I can top that: off white bike seat with a “gifted” used chewing gum on it : pants destroyed ;) you only realize it at first dismount;) No light colored seats ever again.
My cousin told me in NYC (Spanish Harlem) the scam when you lock a bike up is thieves will put a lock on your bike so you can’t take it, then in the middle of the night, cut your lock off and take the bike. There is always ways to beat a lock, but something is better than nothing. That said, expensive vs cheap locks aren’t a huge step up. (See the lock picking lawyer and his reviews of bike locks/chains).
Luckily those scams are practically unheard of in my region, because despite having a complicated relationship with the police here, people are serious about their bikes and would just call the cops.
Me being from Barcelona, a city where petty theft is the number one issue, I've never gotten my bike stolen. And it's a really nice one. Very big since I'm a tall person, blue and black, with good add-ons etc. The thing is that I always bring it with me wherever I go. It doesn't matter the house, type of building or business. It will go in alongside me. Are you a doctor, a massage therapist or a gym owner? Well, you better say yes when I ask you if you have some room *inside* for my bike. The only exceptions are pharmacies. But I'm constantly looking at my bike outside the door through the whole purchase. And since I have my seat calibrated for me(193cm tall) and use special pedals for special shoes I know very well that the vast majority of thieves will take at least a few seconds longer to steal it than it takes me to jump outside and grab him by the neck. Pd: I don't own a lock.
My favoorite tip is parking in a super market of some sort. Guards are usually around the bike racks anyway, and if you greet them and are polite they will remember you and your bike
Also, personalize it with either your name or a design that stands out. Thieves like to steal stuff that's common and not easily recognisable. If it gets stolen, search for it online, in the area. If you find the bike, go there and ask to testride it. And then confront him, once you have the bike in your posession.
Use a decent chain (min of 5mm thickness) and a round padlock so only a grinder will get through it, avoid cable locks as they're shit, u locks are okay but most can be frozen and hit with a hammer, understand that you can't stop someone from stealing your bike however you can deter them and the more hassle it looks and the more tools required the less likely anyone will try to steal it, I know several bike thieves and that's why i use a chain lock and not once has anyone attempted to steal mine, also put the chain through the front wheel or take it off and put the chain through both wheels at the back and don't chain it to anything not secure.
Nice! Check that the bike hoop is not sawn through. In Barcelona I have seen the hoop tube neatly sawn (lower down) so that it may be swiveled and a locked bike removed in seconds
Recently got mine stolen they cut through 2 cheap bike locks with wirecutters. Learned my lesson for sure... I live up 4 stories with no elevator though.
Oh, that fail on post on 4:46. One day I saw a guy locking up his bike to a post like that. I warned him it was not a good idea, but he complained and showed me that the chainlock was really tight. Then I approached and with a little strength, lifted up the bike from the post. He went silent and started to search a better place to lock it up, lol.
I have a theory that if every time you lock your bike you take the seat with you no one will want to steal it. Think about it and start doing it if it is easy and not too greasy on the bottom. It makes sense in my opinion!
There are a lot of bikes without locks in my area and in other areas that are near. That is because people who steal bikes often leave them. And a day later another person takes it an leaves in another place. And so on. I have seen one bike in four different places once. Technically this is bad but also good because there are ~120 bikes that anyone can take and they are everywhere so other people don't really steal anything. These bikes are also sometimes treated as payment or getting sold. So in that situation new bikes will be stolen if there are no such bikes nearby.
I have seen lots of bikes with the wheels stolen and also have seen where drug addicts have flown into a rage and smashed and booted in the wheels and bent the frame because they couldn't steal it when it had multiple locks on it. Some bikes sold in shops in the city are $3,000 or more for city workers to cycle to and from the subway (bankers etc) and custom bikes for off road and racing can be $10,000 or $11,000 the average poor guy bike is about $500. Those little fold up bikes are selling for $1500 in shops every day of the week because they fly in luggage easily and are also popular with city workers and interestingly enough people with boats like them because you can take them on your boat, tie up somewhere and take the bicycle off to get to the nearest grocery store, fold it and leave again...
When are we going to get finger print scanners for Electric Bikes? it's easily doable with programming. mine got recently stolen in the middle of the day in the center of the city next to a busy bus station. it's my first bike loss but the solution is just to get a thick fat metal lock but also at this point a technological deterrent to thieves. Maybe like a phone wi-fi signal lock for electric motor etc.
If you and a friend are out on your bikes then a killer clown comes up to you and says ”Give me your bike.” what do you do? A. Pull out a minigun B. Run and leave your friend to die C. Give him your bike D. Lock your bike up to his leg Post your answer in the comments.
Two steps to not have your bike stolen. First, get yourself a beater bike for basic transport and a nice bike for pleasure/distance use. For the nice bike don't bother with a lock because you NEVER want to lock it up, always take it inside. For the beater bike, move on to step #2 -- paint the entire bike bright pink. The frame, the handlebars, the tires, everything. No one wants a bright pink craptastic bike.
Those heavy duty locks are the safest but boy do they have some weight. Gold kryptonite at 1kg or heavy duty lock at nearer 5kg. If you have a 10kg bike that's half your bike again in weight.
I know I'm about to mention a motor bike but ALWAYS LOCK YOUR BIKE. Basically I nust came back from a ride and came back to the house parked my Suzuki gsxr 125 on the drive and did not lock it as I would only be 5min. As I walked passed the window I saw 2 scumbag thieves rolling my bike off the drive I grabbed my helmet and ran out the front door and the ran and dropped the bike.....i now have to pay £3000 for repairs because I did not put on the lock. ALWAYS LOCK YOUR BIKE
I wouldn't recommend locking your bike to a parking meter. All it takes is someone to lift your bike above the meter and they can run off with the bike.
Me fearing someone will steal my single speed bike with bald and mismatched tires, mismatched rims, frame that has been welded twice, fork from another bike, rusty handlebar and most likely stolen by at least 5 different people previously. Yup.
Why not show removal of the quick release front wheel and locking that through the U-lock as well? Too much trouble for users? Okay, well then take that chance
Hi. I locked my mountain bike at Walmart bike rack and it was stolen, I found out later that the bike rack was tampered or defected . Someone lifted the bike rack slit my chain out of the rack took off . Walmart isn't responsible for bikes being stolen . Why is it that for example if I go to someone's house and did some repairs on there roof and I fell off accident I know I would be able to to sue them because I was on there property . Isn't that once I step into any property and I got hurt of damage was done to say my bike why can't I sue Walmart even if there bike rack was tampered or rack was damaged but Walmart did not take action to have maintenance on there bike rack or something. Walmart should be responsible my bike being stolen because rack had damage or something that actually caused my bike to be stolen right ?
