I'm moving to NYC and thinking about new ways to prevent bike theft. "Get yourself a good lock, be smart about how you lock it, my grandma's locked her bike in NYC for 39 years without a problem by being smart" yeah, yeah, I know. But really, everything gets stolen there.

I was thinking about JB-welding some 1" metal letters to spell my last name onto the sides of the top tube. No amount of spraypaint can fix that. But I worry that if I just glued it to the original frame they could just pry them off and the paint would come off with it- would it be worth it to strip the paint and then do it? Think it would be a deterrent (combined with being on a 1980's road bike)? It would be really sweet if I could find letters attached to a flat piece of metal that could wrap around the frame. Anyone tried or considered something similar? Maybe I need to write up a patent and make them.