Originally Posted by xlDooM

I had similar doubts about leaving the bike in the train station parking lot. I resolved them by taking up a theft and vandalism insurance on my new commuter MTB. $200 deductible on theft means that after 3 months of ownership, they're doing me a favour by stealing it. $50 deductible on vandalism may be a bit annoying when someone would decide to steal my saddle, but so far they haven't. I park it in the most visible spot possible, to shift the risk from vandalism to theft.