Given that anyone who wants to steal your bike can, I am a big believer in teh insurance option. Check with your agent about scheduling your bicycles on your home owner's policy. For a very modest fee I have 10K worht of bikes covered for 17 perils (including theft) and no deductable.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Claude LaVallee <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Ned, > > I can relate to your wife; my Rivendell bicycle is my sole vehicle so I'm > very protective of it. > > TiGr (http://tigrlock.com/) makes a very strong, lightweight titanium > lock that allows you to lock both wheels and the frame to a secure bike > stand. It is the strongest theft deterrent I have found. > > I supplement that with a D-lock, and intend to install pit lock skewers ( > http://www.pitlock.com/) to lock my seat post, wheels, saddle and seat > post (in the meantime, I secure my seat post and saddle with a second > D-lock). > > Another couple of security items I'd like to get and install are a GPS > device (ex.: www.spybike-gps.com) to alert me in the advent of someone > taking my bike, and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device like > www.snagg.com) to help me in recovering my bike if it is stolen. These > are not common in North America yet, but I think there is growing interest. > > Lastly, she might be interested in looking into bicycle insurance options > that are becoming available, like Clipp (http://getclipp.com) or Better > World (http://www.betterworldclub.com/bicycles/bike_assistance.cfm/) > which doesn't, as far as I know, cover theft, but offers interesting > benefits. > > Good luck! > Claude > > On Sunday, November 18, 2012 5:37:44 PM UTC-5, Ned Ludd wrote: >> >> My wife has a lovely HH and is afraid to use it. She'll ride it in the >> park, or out to the beach, but she won't use it for errands because she's >> afraid to leave it locked in front of a store for 10 minutes. I think her >> old CrypticNight lock is inadequate, but there must be something that is >> useful out there (I hope.) She does not plan to lock it to the fence at >> Dolores Park overnight, she just wants to be able to go to the bakery or >> the grocery store and have the thing still be there when she comes out. Any >> suggestions/thoughts? >> Thanks >> > -- > 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/-/KDpeCZENUKYJ. > 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. > -- Cheers, David David Verrinder 406-646-6813 [email protected] -- 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.
