Originally posted by shrimpx
if you leave your bike out overnight, say goodbye to it.
people do that all the time around here and in the morning i see front wheels nicely locked by themselves (rest of the bike gone), or nice stripped frames.
Probably true, if a bit overstated. If you've gotta leave it out at night lock everything down good and tight, like at least w/an Evolution 2000 or New York or a Quadrachain, and lock it under a light. Still, bikes definitely get ripped off of lightposts. There's been a wave of wheel thefts around here lately.
locks are good for daytime protection for short periods of time. and even then bikes get stripped/stolen.
Yeah, I don't really understand. I mean, Chicago is sposta be real bad, and college areas especially, but there are once OK bikes all around campus rotting in the weather, like just the other day I saw three w/chains rusted through. Plus I'm pretty sure I've only seen two cut through Kryptonites on the street. But stuff does get grabbed, pretty much irrespective of quality. Back in grad school somebody tore out a fence post to steal my $10 beater.
Says something about the mind of a drug adict, I guess.
Bill