I go to school at a large university and I always see people who are too lazy to lock their bike and just drape the lock over the bike or around the handlebar to make it look like it's locked but it's not. Lazy people!
Thats what happened to my dad he went inside to get his keys or something and he was in his own house for like 2 minutes in the middle of the day right by a busy street he didnt lock his bike cause it was like short and he got his 600 dollar bike stolen in roy utah so yea.
Have you heard of the bike lock that when cut to a certain amount it releases a horrible gag reflux maybe even vomit level smell that will ward of any bike thief
One time my pals and I stopped near the end of a ride for a bar break. It was hot and we needed that salt water. We sat outside next to the cast-iron fence surrounding the front of the place, parking our bikes just on the other side of the fence. No locks. My bike was the outermost and I did the old school security method of derailing the chain and loosening the quick release levers. While we were enjoying ourselves and the beer, a man ran up, grabbed my bike, did a cyclocross/triathlon-style flying mount of my bike and then promptly hit the pavement. There were a few scratches to my precious carbon baby, but that I saved it from thievery and had the opportunity to give the would-be thief a word or two made it all worthwhile.
@@Crabiani Thanks, I'll have to try that, and yea its a bit over kill for that, but its not gonna stop the thief if they're also experienced in disassembling bikes where they know how to put it back, I read somewhere that said that just leaving your bike in the highest gear is the most ideal, even if they probably will just change the gears
Probably should have watched this before my bike got stolen Edit: Fun story if someone still finds this. The morning after it got stolen we found my bike at a local website where you can put up and sell things. They were selling it for like two times the original price. I knew it was my bike since it had the same kind of lock holder in the frame of the bike. We agreed with the thieves a good time and place to meet. Before we went to the nearby store where they were going to sell it, we called cops and told our situation. I went there, drove the bike around a little and was like: "wow what a cool bike definitely gonna buy this". The thieves were like 15 or 16 year old boys btw. Soon later the cops pulled up. One of them tried to flee but he was caught quickly. The cops called their parents and we went to their house. They had a place where they had hidden more probably stolen bikes. The parents look very dissapointed and the whole situation was kinda sad to witness. But I got my bike back and I'm still using it. The local newspaper contacted us asking if they could talk to us and make a story about it but we refused cause something something.
@@kyleinthought Ohhhh, you'd be surprised how bold people can be in cities. They don't care if they've got an audience, just as long as there aint any coppers nearby.
But it's a very stupid example, which is also very ironic for this particular type of video. And for the real dummies/Americans, I guess I'll need to point out why: Because the bear might just target the person that happens to be running the fastest, and proceed hunting that target without re-evaluation the situation and switching to the target who may or may not be visibly faster, and who may or may not be running the same direction
I'm going to be transferring to a uni soon, and the campus is huge. They have designated spots for bike lockup and it specifically says not to take bikes inside the housing. It's like they want us to get our bikes stolen. If I end up getting the single room like I'm hoping for, I'm going to ignore the rule and keep mine in my room at night. It's not like my roommate will complain lol
I'm so paranoid of getting my overly-expensive bike stolen, I'm simply going to store it in my dorm and ride around campus on a cheap Walmart bike and only use my good bike when hitting the trails near university.
*I've had about 5 bikes stolen from me in my lifetime* . Two or three were stolen out of the backyard. (Thus, don't assume anything on your property is safe when it's outdoors.) Two bikes were stolen at school. Both times were occasions where I had forgotten my bike lock at home and both times the bike was stolen immediately on the first mistake. Therefore, know that thieves hang around schools and businesses watching people on bikes to see if they lock their bike up or not. If you don't lock it up, a thief will know about it the moment you walk away from it, and it'll be gone. These days (with lessons learned) my bike is always locked up. If there's no post to lock it to, then it comes in with me -- no matter where I am. If it's an office building somewhere I'll walk it right through the main lobby and into an elevator. It never gets left anywhere unlocked. Don't even care if anyone in the building complains. I treat it the same way a blind person treats their service dog. Where I go, it goes.
Taekwondo Time well every time Iv gotten a new bike it's been stolen fairly quickly But then ya give up and wait till a nice rusty old bike turns up on the side street and I sware Iv never had to lock it up again Iv even left some over night at the train station unlocked And once my dads fancy bike was stolen from the forint porch locked up while my bike sat there unlocked in the driveway XDDD But there not even bad bikes? It's just all the paints peeling / scratching off and it's rusting in a lot of parts
@@suitman1308 this is not a good idea... Using an angle grinder out in the field is sketchy... But cutting you u locks in a comfy garage is just a matter of seconds..
I brought mine into a shopping centre. I took it to the food court and sat down and ate. A security guard told me I had to take it outside, I said I was worried about it being stolen and promised I wouldn't ride it inside and she let me stay.
Great video really liked it. I just find it so sad that we have to go through such an extend just so people Doesn’t steal our bikes! If only people wouldn’t steal them in the first place. 😭
My dad's technique has always been to use a U lock and a separate cable lock, because even if someone has the tools to get through one, they may not have the tools or time to get through both types of lock. He's had his bike for 25 years and never had one stolen.
This is what I do. I also try to park my bike in the FoV of a security camera, and even if someone did steal it it still has a GPS tracker on it (and if even that fails, there's the insurance). The bike cost me 6 months of rent so I am not going to let thieves have it too easily (meanwhile my old bike was a PoS junker where it didn't need any lock. A lock would've cost more than the bike lol)
When I was at college I had 2 different bikes stolen 3 times between them... When I first bought a road bike at 16 I had no idea of the prevalence of bike theft so used a similar lock to the one at 1:27, came out of the gym one time and my bike had gone and my lock was just cut on the floor. Reported it to the police, bought a new bike, and upped my security to a U lock for the frame and back wheel and an armoured cable lock for the front wheel. However, once, I left it in my girlfriend's garage. Her Dad left the garage open when he came in the house for a few minutes and some opportunist thief stole the bike right out the garage, fortunately, we managed to find him after he'd ridden about 2 miles on one of the A-roads out the village. Then about 6 months later the police rang and had found my first bike, so I gave it to my brother who put it in his back shed, within about 2 weeks it was stolen out his shed... and we never saw it again. The funniest part is these weren't even expensive bikes, like £250 cheap road bikes. I've recently bought a second-hand bike which was £1200 brand new and I am not looking forward to locking that up anywhere, I've bought 2 U locks and I'm really hoping this one doesn't get stolen!
