In the wake of the theft of Brian’s bicycle, Hal Ruzal, a mechanic at Bicycle Habitat, offers tips on how to prevent bike robbers from nabbing your wheels.
Note: This is a rebroadcast. Brian has since gotten a new bike, a real beauty, and sturdy new lock. Thanks for all your advice!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7zb8YXrmIA
Here'a link to a video of a guy stealing his own bike, several times, in busy areas around NYC. He actually does use an angle grinder!
Here's a thought. Open a website that reports address of where bike was stolen. Ask people to take pics with their cell phone of anyone who looks like they're tampering with the bike and post on the Stolen Bike site.
Among my friends, we thought that the large "American Lock" brand 700 series locks so popular on EVERYTHING in the city were the standard of security. Along with a sturdy hardened chain, there wasn't much more you could do.
Boy were we wrong!
While in the city two weeks ago, a pro bike thief removed a plate from the bottom of the lock and removed the cylinder, and took one of the two bikes, then replaced the cylinder, leaving the remaining bike locked there and unable to be locked. Luckily, we were doing metal work and had a cordless angle grinder, so the thief didn't come back for the second bike, but this was a real shock!
WE combated this by TIG welding the plate in place, but I'm at a real loss of how "Joe the Bike Rider" could do this.
Andy
CYCLER REASONING
A really big wheel
Told me something that I like:
Buy a hundred-dollar lock
And a fifty-dollar bike.
I did as he suggested
--Already I’m reminiscing —
Day 1, the bike was secure,
The lock, however, was missing.
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