Timeline for How can I prevent my next bike from being stolen?
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| Sep 17, 2018 at 15:27 | comment | added | Chris H | Motion detection is just a way to annoy the neightbours, as parked bikes get bumped all the time. GPS could work but battery life tends to be dreadful though; you really need somewhere secure to charge the devices. | |
| Sep 16, 2018 at 12:40 | comment | added | Michael | @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. | |
| Sep 16, 2018 at 8:44 | comment | added | nurettin | I'm curious how the thief is unable to remove tracking devices from your bike during the heist. | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 12:46 | comment | added | David Richerby | @AdamRice GPS wouldn't work in a basement, though it might help track the bike after it's been removed from there. | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 9:27 | comment | added | mattnz | @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. | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 3:14 | comment | added | Adam Rice | I’m thinking specifically about some that use gps and cellular. May still be impractical or too expensive, but they are out there. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 21:18 | comment | added | RoboKaren | 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. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 19:36 | history | answered | Adam Rice | CC BY-SA 4.0 |