It's a shame people can't just leave other people's stuff alone. I use to go the gym five years ago and lock up my bike with that cord lock. It was luckily never stolen bc I locked it up right outside of the shopping centre. The only solution for where I live is to buy an old second hand bike with a secure lock and just pray that it doesn't get stolen
i hook my bike up with C4 explosives and an expensive gps tracker if it even moves from its position without me unlocking the gps tracker alarm the C4 explodes automatically destroying any evidence my bike and the perpetrator.
Wow you bike kids really have imagination while sitting at Starbucks wishing you had an encyclopedia... Because you punks don't have guns, stun guns or explosives Millennials
All the tips about locking more securely only reduce the chances of it getting stolen, it's still very insecure, and hardly a solution. As demonstrated early on, battery angle grinders aren't difficult to carry around, and can get through multiple of even the most secure locks and methods in a very short space of time. And even if you use multiple locks, it's still possible to steal the accessories - seat, handlebars, forks, luggage racks, brakes, gears, pedals, etc. And the time taken to lock everything up securely, remove your most valuable accessories, and the expense of all this makes cycling a very unattractive method of transport. As the government is encouraging cycling as a feasible form of commuting and transport in a busy city, that they should provide real secure places to park a bike. Or businesses, rented offices, rented accommodation, etc in a city should have an obligation to provide it. Locked up basements/buildings, CCTV, keycard entry to get in and out (or similar), etc. And still use a ~£30 U-lock to clamp the frame to railings once you're in there.
I could buy a reasonable bike and have it stolen 30 times before its as expensive as the lowest quality beater car, before even adding the price of car maintenance. Certainly cars have specific benefits, but avoiding the expense of a stolen bike isn't really a valid reason.
I have a simpler method. Step One: Leave bike somewhere (your choice). Step Two: Make alliance with giant spiders and have them guard your bike for you. (Securing alliance may require human sacrifice). Step Three: You bike is now covered in giant spiders. No one will steal it, anyone who tries will become spider food. Step Four: Say goodbye to your new spider friends and go home.
Cheerful Pessimist ok but what will be their rate. Will they go on strike if i dont increase their salary in case they need more cash? I mean life is tough for everybody these days..
aigtr I was in North St Louis (a VERY bad area of the city) and saw a cool bike path they made over old train tracks. At first I thought it was cool, but my second thought was: fuck ever riding my bike on that. The only way I'd do that is if I had a bet on how far I could ride before my bike was jacked!
That has absolutely nothing to do with it. Some of the neighborhoods with the highest bike theft are some of the wealthiest. People tend not to ride expensive bikes in areas with a lot of violent crime and people who want to commit senseless acts of violence tend not to come to neighborhoods where people ride expensive bikes. However, they will come to neighborhoods where people ride expensive bikes to steal them.
Pickles I'm going to get my bike stolen then 😂😂 but I left a 300$ bike on my friends porch for 3 hrs which is long but it didn't get stolen surprisingly
that doesn't matter. I live in a decent neighborhood and bikes get stolen from the bike rack in front of my apartment building in plain view of a busy street all the time.
I just love the 'outrun your friend not the bear' example given in this video. This had me in pieces....a bit like my friend who wasn't as quick as me and the bear
I have the perfect solution for everyone here. I recently bought a $4,000 dollah bike and planning on riding it to work. Sooooo without further ado, Here's the list I made: 1. Invest for 3-4 good locks (If you can carry a bit more, buy some cheap ones on a dollar store and put a ton o' locks so the thief won't even bother to touch your bike) 2. Buy a bike cover (The sneaky ones with colors that blend in the surroundings) 3. Be smart on WHERE you lock your bike. 4. Too much work = less likely to get your bike stolen 5. Buy a GPS tracker and an alarm whenever someone puts it in motion. 6. Here's my lock combos: 6.1. Front wheel + Rim + Fork + and/or somewhere you will lock your bike to. 6.2 Seat tube + Rear wheel + and/or somewhere you will lock your bike to. 6.3. Saddle + Seat stays + and/or Rear wheel. 6.4. Handlebar + Stem + Front wheel and/or Frame (Use a chain on this one and make sure to lock it tighter than your anus) 7. If you have something on your bike that you could carry, BRING IT WITH YOU. Heck if you could bring the whole bike, never think twice. 8. Lastly, I own a bike cover with lock holes so I have an extra lock (On this one you can use a cheap lock but if you're rich and ballin', just go for a $30-$50 lock) and make sure the bike cover won't go anywhere as well. The lock goes thru the lock holes and thru the front wheel/rim. ALWAYS MAKE SURE EVERY LOCK IS SECURED. You can mix and match on what and where your locks would go, just make sure the bike is securely locked in place. The most effective and alternative way is to buy a cheap bike and use that one for your daily use and preserve your dream bike for long rides with the boys (and girls, not tryin to be sexist here) I only use my dream bike more often because it's like this, imagine playing on a high-tier gaming computer with high-end specs for a year and then try playing on a shit computer with old components. I bet you won't even last a day. If you're riding it for work like me, find the perfect spot for it. I personally I lock mine at back of the building where people rarely goes then hide it with my bike cover. Usually bike thieves go around town in a van looking for easy bikes to steal to make some easy money out of it. So never lock it in plain sight. Not all bike thieves are rich enough to buy an angle grinder. If the bike thief is smart, be smarter. Remember, the more work the thief will need to do to steal your bike, the less likely it will get stolen. Prove me wrong. PS: I heard that there's insurance for bikes now, try to look it up if it's available in your country.
@@RR-dj8rt I ride it to work so 5 mins of locking up is nothing because It's for my workplace area. I don't really need all that locks when I go on a long ride. So what's your point here?
I had a nice bike with a SRAM internal gear hub with coaster brakes. As a result. the very expensive bike looked like it was 50 years old and weighed 50 pounds, so nobody wanted to steal it. Even so, I made an alarm system for the bike just to be safe. (Alarms on bikes were unheard of in 2005)
Your last advice is wrong. Public places with lots of passing people are safer than the back of the building where they have more time to work on the lock.
Ironically I had my seat, headlights, taillights, and front wheel (quick release) stolen. The bike next to mine was a piece of junk Walmart bike that the thief didn’t bother to touch.
