Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
I'm riding a Pacific Toy Store bike right NOW! The bike survived the past year in New York City on the streets 24/7. Any other bike would have been stolen long ago. That bike takes me a total of 16 blocks each day without fail.
What bike would have the best chance of living in the streets of Manhattan every day of the year?
1. Trek 5900
2. Cannondale R1000
3. LightSpeed Classic
4. Beat up Roadmaster
Answer: Beat up Roadmaster.
Also: old-looking, very unfashionable road bike with lots of rust and body primer on parts of the frame, unpainted homemade fork, old grocery-basket pannier permanently bolted to rear rack. I'll take my chances that any potential thief won't know the name "Helyett," and will think I made the Honjo fenders in my garage with a hammer. Camouflage bikes come in many forms!