The Philly Bike Expo <https://phillybikeexpo.com/> is coming up on Nov 2 and 3rd, and for the past 2 years there's been a fella who gives a seminar each hour on bike locking and other safety tips for folks who ride on the mean streets of Philly. He's very entertaining, and goes through all the things to think about in choosing a locking location, how to lock the bike, the benefits of locking wheel skewers, you name it. Not a direct answer to your question.
My son who is now 10 and I have attended the past two years to listen to his presentation. Our favorite is when he describes folks on the street who might be up to no good when you are cycling by as a single cyclist. His advice when you come close to those folks is to turn around and yell "Hey, Tommy," to give the impression there is someone else following you so you're not as easy a mark. By the time you've ridden by, it's too late for them to figure out that Tommy ain't behind you. So every now and then, when I'm out riding with my son, I yell "Hey Tommy," and he gets a good laugh. Regardless of whether he's there, the Expo is fantastic and well worth checking out. On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 3:04:00 PM UTC-4, Eric Karnes wrote: > > Evening all- > > I'm interested in some group brainstorming. I recently moved to a > university area where I'm told there is a high incidence of bike theft. > (Granted this is a town in the UK and I just move here from Philadelphia, > so perhaps I should take that claim with a grain of salt). Nevertheless, my > AHH will shortly arrive here via Bikeflights. > > I'm a firm believer in riding my 'good bikes' anywhere and everywhere, but > I don't want to tempt fate. So I'm looking for ideas: how could I make my > Hilsen look less desirable to opporunistic British bike thrives? It's brown > and has albatross bars so it already looks a bit like an old British beater > to the uninformed. But all brainstorming welcome! I was thinking lots of > stickers and a bit of thoughtfully-smeared dirt. > > Thanks in advance! > > Eric > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a6611ae0-f6f8-41df-aa9f-c327be9909fc%40googlegroups.com.
