Originally Posted by Istanbul_Tea

Indeed! Last night I went for a very chilly walk with my wife and daughter and they went into a store while I stayed outside. I was watching a shady looking character eyeing a delivery bike that was locked to a streetlight pole. This bike was about as low on the food pryamid as a bike can get-dept. store brand, hammered, frame was dented/banged up and had duct & electrical tape all over it and a plastic milk crate bungee corded on its handlebars...

the guy tried to pull on the bike to brake the lock-didn't work.

the guy tried lifting the bike and turning it upside down to twist and snap the chain lock-didn't work.

the guy pulled on the wheels-both front and back-to get them-didn't work.

the guy tried pulling the saddle off-didn't work.

the guy tried pulling the handlebar grips off-didn't work.

the guy tried pulling off the milk crate-didn't work.

finally... the guy bent over and snapped off the only reflector on the bike-a partially broken reflector that was only half attached to a single spoke on the rear wheel-he stood up with it, looked at it carefully, shoved it into his coat pocket and walked away.