Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
Hmmm, I'll have to tell a couple of my friends who lost their bikes on their bike racks while parked at restaurants that they don't have to worry anymore about locking up their bikes because Cappuccino said it was terrible advice. You know, those nylon straps are very robust, I doubt any knife could cut those.
i think you missed cappuccino's point. just about any knife
could cut the nylon cinch straps. so locking your bike to a trunk rack would only keep the honest people honest, not prevent a slightly more invested thief from taking the bike+rack, throwing it into the back of a pickup truck and driving off. hence cappuccino's 5-second call.
sorry if your pals lost bikes that were locked to rear racks. that's rotten. and a reminder to us all that cars can be burgled from the outside (as in these cases), as well as easily smashed into (the safety glass only facilitates it).