Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Forget about booby-trapping.. Just ride a brakeless fixie everytime you go into a high risk area and anybody dumb enough to steal one will very quickly find out it was a big mistake.
I have a fixed gear road bike I bought for $30 that I use just for this purpose. I never lock it, fixed gear bikes are so uncommon around my town that any would-be thief is going to get thrown over the bars metres from where he first got on it. Perfect bike to ride to the shop with.