I once thought this way, until my cousin introduced me to my first road bike a couple of months ago Now, granted, my road bike was still only around $120, and I get it bros "psh mine was x," whatever, not the point Road bikes are the masterrace of bikes. Riding a road bike should be considered a completely different sport from riding what you'll get at your local walmart. The difference made me fall in love with cycling, even after having once been a cynic You will be amazed at how little you ACTUALLY have to pedal, to get so far, and sort of jaded when you realize that you've been peddling a lie your entire life You've gotta face the facts, kids, your parents bought you an inefficient machine My advice: get yourself a really nice older bike for cheap. The $100-300 range. Not so much that you can't afford for it to be stolen, but expensive enough that you can get quality (lightweight, durable, good gearing) And remember kids, this goes for everything in life. It is almost always better to buy the high quality thing, despite the extra money. I found a genuine mink fur coat at a thrift store the other day. Thing must have been $2,000+ bucks new. It looked PERFECT, and was impossible to tell it's age. It turned out to be 57 years old. Now, $2,000 bucks is a ton of money for a coat. Then again, how many coats would you buy in 57 years? Im of course advocating for the happy middle. Go for the high quality products. A fur coat is more than high quality, it's high flashy. There are bikes in the $3,000+ range that'd shave 20 seconds off your mile from a $300 bike, sure, but it's all about factoring for diminishing returns Efficiency
I like to think that the bodies and souls of bike thieves completely dissipate into the void after death, so that no part of them can be reincarnated. bike thievery and child abuse are the only unforgivable crimes. at least murder sometimes makes sense and some good can come from rape (like your determined girl(and/or boy)friend hunting down the raper and cutting off his dick-that would be an improvement). even when you're destitute, there are better, easier, and less shitty ways to make money than stealing bikes.
The bycicle rack at 1:50 is NOT ok..... it's got outer bolts, they can easily be removed with a spanner. Use bycicle racks that are "buried" into the pavement, not screwed into it with the bolts outside
Dude if you're willing to literally be killed by a bear just so that your friend doesn't have to be then you're probably closer to family. That or it says more about you than your friend.
I have the best locks available but only use them when transporting my bicycles INSIDE my van. Otherwise, my bicycle comes inside the building wherever I go. If the store, or building person, doesn't like it I can usually ask them to place it behind the counter or in an agreed safe room (locked or watched) but, if they insist that I place the bicycle outside, I write that store off or visit it later without my bicycle. 40 years of serious cycling and never had a stolen bicycle.
I've had three bikes stolen already, like he said if the thief really wants your bike they're going to steal it. Best thing is to ride an inexpensive bike, one that's not worth the time and effort to steal. That's my strategy. I don't even have to lock up my bike anymore because nobody wants that POS.
It's just too bad that bikes seem to have been made to be stolen. Somehow stealing a bike is less of an offence to people than stealing a car: criminal law needs to be adapted to change this perception. My bike getting stolen is one of the reasons I'm hesitating a lot in getting a new e-bike because these things are freakishly expensive and thus even more subject to theft.
My teacher leaves her bike in front of the school unlocked and when we asked her why doesn't she lock her bike (anyone from the street can access it) she said she trusts her students... Btw it's a limited Author Atlanta
One of the main points to using a bike should be convenience . . . So how convenient is it to follow these tips and still have your bike stolen . . . I believe insurance and law enforcement are taking a blind sided approach to the problem because it justifies their other agendas .
You could remove one of the pedales and the bike thief might not notice its missing and when he gets on the bike he will come crashing to the ground and hopefully break a few bones.
Yes why not . or leave a old bike that you don't want any more with all the spokes on the wheels un done He/she will look like John Wayne riding down the street.
I have an idea. Get a good size master lock and latch it to a length of chain. Purchase a GPS tracker and leave your bike unlocked. Track your bike, take out the chain and lock and beat the scumbag that stole it. Enough people do this, problem will go away..
The problem is if enough people start doing it, the thieves will know where the most likely place for trackers are and remove them before riding off. You could say well build it deep into the frame or something where it isn't feasible to remove.... but what happens when the battery needs charging or replacing? I guess if you get a good quality over capacitied Li-On built and welded deep into the frame, with a cable to allow charging, you should then hopefully you'd only need to go through the expense of replacing the battery every 7 years or more. The other problem is that most cyclists are mild-mannered none-violent people. Most thieves come from rough estates, carry weapons, and have hordes of mates to back them up at a moments notice. You could say report it to the police, but at least here in the UK they'd just give them a slap on the wrist call them a naughty boy, and take the bike back. And their response time is soooo slow it'd probably have been sold and changed hands several times by the time they got there. You can tell I've given this some thought lol. I still feel like its a possible answer, but certainly has its issues.
I just use a giant 2inch thick chain links and a fist sized master lock with a 3 inch shackle its pretty strong but I wanna get another for my back tire
I locked my bike perfectly, only to have a homeless person leave a urine-soaked towel on the bike. Can't win.
WHAT THE FUCK 😱😱🤢🤢🤢
what the fuck lmao
EEWWW
thats taking the piss !!!!!!
I can top that: off white bike seat with a “gifted” used chewing gum on it : pants destroyed ;) you only realize it at first dismount;)
No light colored seats ever again.
My cousin told me in NYC (Spanish Harlem) the scam when you lock a bike up is thieves will put a lock on your bike so you can’t take it, then in the middle of the night, cut your lock off and take the bike. There is always ways to beat a lock, but something is better than nothing. That said, expensive vs cheap locks aren’t a huge step up. (See the lock picking lawyer and his reviews of bike locks/chains).
Always carry a lock cutter so you can cut off their locks. LOL
Luckily those scams are practically unheard of in my region, because despite having a complicated relationship with the police here, people are serious about their bikes and would just call the cops.
Me being from Barcelona, a city where petty theft is the number one issue, I've never gotten my bike stolen.
And it's a really nice one. Very big since I'm a tall person, blue and black, with good add-ons etc.
The thing is that I always bring it with me wherever I go. It doesn't matter the house, type of building or business. It will go in alongside me.
Are you a doctor, a massage therapist or a gym owner? Well, you better say yes when I ask you if you have some room *inside* for my bike.
The only exceptions are pharmacies. But I'm constantly looking at my bike outside the door through the whole purchase. And since I have my seat calibrated for me(193cm tall) and use special pedals for special shoes I know very well that the vast majority of thieves will take at least a few seconds longer to steal it than it takes me to jump outside and grab him by the neck.
Pd: I don't own a lock.
Damn, that was a straight-to-the-point, good biking habits and safety video. Thank you, and cheers from Montreal!
My favoorite tip is parking in a super market of some sort. Guards are usually around the bike racks anyway, and if you greet them and are polite they will remember you and your bike
Also, personalize it with either your name or a design that stands out.
Thieves like to steal stuff that's common and not easily recognisable.
If it gets stolen, search for it online, in the area. If you find the bike, go there and ask to testride it.
And then confront him, once you have the bike in your posession.
