Originally Posted by
randya
What lesson are you learning from this? I assume robberies from yards are not unheard of in Portland. Was there an open gate, did they carry it over a fence, or were there bolt cutters involved?
If it was behind a high fence with reasonable security, then the lesson is "you can only do so much to secure anything from theft"
Personally, I don't leave my £500 bike outside, but I'm in London - theft and rain are both pretty common.