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I built my first (and so far only) ebike in 2013. Thing was a death trap (did not upgrade the brakes 🤦♂️) but I loved it, and it was crazy fun to ride.
Lived too far to e-bike to work but would bring it with me to do around-town errands on breaks at work. Every time I had to park it outside to run into a store, I felt exactly like the meme. The battery alone was $700 sitting out in the open.
In my experience, batteries aren’t really targets. The folks in Seattle just want the tubing that they can fence it for cash.
There’s a brand of ulock that is grinder resistant. Takes like 3 discs to finally get through.
And then they steal everything but the locked down tire
So you lock the frame, not the wheel?
Boom, stole the wheels and not the frame
Cheaper wheels, expensive af frame
You still got stolen thought
Lock the frame.
You come back and they stole the two wheels and left the frame
You know you can do both. There are also pinhead locks to lock the wheels.
I think you’re trying to be funny but you’re just being dumb.
Part of it a joke, part of it what actually happened to me when I was in high school, I was pissed over it Nowadays I just laugh at it cuz for some unholy reason, I never thought of locking both at the same time
From my point of view, the jedi–ah nm.
You can get hardened steel chains at hardware stores, ones where the links are 1cm thick. My ex bought one and said it took forever to cut a length off. Got a hardened steel lock to go with it. The thing has notches about 1mm deep from where someone tried to use bolt cutters on it. Grinder would eventually get through it, but it’ll make a lot of noise doing so. And some of the kids that use the bike stands here don’t even bother locking their bikes and yet they are still there (oddly enough in the same town that lock got its notches), so I think the security of having much easier targets will keep my bike safe.
I just wanna link The Decemberists’ “Apology Song” because it’s a very endearing song about how the lead singer borrowed his friend’s bike and it got stolen and he’s really really sorry:( 😄
SUCH a good song
Ooooh, thanks for the recommendation!
Nice solid non-cable bike lock. Preferably a large hardened steel u-bolt lock.
I’ve been a big fan of Kryptonites New York Lock as well as their Kryptolok. Both have really nice mounts to attach the lock to the bike when not in use and the kryptolok comes with a robust cable that makes locking up the wheels easier. (do not use the cable to secure the main bike)
Using them correctly is important as well. Lots of people lock one of the wheels and not the frame. You’ve got to lock the frame itself to a solid object that it can’t be slid off of and optionally lock the wheels to the frame using a cable or chain.
I use three locks; a beefy bike chain through the back tire and frame to the rack, a cable lock joining the front tire to the mix, and a wheel lock on the back tire.
Plus, my bike looks kinda lame so that helps too.
My kryptonite stood up to some would be thieves! They then kicked the shit out of the bike, stole the bracket that holds the headlight as well as the kryptonite lock holder. It was almost impressively petty and made me laugh until I paid more to fix her than it cost to buy her.
Bought my bike used from a flea market and gave it a year to be stolen given that im living in a city. It’s not really junk, it’s a low end single speed but still…
Thing is, it got never stolen and am still commuting with it, 4years and counting. I’ve got so attached to it i wouldn’t know how to live without it any more. I even got a little tracker thing (in one of the three possible places you can put one on a bike…)
Ahaha, right? We buy these beater bikes so we won’t be sad when they get borrowed permamently but then they do so well for us that we gotta protect 'em.
I’ve wondered about the tracker thing but I figure one of the local open air chop shops would take that out pretty quick. (Best hope is the bike is so shitty they wouldn’t think anyone would bother with one…)
After having my bike stolen while locked on the side of a Walmart, I am more protective of the new one. I’m a bit more aware of where I lock it, but I also bought a decent U-lock instead of just a cable.
But I also stopped using my own bike if it isn’t an absolute necessity. Sometimes I need the bike for the panniers or the trailer, so I take a risk. But if possible, I’ll use a bike sharing system when I go to some sketchy places.
I even got a bike stolen in the garage of my apartment complex, so now it lives with me, in my studio.
Ahahaha that’s great
