[TheThinkTank] Bike Thief lessons?

[ronald ferrucci]

Great idea. There is a couple of videos where a bike mechanic from NY
walks around grading peoples lock techniques (here:
http://bikehacks.com/bike-lock-grading-streetfilms/). The idea of
having your lock be more expensive than your bike is common in NYC. I
remember walking around and seeing old crappy bikes locked with
Faggedaboudit chains.

Bike thieves sometimes undo bolts that hold posts, including light
posts, into the ground, so that when people lock to them they can
easily remove the bolts. I think it was Ivan that pointed some of
these spots out to me in Chicago.

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Jonathan Morrison
<jonathan at slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
> This is a good topic for a wiki page -- I'll start....
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> http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike_Theft
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> Jonathan Morrison
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> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:29 AM, <veganboyjosh at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Have any of you heard of this? Do any of you do anything similar?
>>
>> Makes sense that it works...
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>> http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0489099820080604?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
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>> I wonder if any shops out there have some kind of policy about what kind
>> of locks will get reused, and which ones just discarded/recycled. I know we
>> see a ton of crappy, cheap, breakable-with-a-wet-noodle wire/cable locks.
>> What do you do with them? Is there a "minimum level of security" on locks
>> that go out from your shops? Do you do any kind of theft awareness/ lock
>> education?
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