[NMCycling] Bike theft questions

Tue Mar 6 12:58:46 MST 2018

Brandon had one stolen - Cable lock in ABQ

I had one attempted theft, U lock, they couldnt break it.

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Tim Brown via Bike-racers <
bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> I had one bike stolen off a friend's front porch while dropping something
> off. I was inside for less than five minutes, so now I'm a stickler for
> locking with a U-lock always, no matter how long.
>
> My sister has had two unlocked bikes stolen out of her garage when she
> left the door open.
>
> A friend had his cable locked bike stolen from outside O'Neill's.
>
> A friend had his stolen off his car in a supposed watched valet lot. He
> made a conscious choice to leave the bike unlocked because it's worth much
> less than the damage to the car would have been if someone were to pry the
> rack off the roof. That one had a happy ending as he saw it on Craigslist,
> met the seller, and called the cops.
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Jackie Shane via Bike-racers <
> bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> 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)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I had a bike stolen outside the UNM Law school front entrance because I
>>> had it locked with a cable, not u lock.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Diane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:11 AM, mike via Bike-racers <
>>> bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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