Timeline for Locking your bike in public areas
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| Sep 24, 2016 at 7:38 | history | edited | RoboKaren | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 7, 2011 at 3:19 | comment | added | Мסž | Down here may theives carry allen keys and a 5 sided "security" key as a matter of course. Usually they just swap an unlocked front wheel onto an unlocked frame and ride off, but people do lose parts. The cost of secure skewers is high ($80-ish) but I use them on my Rohloff/dynohub commuter bike just because it makes it so much easier to lock, and means I can use a mini D lock for near-complete locking. | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 22:42 | comment | added | mouviciel | Many people want ugly bikes because they think they are not stolen. As a consequence many thieves target ugly bikes because they are easily sold (and easy to steal by the way). | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 21:26 | history | edited | Ambo100 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2010 at 10:42 | history | edited | Gabriel Solomon | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 15, 2010 at 10:37 | history | edited | Gabriel Solomon | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 14, 2010 at 19:26 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Robert Cartaino | ||
| Sep 14, 2010 at 16:27 | comment | added | user313 | I would add: Don't use a cable lock. Bolt cutters snip them in like 5 seconds. I have 2 friends who lost bikes in very public areas in broad daylight in nice neighborhoods and the similarity is that both were using cable locks. | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 15:38 | comment | added | Peter Recore | sadly, my crappy looking (and it was crappy in reality too) bike was stolen despite being locked in a very public place with high foot traffic. The nicer bike next to it was ignored. So don't rely on either of those. I made the mistake of thinking that high visibility and crappy bike meant I could get away with a thick cable rather than a u-lock, but I was wrong. | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 12:49 | history | answered | jilles de wit | CC BY-SA 2.5 |