The London Cycling Campaign has launched a campaign to demand joined-up action on bike theft, the cycling group calling the current inaction “shocking”.As part of the campaign, the LCC has published a report, titled ‘Broken Locks, Broken Promises’, which highlights “the shocking scale of cycle theft” in London and the “outcomes of inaction”. It calls ... Read more
not surprising at all. They take up very little room, so they are relatively easy to move, can be taken apart within less than an hour and parted out, often are locked inadequately, many establishments lack good/any bike racks in areas with decent foot traffic to deter crimes of opportunity . . . . . .
I am planning on building a decent 29er, that will be expensive enough to warrant designing some custom gps tracking solution so that if it ever is stolen, I can at least track it in real time. But I’ve had bikes stolen before, and from experience, having a bike locked in a safe, road-facing location for less than a few hours at a time is the best way, where I live, to avoid the pain of losing something so useful forever.
the ideal solution is to provide actual locked bike storage shacks/shelters in busy areas, but cities will sooner waste millions on horrid road infrastructure than anything to negate the fears that potential cyclists have about bicycle theft.
I was in Denmark over a decade ago for an extended time and everyone just had a plain black bike that all looked alike for everyday use, I did see some nice road bikes but they were being used for leisure.
I only rented bikes so I don’t know how much they were but I’m assuming they weren’t expensive to replace and probably not worth stealing.
not surprising at all. They take up very little room, so they are relatively easy to move, can be taken apart within less than an hour and parted out, often are locked inadequately, many establishments lack good/any bike racks in areas with decent foot traffic to deter crimes of opportunity . . . . . .
I am planning on building a decent 29er, that will be expensive enough to warrant designing some custom gps tracking solution so that if it ever is stolen, I can at least track it in real time. But I’ve had bikes stolen before, and from experience, having a bike locked in a safe, road-facing location for less than a few hours at a time is the best way, where I live, to avoid the pain of losing something so useful forever.
the ideal solution is to provide actual locked bike storage shacks/shelters in busy areas, but cities will sooner waste millions on horrid road infrastructure than anything to negate the fears that potential cyclists have about bicycle theft.
I was in Denmark over a decade ago for an extended time and everyone just had a plain black bike that all looked alike for everyday use, I did see some nice road bikes but they were being used for leisure.
I only rented bikes so I don’t know how much they were but I’m assuming they weren’t expensive to replace and probably not worth stealing.
Why would you ever leave such a bike out in public such that it gets stolen?
because, I’m a human that makes mistakes.