Use a decent chain (min of 5mm thickness) and a round padlock so only a grinder will get through it, avoid cable locks as they're shit, u locks are okay but most can be frozen and hit with a hammer, understand that you can't stop someone from stealing your bike however you can deter them and the more hassle it looks and the more tools required the less likely anyone will try to steal it,
I know several bike thieves and that's why i use a chain lock and not once has anyone attempted to steal mine, also put the chain through the front wheel or take it off and put the chain through both wheels at the back and don't chain it to anything not secure.
Nice! Check that the bike hoop is not sawn through. In Barcelona I have seen the hoop tube neatly sawn (lower down) so that it may be swiveled and a locked bike removed in seconds
Recently got mine stolen they cut through 2 cheap bike locks with wirecutters. Learned my lesson for sure... I live up 4 stories with no elevator though.
Oh, that fail on post on 4:46. One day I saw a guy locking up his bike to a post like that. I warned him it was not a good idea, but he complained and showed me that the chainlock was really tight. Then I approached and with a little strength, lifted up the bike from the post. He went silent and started to search a better place to lock it up, lol.
Thank you so much 😊 I appreciate this whole video from beginning to end. What bike is the hardest to steal or least likely to be stolen?
You know what I learned from this video? Just get a freakin' car.
True. What a sad reality to live in.
I like how safety conscious your bike thieves are, they all wear cycling helmets.
I use three locks, two for each tire and the tube things and then another for the handle
0:30 Bike theft breaks a U-Lock in 18 seconds
1:34 Narrator: "U-Lock style is a good lock."
I have a theory that if every time you lock your bike you take the seat with you no one will want to steal it. Think about it and start doing it if it is easy and not too greasy on the bottom. It makes sense in my opinion!
i got my bike stolen last year IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY. people are insane and i'm never trusting anyone again
There are a lot of bikes without locks in my area and in other areas that are near. That is because people who steal bikes often leave them. And a day later another person takes it an leaves in another place. And so on. I have seen one bike in four different places once. Technically this is bad but also good because there are ~120 bikes that anyone can take and they are everywhere so other people don't really steal anything. These bikes are also sometimes treated as payment or getting sold. So in that situation new bikes will be stolen if there are no such bikes nearby.
I have seen lots of bikes with the wheels stolen and also have seen where drug addicts have flown into a rage and smashed and booted in the wheels and bent the frame because they couldn't steal it when it had multiple locks on it.
Some bikes sold in shops in the city are $3,000 or more for city workers to cycle to and from the subway (bankers etc) and custom bikes for off road and racing can be $10,000 or $11,000 the average poor guy bike is about $500.
Those little fold up bikes are selling for $1500 in shops every day of the week because they fly in luggage easily and are also popular with city workers and interestingly enough people with boats like them because you can take them on your boat, tie up somewhere and take the bicycle off to get to the nearest grocery store, fold it and leave again...
My bike just got stolen which is why Im watching this now to prevent my future bikes from being stolen.
i like how where you live has plugs down the road for your corded angle grinder lol
I don’t understand, why does such an amazing country have such a huge problems with bike thieves?! Why is this a norm?
When are we going to get finger print scanners for Electric Bikes? it's easily doable with programming. mine got recently stolen in the middle of the day in the center of the city next to a busy bus station. it's my first bike loss but the solution is just to get a thick fat metal lock but also at this point a technological deterrent to thieves. Maybe like a phone wi-fi signal lock for electric motor etc.
If you and a friend are out on your bikes then a killer clown comes up to you and says ”Give me your bike.” what do you do?
A. Pull out a minigun
B. Run and leave your friend to die
C. Give him your bike
D. Lock your bike up to his leg
Post your answer in the comments.
I'm thinking of also putting on a tracker !
Two steps to not have your bike stolen. First, get yourself a beater bike for basic transport and a nice bike for pleasure/distance use. For the nice bike don't bother with a lock because you NEVER want to lock it up, always take it inside. For the beater bike, move on to step #2 -- paint the entire bike bright pink. The frame, the handlebars, the tires, everything. No one wants a bright pink craptastic bike.
kryptonite cable... often used is a security of 1/10 it really should come with a bigger warning
Riding a not too fancy looking bike also helps!
ive got an old rusty chopper bike from 1977 with a banana seat and sissy bar.
Simple Barbed Wire Locks it's going to be a pain to steal literally and metaphorically
Those heavy duty locks are the safest but boy do they have some weight. Gold kryptonite at 1kg or heavy duty lock at nearer 5kg. If you have a 10kg bike that's half your bike again in weight.
I know I'm about to mention a motor bike but ALWAYS LOCK YOUR BIKE. Basically I nust came back from a ride and came back to the house parked my Suzuki gsxr 125 on the drive and did not lock it as I would only be 5min. As I walked passed the window I saw 2 scumbag thieves rolling my bike off the drive I grabbed my helmet and ran out the front door and the ran and dropped the bike.....i now have to pay £3000 for repairs because I did not put on the lock. ALWAYS LOCK YOUR BIKE
I'm never going hiking with you in bear country
I wouldn't recommend locking your bike to a parking meter. All it takes is someone to lift your bike above the meter and they can run off with the bike.
I know right right? I didn't understand why that one was under the good recommendations of where to lock your bike
My late father told me. Locks are only for honest people.
How do you properly lock an electric trike with a Kryptonite NY Lock?
Me fearing someone will steal my single speed bike with bald and mismatched tires, mismatched rims, frame that has been welded twice, fork from another bike, rusty handlebar and most likely stolen by at least 5 different people previously. Yup.
0:18 when you first receive your $1000 bike
Why not show removal of the quick release front wheel and locking that through the U-lock as well? Too much trouble for users? Okay, well then take that chance
Don’t lock the front wheel, you can just wheelie with it
my question is y would u need wheels from a bike
Hi. I locked my mountain bike at Walmart bike rack and it was stolen, I found out later that the bike rack was tampered or defected . Someone lifted the bike rack slit my chain out of the rack took off . Walmart isn't responsible for bikes being stolen . Why is it that for example if I go to someone's house and did some repairs on there roof and I fell off accident I know I would be able to to sue them because I was on there property . Isn't that once I step into any property and I got hurt of damage was done to say my bike why can't I sue Walmart even if there bike rack was tampered or rack was damaged but Walmart did not take action to have maintenance on there bike rack or something. Walmart should be responsible my bike being stolen because rack had damage or something that actually caused my bike to be stolen right ?
No one steals in my neighborhood. Bike thiefs and porch pirates? Never heard of them
I go to school at a large university and I always see people who are too lazy to lock their bike and just drape the lock over the bike or around the handlebar to make it look like it's locked but it's not. Lazy people!
Thats what happened to my dad he went inside to get his keys or something and he was in his own house for like 2 minutes in the middle of the day right by a busy street he didnt lock his bike cause it was like short and he got his 600 dollar bike stolen in roy utah so yea.
