Thursday, January 26, 2017

Lock It Or Lose It

Andy | Thursday, January 26, 2017 | Best Blogger Tips
A bike today has way more technology than it did 15 years ago. It's also a much more expensive item, so what was stealing a $150 item some years ago is now stealing an $800 item or a $1,000 item or more. What thieves like about bikes is they can jump on them and be gone in minutes. It's a type of theft that allows for a speedy getaway, and if you put obstacles in front of that it decreases the chance that they're going to take your bike.

19 comments:

  1. Only if your bike is surrounded by to much garbage people could think that the bike is also garbage and take it away. Don't laugh it happens here more then often. Good street shoot again Andy.

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  2. Big problem here with the many bikes in our country.

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  3. I always use a double lock, the usual one under the saddle and a cable locked onto a fench, or tree. It is necessary helas.

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  4. Such terrific clarity on this! I am always envious of your crisp photos.

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  5. I love this shot! Terrific slice-of-life and one cannot wonder about this person. Looks like she's been shopping and that it's quite cold and that it would be better if she had a car! :)

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  6. We've come a long way from the time when you could just lean your bike up against a wall, walk away and come back in the morning and it would still be there.

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  7. I'm riding an electric, $4,500 - not locking it would be seriously stupid, though I've been accused of that before, being stupid that is.

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  8. You are right, that is an expensive lost today if it gets stolen. Nice shot Andy!

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  9. All high end bikes would come with GPS data tracker to know exactly where the bike it at all time. I hate that bikes have become a targeted item for theft. The chain lock she is putting on will keep the honest folks for stealing her bike, but a true bike thief would be gone with it in seconds.

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  10. I listen to a lot of true crime and what has ASTOUNDED me is the fact that people have been abducted while riding a bike. People just take them right off it. That doesn't really seem possible. I would have thought a person would have been going too fast to catch them!

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  11. I often see people who have removed one portion of the bike in addition to locking it up.

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  12. Yes... I don't recall any time in my reasonably long life when one could safely leave doors or bikes unlocked. I like this picture.

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  13. I had a bike stolen when I was a kid, maybe 11 or 12 years old, and I still remember being very upset about it and wondering how I'd get home.

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  14. Have you read about skunk locks? If a thief messes with the lock it release a foul smell that ultimately ends up on the thief.

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  15. There are so many things that are prey now, from stuff to our actual identities. I hate that we have to be paranoid or else we'll become victims.

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  16. I see the same thing as William. Thieves around here need to carry spare wheels with them now :)

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  17. Nice capture.
    Once upon a time it was safe to leave ones bike whilst one went to the shop - alas those days are now gone!

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  18. ...a bike today can cost more than my first car!

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