Originally Posted by
Tentacle Master
I live realy far away and traveling to my house on bike isnt the safest thing in the world esp at night, so I leave it at my friends house(car parking is free here) Unfortunalty he has nothing solid to lock bikes to so I have to lock anything to another movable object ie another bike, grill, etc. So this morning I parked my car at my friends house to get my bike then go to work, I go around the corner and my bike is gone. My friends bike wich I locked it to was also gone. Given the number of chains and locks that were on both bikes they would had to be taken together. Im fairly devestated. It was a saphire 1992 Trek 790 multitrack that i had custom built into more of a hybrid. I planed on starting some light touring with it. My friends bike was a Trek 800sport, nothing great, but all he had. These are the 4th and 5th bikes weve had stolen from this location, this month!!! (I have around 20 bikes) The first 3 bikes were left unlocked so im not suprised. I have no doubt that theyll be back for more. Id realy like to get this guy in the act and possible get my bikes back. My current plan invloves a junk Roadmaster and a few car batteries. But before I fry anyone I wanna know if any1 has had any luck with catching a bike theif.
Just to clarify, I will no longer leave bikes here. Ill remove the front tire everyday and put in my car like i used to.
Room for one more bike? How about buying a folding bike (preferly new but consider used if money is an issue). I use my folders now exclusively for almost a year-5 years before that with regular nonfolding bikes in my "collection." I gave away or sold the regular bikes and use only folding bikes now. 99% of the time, I must leave my old bike unattended (either locked or not) and theft is very high around my area. My folders I simply fold up, bag it, and take it with me anywhere other bikes are not welcomed. I recommend you look into buying at least one. And keeping one in your trunk even just for emergencies (bet you can't do that with your other ones). For more info: