough that thieves start to routinely remove bar end plugs it shouldn’t catch attention. I think when even a strong U-Lock is not enough to deter thieves this is the only other option which might help to recover the bike. An even stronger lock (or multiple locks) would just increase the time required for cutting slightly, which is very short with an electric angle grinder.
– Michael
Commented Sep 16, 2018 at 12:40

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