Thanks recommendation feed 👍
...just outrun your friend LMAO i died ahahahahah
Never run from a bear you’re too fast for you walk away slowly as it just sits there growling at you
isn't a public park parking lot tree good? Likeeee are you gonna cut down the tree?
Is it me or youtube recommends me this video every 6 months
update still happens
I have no idea why I'm watching this. I'm in a wheelchair and have never owned or ridden a bike.
0:40 just how light is it 😳
Have you heard of the bike lock that when cut to a certain amount it releases a horrible gag reflux maybe even vomit level smell that will ward of any bike thief
Cause it’s toxic, well, isn’t toxicity neutral for fucking toxic thieves
Personally I find smearing all of my bike with feces to be a great thief deterrent.
rly!?!?!?!??!??!?!?!? (really) im surprised anyone still even looks at your bike when your not on it
@@judithfitzgerald891 r/wooosh
@@judithfitzgerald891 woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh
@@judithfitzgerald891 what was that noise? Oh yeh, the joke going woooosh over your head.
I tape a sign saying that I have AIDS and people don't bother with it lol
Imagine living in a world where everyone buys their own damn bike and don't steal yours. That is when we could give up cars.
This world already exists, it’s called the country of the Netherlands
They steal it for money not to ride them
Unless your trying to get someplace quickly or traveling long distances and don't feel like spending 12 hours on a bike
@@__hazel. china, Japan, South Korea, this shit is prevalent in the US bc of all the homeless and drug addicts
That will just create a bigger market for them to sell it
One time my pals and I stopped near the end of a ride for a bar break. It was hot and we needed that salt water. We sat outside next to the cast-iron fence surrounding the front of the place, parking our bikes just on the other side of the fence. No locks. My bike was the outermost and I did the old school security method of derailing the chain and loosening the quick release levers. While we were enjoying ourselves and the beer, a man ran up, grabbed my bike, did a cyclocross/triathlon-style flying mount of my bike and then promptly hit the pavement. There were a few scratches to my precious carbon baby, but that I saved it from thievery and had the opportunity to give the would-be thief a word or two made it all worthwhile.
Good job
Hey, its been a few years and I was curious on how one can purposely derail a chain(Preferably without tools)
@@tydshiin5783 Just take it off the front sprocket
If you have a master link you even can undo that but for me that’s overkill
@@Crabiani Thanks, I'll have to try that, and yea its a bit over kill for that, but its not gonna stop the thief if they're also experienced in disassembling bikes where they know how to put it back, I read somewhere that said that just leaving your bike in the highest gear is the most ideal, even if they probably will just change the gears
@@tydshiin5783 yeah, but for the “getting the coffee across the road” situation it’s good enough, as the original comment states.
Probably should have watched this before my bike got stolen
Edit: Fun story if someone still finds this.
The morning after it got stolen we found my bike at a local website where you can put up and sell things. They were selling it for like two times the original price. I knew it was my bike since it had the same kind of lock holder in the frame of the bike. We agreed with the thieves a good time and place to meet. Before we went to the nearby store where they were going to sell it, we called cops and told our situation. I went there, drove the bike around a little and was like: "wow what a cool bike definitely gonna buy this". The thieves were like 15 or 16 year old boys btw. Soon later the cops pulled up. One of them tried to flee but he was caught quickly. The cops called their parents and we went to their house. They had a place where they had hidden more probably stolen bikes. The parents look very dissapointed and the whole situation was kinda sad to witness.
But I got my bike back and I'm still using it. The local newspaper contacted us asking if they could talk to us and make a story about it but we refused cause something something.
möö same 😩
:((
i laughed so hard.
but do feel bad for you
I saw this the hour i realised my bike stolen but found it tho
Same!
Tip: When you lock up your bike, make sure its on the lowest gear so the thief cant ride away quickly.
@pro at evrything cant do it quickly without snapping the chain
I know I could of just put a comment and not a reply, But I'll just ask you because I might get an answer quicker
Can I lock it to a utility pole?
@@lemon_txart1165 I don't know what the law states about this, but I think its best not to lock it to a utility pole
Just ride a fixed gear with no brakes. When it gets stolen they will have problems
@@reacespeaces2 Unless they're a seasoned thief who is a Jack of all trades and can ride whatever they get on. Which is mostly the case.
"you don't have to be able to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun your friend"
Let the bear take me before it takes my friend
But I want to die
@@TheRantyRider you could also just stab them in the eye, works for both genders
5AM what does that have to do with anything
@@hotwheelbros5039 what? I was responding to a comment
not gonna lie, its absolutely terrifying to see the bike lock i own and use on a daily basis get cut through in less than 20 seconds.
@Deng Nicca TF... Are you trying to give him a heart-attack?
Yeah but then grinders are kinda loud, I wonder how often and where they’re really used
@@kyleinthought Ohhhh, you'd be surprised how bold people can be in cities. They don't care if they've got an audience, just as long as there aint any coppers nearby.
@Deng Nicca Butter will not cut bike chains. So not sure what you are on about?
@@kyleinthought People will not intervene. Thieves know this well.
That marker scrape at 0:03 shivers down my spine
Steph
18 seconds to break a d lock is slow, hit it in the corner with a hammer and it will pop instantly
Stephy pooo
Stephy I
Same
AHHAHAH the bear example was fucking hilarious
Raydioactive that's an old saying.
But it's a very stupid example, which is also very ironic for this particular type of video.
And for the real dummies/Americans, I guess I'll need to point out why:
Because the bear might just target the person that happens to be running the fastest, and proceed hunting that target without re-evaluation the situation and switching to the target who may or may not be visibly faster, and who may or may not be running the same direction
@@humudu it wasn't a serious example mate 😑
I'm going to be transferring to a uni soon, and the campus is huge. They have designated spots for bike lockup and it specifically says not to take bikes inside the housing. It's like they want us to get our bikes stolen. If I end up getting the single room like I'm hoping for, I'm going to ignore the rule and keep mine in my room at night. It's not like my roommate will complain lol
I'm so paranoid of getting my overly-expensive bike stolen, I'm simply going to store it in my dorm and ride around campus on a cheap Walmart bike and only use my good bike when hitting the trails near university.
*I've had about 5 bikes stolen from me in my lifetime* . Two or three were stolen out of the backyard. (Thus, don't assume anything on your property is safe when it's outdoors.) Two bikes were stolen at school. Both times were occasions where I had forgotten my bike lock at home and both times the bike was stolen immediately on the first mistake. Therefore, know that thieves hang around schools and businesses watching people on bikes to see if they lock their bike up or not. If you don't lock it up, a thief will know about it the moment you walk away from it, and it'll be gone.
