Originally Posted by
fietsbob
agree , campus clusters bikes for theft convenience..
it makes a rat bike an advantage. funky but functional .. rusty but reliable .. but still lock it up much better than the next guy did..
My son rides a '73 Fuji Special Road Racer. He's 6'3, and the frame fits him perfectly. He says that the guy who runs the bike shop in town just down the street from the campus says he gets three or four people a week wondering where they can get a bike w/ an old-school frame like that.
The bike has never been stolen. I don't know if he locks his bike up really well, there's little crime on campus, or the other bikes at the rack are significantly more modern and better-equipped.
I know a stolen rat bike stings a whole lot less than a stolen $X00 bike.