Originally Posted by
bmclaughlin807
My panniers are starting to fall apart... not surprising for $35 grocery panniers that have been on the bike for at LEAST 5,000 miles, and hauled around 200 loads of groceries from the store... And we're not talking little loads of groceries, here!
I pretty much leave EVERYTHING on my bike... lights, pump, panniers, saddle bag, etc. The only thing I've ever had taken was a head unit for my light when I parked too close to a food bank.
Funny part was they left the battery pack and the charger (Charger was in the grocery pannier, right on top... full view)
Same here. First, the grocery store parking lot has surveillance cameras, and I'm always careful to lock my bike in a spot in full view of at least one. Second, the grocery store always has an off-duty police officer on premises, and at the place where I usually shop it is usually one of the bike patrol people, all of whom know me. Third, I have one of two Xtracycles in town; given that most of our brothers and sisters in blue know that, anyone other than me and the other guy toodling around town on an X (much less trying to sell one) is going to have to answer some uncomfortable questions.