These days (with lessons learned) my bike is always locked up. If there's no post to lock it to, then it comes in with me -- no matter where I am. If it's an office building somewhere I'll walk it right through the main lobby and into an elevator. It never gets left anywhere unlocked. Don't even care if anyone in the building complains. I treat it the same way a blind person treats their service dog. Where I go, it goes.
Taekwondo Time well every time Iv gotten a new bike it's been stolen fairly quickly
But then ya give up and wait till a nice rusty old bike turns up on the side street and I sware
Iv never had to lock it up again
Iv even left some over night at the train station unlocked
And once my dads fancy bike was stolen from the forint porch locked up while my bike sat there unlocked in the driveway XDDD
But there not even bad bikes?
It's just all the paints peeling / scratching off and it's rusting in a lot of parts
I really want to read but I'm identified as a lazy person with reading
I just lock the wheeles to the bike itself with a bolt cutter proof u locks
@@suitman1308 this is not a good idea... Using an angle grinder out in the field is sketchy... But cutting you u locks in a comfy garage is just a matter of seconds..
I brought mine into a shopping centre. I took it to the food court and sat down and ate. A security guard told me I had to take it outside, I said I was worried about it being stolen and promised I wouldn't ride it inside and she let me stay.
Great video really liked it.
I just find it so sad that we have to go through such an extend just so people Doesn’t steal our bikes! If only people wouldn’t steal them in the first place. 😭
My dad's technique has always been to use a U lock and a separate cable lock, because even if someone has the tools to get through one, they may not have the tools or time to get through both types of lock. He's had his bike for 25 years and never had one stolen.
He rides an old Huffy though.
This is what I do. I also try to park my bike in the FoV of a security camera, and even if someone did steal it it still has a GPS tracker on it (and if even that fails, there's the insurance). The bike cost me 6 months of rent so I am not going to let thieves have it too easily (meanwhile my old bike was a PoS junker where it didn't need any lock. A lock would've cost more than the bike lol)
good point !!!! i use 2 heavy chains to lock my single bike !!!
@@MrKokuendamn, how much is it?
@@Mdksupreme1 Uber top-tier bikes today can easily be $6k+.
1:09 wow this thief really wanted a bicycle, he already had gloves and helmet
dreams come true :D
nobody will think he was not the owner ;-)
I mean if someone sees you in a black hoodie with a bike wheel...
VS
Someone sees you in biking gear with a bike wheel...
safety first ;)
I can see a r/whoosh coming
When you just bought that exact same Kryptonite lock that can be cut apart in 18 seconds..
lol shouldnt have cheaped out they sell a better one for double the price
18 seconds with a powertool that makes a ton of noise.
if i'm willing to do that i'll just cut your bike in half, truck it home. and weld it back together. Theres a limit to how secure some things are.
I'm surprised that he didn't use bolt cutters
Not really true. High grade CrMo frame will not only be easy to weld back together, but will also go for quite a price online.
If you lock your frame and both wheels they can steal your seat
+Shae Clarke i take it with me :)
***** lol ok
+Dovydas Rudys (Menex) or worse..they hit a bump and slip off the pedals.
Dang
+Menex LOL
Those were some hardcore fails at the end, I almost lost it
Me too😂😂😂
I sure hope those were staged..
did you almost find it too?
When I was at college I had 2 different bikes stolen 3 times between them... When I first bought a road bike at 16 I had no idea of the prevalence of bike theft so used a similar lock to the one at 1:27, came out of the gym one time and my bike had gone and my lock was just cut on the floor. Reported it to the police, bought a new bike, and upped my security to a U lock for the frame and back wheel and an armoured cable lock for the front wheel. However, once, I left it in my girlfriend's garage. Her Dad left the garage open when he came in the house for a few minutes and some opportunist thief stole the bike right out the garage, fortunately, we managed to find him after he'd ridden about 2 miles on one of the A-roads out the village. Then about 6 months later the police rang and had found my first bike, so I gave it to my brother who put it in his back shed, within about 2 weeks it was stolen out his shed... and we never saw it again. The funniest part is these weren't even expensive bikes, like £250 cheap road bikes. I've recently bought a second-hand bike which was £1200 brand new and I am not looking forward to locking that up anywhere, I've bought 2 U locks and I'm really hoping this one doesn't get stolen!
you either live in london or birmingham, am I right?
Geez this stuff just just sad. Thinking about getting a bike but idk if I'll even feel safe leaving it anywhere at this rate... o.o;
0:02 AHH MY EARS IT SOUNDS LIKE NAILS ON A CHALKBOARD
It's a shame people can't just leave other people's stuff alone. I use to go the gym five years ago and lock up my bike with that cord lock. It was luckily never stolen bc I locked it up right outside of the shopping centre. The only solution for where I live is to buy an old second hand bike with a secure lock and just pray that it doesn't get stolen
@Dan Ill that sucks. New bikes are so expensive, too. You can report it to the police but they don't bother with bike theft most of the time
i hook my bike up with C4 explosives and an expensive gps tracker if it even moves from its position without me unlocking the gps tracker alarm the C4 explodes automatically destroying any evidence my bike and the perpetrator.
lmao xD
Wow you bike kids really have imagination while sitting at Starbucks wishing you had an encyclopedia...
Because you punks don't have guns, stun guns or explosives
Millennials
@@samlabo1688 the kid is you for not having a explosive
Sam Labo r/woooosh
@@samlabo1688
r/Wooosh!
Asshole.
"this u-lock style is a good lock"
*laughs in lockpicking lawyer*
LPL recommends this exact lock
why am i watching this. i dont even have a bike.
Clay Jensen same lmao
Clay Jensen yes you do but it’s broken
Yea but you can just stand up.
why
SkyRocket159 It was stolen.
All the tips about locking more securely only reduce the chances of it getting stolen, it's still very insecure, and hardly a solution. As demonstrated early on, battery angle grinders aren't difficult to carry around, and can get through multiple of even the most secure locks and methods in a very short space of time. And even if you use multiple locks, it's still possible to steal the accessories - seat, handlebars, forks, luggage racks, brakes, gears, pedals, etc. And the time taken to lock everything up securely, remove your most valuable accessories, and the expense of all this makes cycling a very unattractive method of transport.
As the government is encouraging cycling as a feasible form of commuting and transport in a busy city, that they should provide real secure places to park a bike. Or businesses, rented offices, rented accommodation, etc in a city should have an obligation to provide it.
Locked up basements/buildings, CCTV, keycard entry to get in and out (or similar), etc. And still use a ~£30 U-lock to clamp the frame to railings once you're in there.
