At Recycle Bicycles we learned our lesson the hard way a long time ago. We gave cheap combo locks and used cables with the bikes. Needless to say, thieves popped the front spin dial cover and poof, they were gone. Since then we pony up, buying u-locks at wholesale in large quantities. These $6 locks help secure the refurbished bikes we worked so hard to provide to those in need. The last thing they need is to be victims of some punk. Bruce
--- On Wed, 6/4/08, veganboyjosh@gmail.com <veganboyjosh@gmail.com> wrote:
From: veganboyjosh@gmail.com <veganboyjosh@gmail.com>
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bike Thief
lessons?
To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 11:29 AM
Have any of you heard of this? Do any of you do anything similar? Makes sense that it works... http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0489099820080604?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
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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