Originally Posted by JohnJ80

Pit Locks make a thief have to invest too much time in stealing your bike which (in their eyes) has now diminished value or by damaging the component removing the pit lock. Pretty excellent product. By the time you add these to your bike and lock it up near others easier to steal, yours is far less desirable to a thief and, therefore, much less likely to be stolen.

If the thief were to steal a bike locked and tricked out with pit locks, they’d have to spend an hour or so trying to get them off in order to either fence the parts or sell the bike.