Yeah, those leafblowers suck. Er, blow,
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:40 AM, sameness samen...@gmail.com wrote:
Nah, it's LA we're talking about. The closest thing to public intervention
on private property is the threat of
I am surprised that police make such an effort to arrest bike thieves.
It is nice that they take bike theft seriously.
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Jeff - did anybody intervene or question you why you were walking away with
a locked bike? After all, you could have been a thief!
Matt
On Friday, September 12, 2014 7:54:15 PM UTC-7, sameness wrote:
Maybe I got soft living in rural Australia for those seven years, but when
I moved back to
At first I was surprised that noone would interrupt a bike thief in
operation, when I heard about pedestrians not intervening when someone is
stealing right out in the open.
But then I realized, people probably are not interested in getting into a
confrontation over a bike.
Now if someone was
Nah, it's LA we're talking about. The closest thing to public intervention
on private property is the threat of a bad Yelp review or a scathing
Facebook post.
Maybe the formation of a Pilates Moms Against Bike Theft Leaf Blowers
taskforce.
Had I tried to sell some organic produce without
I have no idea how the food chain of locks plays in the typical drug-needy
bike thief, they are looking for items to sell fast, at a known price. Here
the police responding to a friend's break-in said there are dealer of hot
goods that frequent certain convenience store parking lots and have
Hi Andy,
First, I'd like to point out that this was not my Sam. The owner used the
local, bike centric social media to spread the word about his stolen S.
Hillborne.
Secondly, I agree that it takes a more sophisticated bike thief to
recognize the prize, and then have the means to defeat the
Interesting. I ride a fendered VO Rando with DT shifters, and it's been
mistaken for a classic (i.e., OLD) bike a number of times, so I kind of
hope that's protecting it from the sophisticated, and that the Abus U-lock
and cable are protecting it from the quick pick thieves. So far, so
good.
This is slightly off topic, but
I wish I could say that bike thieves in my area were mainly drug-needy.
Unfortunately we have have had several rashes of high end bike thefts that
generally occur in more upscale close-in neighbohoods. The thieves tend to
hit several garages in the same
Sad but true. I can remember in Brooklyn if I was within 10 blocks of my
place and someone asked me about the Bombadil I would just say it was some
old steel bike I got from the shop that they had laying around. Didn't want
to advertise I had a bike work a few grand sitting in my most of the day
Maybe I got soft living in rural Australia for those seven years, but when
I moved back to LA in February, I was confident that the venerable
Kryptonite U-lock and cable combo would suffice for security in a highly
visible public place.
Until I came back to the bike rack right outside of a
wow! Happy ending, and thanks to a great LBS.
Did the thief cut the under-tube?
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:33:30 AM UTC-4, Rusty Click wrote:
My favorite LBS in Pittsburgh is *Thick Bikes *. This is not the first
time they have played a key role in recognizing a stolen bike, and
Early on, cutting the tube was assumed on the BikePGH.org thread. After he
recovered his Sam, with no damage to the tube, the owner now thinks the
thief defeated the U-lock somehow.
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:21:32 AM UTC-4, Shoji Takahashi wrote:
wow! Happy ending, and thanks to a
Which raises an interesting question, since many of us use
U-locks-and-cable approaches. Are there ways of locking up with a U-lock
(preferrably a smallish one) that defeat most methods of defeating the
things?
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 10:27:54 AM UTC-4, Rusty Click wrote:
Early on,
It's unfortunate to have a nice bike like a Rivendell that you can't take
places and lock up. I would never entrust mine to a U-lock. I ride my
junky old Nishiki if want to ride somewhere but have a need to lock up.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Rusty Click click...@gmail.com wrote:
Early
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:46:54 AM UTC-7, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro
wrote:
Which raises an interesting question, since many of us use
U-locks-and-cable approaches. Are there ways of locking up with a U-lock
(preferrably a smallish one) that defeat most methods of defeating the
Granted, an angle grinder is going to win. But. I don't park on NY,
Chicago, or LA city streets. I do park at a public rack on the New Haven
campus where I teach a course. I have an Abus mini-U lock that I use
frame-to-rack, backed with a heavy cable laced through both wheels and
secured
When I was getting married, I considered a Tungsten ring, then the ring
designer told us that the only draw back of Tungsten is that it's very hard
to cut, so if you break your finger somehow, it would be extremely
difficult to get the ring off. I went with recycled gold instead.
How about
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:07:04 AM UTC-7, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro
wrote:
Granted, an angle grinder is going to win. But. I don't park on NY,
Chicago, or LA city streets. I do park at a public rack on the New Haven
campus where I teach a course. I have an Abus mini-U lock that I
You might want to add a cable lock. That's two locks instead of one without
adding much weight or nuisance to lock up. (The cable laced through the
wheels and locked with the U still means only one lock.)
I've left heavier-duty U locks at the train station so that I'd have two U
locks. One
My wife and I got tungsten wedding bands so I researched the issue. While
tungsten is very hard to cut, it's very easy to shatter! If you go to the
ER with a stuck tungsten ring, they stick it (and your finger) in a clamp
and take a hammer to it. Maybe it's possible to make a tungsten lock
I bet the owner forgot to include the frame in the locking job. Just that
one time. Just by mistake. And an opportunist walked by. No way would a
thief defeat a u-lock, then lock it back up all neat and tidy.
I have forgotten to include the frame in the lock once in the last couple
of hundred
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