Originally Posted by
Hisamatsu
When I first got my new bike every day any where I go people would comment "oh, nice bike there" etc... Got tiresome after a couple months listening. I slapped on a Huffy logo decal covering my bike's original brand name. Guess what? Not a single comment or complement from strangers since. Actually, only time anything was said about it was when my bike was being worked on in my LBS. Said it was a clever idea.
Obscurity does work, I would assume it works to some level on the average thief. However, a pro thief would still recognize bikes even with it covered up by a huffy sticker lol.
Uhhh... like the Titanium Huffy?
http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...new-huffy.html
One would think that something like the Corvette would lead the stolen cars, but they don't even make the top 10 list, which has Hondas and Toyotas. I.E. Whatever is out on the road.
No doubt there is a huge number of $50 bikes that never are even reported stolen (and thus also safer to sell).
Originally Posted by
alan s
Thieves will definitely go for the more expensive lock. It's all about proving that even the most expensive lock can be defeated. They don't really care about the bike. If it happens to be nice, that's just the bonus at the end.
I did fix up a no-name MTB for the son of an acquaintance. I was told that he just left the bike in front of the library (near the bus stop) when he moved out of town??? Anyway, I had some troubles with the combo-lock, so I left it overnight. The next day, the bike was gone
(don't use a dial type Master Combo Lock to lock a bike). So, I walked around the block, and found the bike the next block over in front of the bus stop. I presume someone picked the lock and borrowed the bike for an errand, then left it back at the bus stop.