It'd be a lot simpler to just prosecute thieves with the prison time they deserve and stop with the "compassionate" criminal justice "reform."
I could buy a reasonable bike and have it stolen 30 times before its as expensive as the lowest quality beater car, before even adding the price of car maintenance. Certainly cars have specific benefits, but avoiding the expense of a stolen bike isn't really a valid reason.
Put VINs on all bikes. That would help.
I have a simpler method.
Step One: Leave bike somewhere (your choice).
Step Two: Make alliance with giant spiders and have them guard your bike for you. (Securing alliance may require human sacrifice).
Step Three: You bike is now covered in giant spiders. No one will steal it, anyone who tries will become spider food.
Step Four: Say goodbye to your new spider friends and go home.
Jesus Christ its Jason Bourne
Cheerful Pessimist ok but what will be their rate. Will they go on strike if i dont increase their salary in case they need more cash? I mean life is tough for everybody these days..
This wasn't even funny
Cheerful Pessimist where do i find them?
How are you getting ur bike back tho
You forgot the obvious... Don't live in a shit neighborhood.
Or cycle in one like Manhattan or San Francisco either right?
aigtr I was in North St Louis (a VERY bad area of the city) and saw a cool bike path they made over old train tracks. At first I thought it was cool, but my second thought was: fuck ever riding my bike on that. The only way I'd do that is if I had a bet on how far I could ride before my bike was jacked!
That has absolutely nothing to do with it. Some of the neighborhoods with the highest bike theft are some of the wealthiest. People tend not to ride expensive bikes in areas with a lot of violent crime and people who want to commit senseless acts of violence tend not to come to neighborhoods where people ride expensive bikes. However, they will come to neighborhoods where people ride expensive bikes to steal them.
Pickles I'm going to get my bike stolen then 😂😂 but I left a 300$ bike on my friends porch for 3 hrs which is long but it didn't get stolen surprisingly
that doesn't matter. I live in a decent neighborhood and bikes get stolen from the bike rack in front of my apartment building in plain view of a busy street all the time.
I just love the 'outrun your friend not the bear' example given in this video. This had me in pieces....a bit like my friend who wasn't as quick as me and the bear
I have the perfect solution for everyone here.
I recently bought a $4,000 dollah bike and planning on riding it to work.
Sooooo without further ado,
Here's the list I made:
1. Invest for 3-4 good locks (If you can carry a bit more, buy some cheap ones on a dollar store and put a ton o' locks so the thief won't even bother to touch your bike)
2. Buy a bike cover (The sneaky ones with colors that blend in the surroundings)
3. Be smart on WHERE you lock your bike.
4. Too much work = less likely to get your bike stolen
5. Buy a GPS tracker and an alarm whenever someone puts it in motion.
6. Here's my lock combos:
6.1. Front wheel + Rim + Fork + and/or somewhere you will lock your bike to.
6.2 Seat tube + Rear wheel + and/or somewhere you will lock your bike to.
6.3. Saddle + Seat stays + and/or Rear wheel.
6.4. Handlebar + Stem + Front wheel and/or Frame (Use a chain on this one and make sure to lock it tighter than your anus)
7. If you have something on your bike that you could carry, BRING IT WITH YOU. Heck if you could bring the whole bike, never think twice.
8. Lastly, I own a bike cover with lock holes so I have an extra lock (On this one you can use a cheap lock but if you're rich and ballin', just go for a $30-$50 lock) and make sure the bike cover won't go anywhere as well. The lock goes thru the lock holes and thru the front wheel/rim.
ALWAYS MAKE SURE EVERY LOCK IS SECURED.
You can mix and match on what and where your locks would go, just make sure the bike is securely locked in place.
The most effective and alternative way is to buy a cheap bike and use that one for your daily use and preserve your dream bike for long rides with the boys (and girls, not tryin to be sexist here)
I only use my dream bike more often because it's like this, imagine playing on a high-tier gaming computer with high-end specs for a year and then try playing on a shit computer with old components. I bet you won't even last a day.
If you're riding it for work like me, find the perfect spot for it. I personally I lock mine at back of the building where people rarely goes then hide it with my bike cover.
Usually bike thieves go around town in a van looking for easy bikes to steal to make some easy money out of it. So never lock it in plain sight.
Not all bike thieves are rich enough to buy an angle grinder. If the bike thief is smart, be smarter.
Remember, the more work the thief will need to do to steal your bike, the less likely it will get stolen.
Prove me wrong.
PS: I heard that there's insurance for bikes now, try to look it up if it's available in your country.
@@RR-dj8rt I ride it to work so 5 mins of locking up is nothing because It's for my workplace area. I don't really need all that locks when I go on a long ride. So what's your point here?
lovely tips and thanks for da advice appreciate it
@@RR-dj8rt No need to bother for the additional 10 kg, you will be thinner and probably lose fat more than 10 kg, so that compensates.
I had a nice bike with a SRAM internal gear hub with coaster brakes. As a result. the very expensive bike looked like it was 50 years old and weighed 50 pounds, so nobody wanted to steal it. Even so, I made an alarm system for the bike just to be safe. (Alarms on bikes were unheard of in 2005)
Your last advice is wrong. Public places with lots of passing people are safer than the back of the building where they have more time to work on the lock.
Love the bear analogy. So funny
Charlie Alolkoy Its from the Movie Without a paddle.
I think it's one of the oldest idioms in culture but yeah, it's great
the solution is to ride shit bikes that nobody wants.
Heathcliff yup! been rocking a huffy pos for years!!
i got my $90 walmart bike
Heathcliff so how come they stole mine even though it wasnt expensive just colorful lol
Ironically I had my seat, headlights, taillights, and front wheel (quick release) stolen. The bike next to mine was a piece of junk Walmart bike that the thief didn’t bother to touch.
I once thought this way, until my cousin introduced me to my first road bike a couple of months ago
Now, granted, my road bike was still only around $120, and I get it bros "psh mine was x," whatever, not the point
Road bikes are the masterrace of bikes. Riding a road bike should be considered a completely different sport from riding what you'll get at your local walmart. The difference made me fall in love with cycling, even after having once been a cynic
You will be amazed at how little you ACTUALLY have to pedal, to get so far, and sort of jaded when you realize that you've been peddling a lie your entire life
You've gotta face the facts, kids, your parents bought you an inefficient machine
My advice: get yourself a really nice older bike for cheap. The $100-300 range. Not so much that you can't afford for it to be stolen, but expensive enough that you can get quality (lightweight, durable, good gearing)
And remember kids, this goes for everything in life. It is almost always better to buy the high quality thing, despite the extra money. I found a genuine mink fur coat at a thrift store the other day. