Originally Posted by
zacster
What surprises me about some of these opinions about carbon fiber is that it has been around a long time already. It isn't new anymore. It doesn't melt in the rain, explode in the sun, fall apart when you hit a bump in the road.
If it costs more, and is worth more, it will be stolen more. Except for one fact: I never see a carbon bike locked to a pole. Nobody is crazy enough, nor is any lock strong enough, to do that. I take mine inside with me. I've locked it once, but inside in my office. I've had it for 10 years already.
Yeah, we're actually at the point where 10-15yr old carbon bikes are cheap enough to consider using as (lock up) commuters. The perception of value plays a huge part in why older carbon bikes haven't caught on as commuters in NYC.
It's not that someone will cut the lock, it'll just be a bigger target for thieves to pick components off of. Like you I hardly ever carbon bikes locked up but there must be 100s of fancy steel/alu bikes attached to racks across the city every day.