total misconception. There are loads of nice areas that are low crime. You should see the bikes locked up at my neighborhood coffeeshop. Typically they run the gamut from $150 beaters to several thousand dollar racers. Rarely does anyone bother with Hal style locking in my neighborhood.

Downtown is a different story. You need to actually lock wel in some locations, and others have a dozen unsecured brooks saddles.

I was super annoyed this weekend because someone tied to Jack my crate from my bike, breaking it in the process at the train station. . Probably salvageable, but I decided to get a woven basket instead of a crate. Apparently my $20 Marshall's find attracted way too much attention. It looked awesome on my bike.

The BART stations al over town are theft magnets. The worst one is in upper middle class suburbia, and not my nearby stations. But I think I am going to stick to parking on the street from now on.