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All uphill

Still rolling along
Location
Somerset
Ride a cheap bike!

My city bike is £50 worth which reduces it's likelihood of being stolen.

Gets knackered by the muck and scratched by its owner!

If you ride a nice bike you need a nice lock!

I'm with you on this @Jameshow

I'd add that an old style bike may also be less attractive to thieves.

I use my 'do everything ' 1994 Marin daily and value being able to just walk out of the house, wheel the bike out and ride. I use a cheap cable lock and am rarely away from the bike for more than 10 minutes.

The last bike I had stolen was in 1996.
 

HMS_Dave

Grand Old Lady
I fling as much poo on my elephant bike as possible. No one has gone near it.
 

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
I'm with you on this @Jameshow

I'd add that an old style bike may also be less attractive to thieves.

I use my 'do everything ' 1994 Marin daily and value being able to just walk out of the house, wheel the bike out and ride. I use a cheap cable lock and am rarely away from the bike for more than 10 minutes.

The last bike I had stolen was in 1996.

My commuter is an early 90's Diamond Back Ascent. It's old, but has had a respray and looks smart. Looking closer you'll see it wears Deore XT and LX ! Not cheap.
 
All bike weigh 40lbs. Some are expensive, lightweight racers with high security locks, others are hacks made from spare parts and carry a light cable.
My London bike was nice used steel light touring/Audax style frame ( back when this was unfashionable) with a spray can lime green paintjob and old but serviceable components with no QRs. It rode better than it looked. The lock was an old Kryptonite.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
I generally use a thick D lock with the branding filed off through the rear triangle and wheel, then an alarmed thick rope cable through the quick release parts and front wheel. Not lost one yet. Did once return to a kid fiddling with the D. Not sure if he was trying to pick it, but it's an I bar key, not a Yale-like or an old O key.
 
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MrBojangles

New Member
Tend to keep my e bike in house . I have got locks but they are not really used as i dont leave bike anywhere without myself with it .
but realise shall become a time i need to lock bike up , although id be very reluctant to be honest with prices they are as dont come cheap .
So no way im giving any thief a chance .
 
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ghawks100

Well-Known Member
Location
Lancashire
Ouretandem moustache was stolen from our caravan in Yorkshire.
We have the batteries and kiox screen that has a motor lock synced, so bike is useless without the kiox screen.
if anyone hears anything about Moustache batteries an screen needed,please let me know.
 
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Gwylan

Veteran
Location
All at sea⛵
Ouretandem moustache was stolen from our caravan in Yorkshire.
We have the batteries and kiox screen that has a motor lock synced, so bike is useless without the kiox screen.
if anyone hears anything about Moustache batteries an screen needed,please let me know.

Sorry to hear that.
 
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