[NMCycling] Bike theft questions

[Dennis Chavez via Bike-racers]

I've grappled with "what do I lock my bikes to, in my house?" My solution
was to purchase a bunch of inexpensive U-locks and lock all of our bikes
together. Good luck trying to quickly run out with 8 bikes at the same
time!!

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Bill Dodge via Bike-racers <
bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Mike,
> I don't have responses, but that is very useful.
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
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> Subject: [NMCycling] Bike theft questions
>
> In the interest of conversation, I’ve been wondering about keeping my
> bikes from getting stolen by learning from other’s tragedies.
>
> It seems like mostly the stolen bikes have had a cable cut.
>
> How many have lost a bike that’s had a chain or U-lock cut/broken?
>
> I’ve heard of lots of the bikes taken off of racks. I’m assuming these are
> racks that hold bikes with both wheels attached. How many bikes have been
> stolen where the bikes are attached with a fork mount (with the front wheel
> removed)?
>
> My theory is that it’s easy to just ride a bike away, but the extra time
> it takes to defeat the lock AND  remove the fork from a rack makes my bike
> a less attractive target. Especially if there’s no front wheel to ride away
> on. It is a couple extra steps to secure the bike, however, for me it’s
> worth it. Yes, they can steal the bike with no front wheel, but it’s not as
> attractive as an entire bike.
> It depends on how much your bike or bling on your bike is worth.
>
> I wonder about bikes stolen from garages. Are both wheels on the bike in
> the garage?
> Even in the garage, I take the front wheel off. If I’m gone for any length
> of time I lock my bikes with a chain. Although inside the garage a thief
> has much more time to defeat my security.
>
> The bottom line is that anything can be stolen. The trick is to make my
> stuff not worth the extra effort. Thieves are looking for an easy target.
> My task is to balance the effort to secure my stuff with the effort to use
> it.
>
> What systems have worked? Have you found evidence of someone attempting to
> steal your bike, but were defeated? What was your system?
>
> Just wonderin’
> mike lucero
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