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Old 05-02-02 | 02:06 PM
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John E
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

5mi/8km round trip? I would buy a beater bike at a yard sale, lock it with a lightweight cable, and keep the good hardware at home for fun rides. This is what I have done for almost 35 years, and the only bikes I have ever lost to theft were a Sears Free Spirit and a low-end SR 10-speed, both of which were $15 yard sale treasures(?). For a short commute, it is almost as much fun to ride a junker with a lightweight cable lock as a nice bike weighted down with 4 kg of security devices. (In the 1970s, I carried a big case-hardened chain and an Abus Diskus padlock, and we used to joke that "the lighter the bike, the heavier the security system.")
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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