[NMCycling] Bike theft questions

[Jackie Shane via Bike-racers]

Two bikes stolen, but never with a u-lock.
Jackie

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:41 AM, Diane Albert via Bike-racers <
bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> I had 2 bikes stolen because I left the garage door open (Uptown)
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> I had a bike stolen outside the UNM Law school front entrance because I
> had it locked with a cable, not u lock.
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> Diane
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> *From:* Bike-racers [mailto:bike-racers-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] *On
> Behalf Of *John Vance via Bike-racers
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 6, 2018 9:30 AM
> *To:* mike
> *Cc:* Bike-Racers
> *Subject:* Re: [NMCycling] Bike theft questions
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> I've had an empty Yakima rack stolen off a car in my driveway via the
> crowbar method.  Remember that the rack itself is worth some coin.  The car
> next to it also had a Yakima rack, but with rain gutter mounts and they
> couldn't pry those off.  They ruined the trim on the car trying though.
> Three bikes stolen from my parent's garage a couple of decades ago.  They
> took one because my dad left the garage door open.  A couple of weeks later
> they came back when nobody was home and collected the rest.
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> Right now all my bikes are locked up in the garage.  Like you said, I'm
> hoping that will slow them down enough to where it isn't worth it.  Maybe
> they won't just smash or hacksaw the frames to collect the components.
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> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:11 AM, mike via Bike-racers <
> bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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> In the interest of conversation, I’ve been wondering about keeping my
> bikes from getting stolen by learning from other’s tragedies.
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> It seems like mostly the stolen bikes have had a cable cut.
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> How many have lost a bike that’s had a chain or U-lock cut/broken?
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> 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)?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> What systems have worked? Have you found evidence of someone attempting to
> steal your bike, but were defeated? What was your system?
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> Just wonderin’
> mike lucero
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