I wonder if all things were equal with locking and visibility, what kind of bike a typical bike thief would go for first. Are they discerning enough to see lugged steel and Brooks saddles as a positive or neg? Would they go for a MCRB over a lugged steel bike, pick a Magna over a Moots? My hunch is a be-fendered Betty Foy would be the last bike to be nicked.
On Friday, March 16, 2012 8:49:02 AM UTC-7, Joan wrote: > > Bleriot Love - I totally agree! > > Not only did I use two locks on my bike at my office building parking > gargage bike rack, but I continue to use two locks when I park around my > urban home location. But - when in the countryside, on a ride with a > group, we never lock our bikes outside gas stations, convenience stores, > local markets. And it seems like we're all in the store together, at > least at first. > > Joan > On 03/15/12, Lynne Fitz<[email protected]> wrote: > > First, the setting... > > I commute by bike. Commute bike is Bleriot, all done up with S&S > couplers, generator hub/light, Honjo fenders, sweet new Racktime rack, > little front rack, panniers... > > I work at (but not FOR) Nike; my desk is in a building a long block > off the main campus, about 1.5 miles from where I need to be to meet > with my usability session participants. Clearly, I just ride over. > Even if I didn't have my bike, Nike has a fleet of bicycles just for > the purpose of moving one's self around. Bike parking is dead easy - > anywhere you want, as long as it is not in the way. I take my bike > everywhere I go, and NEVER have to lock it up. > > Today - usability session in the Mia Hamm building. Bike is parked > along the outside window wall; I'm a few cubicles away. Toward the > end of the session, some random stranger pokes his head in.... "Is > that your bike? Wow!". > > :-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YUPuGCO3nXgJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
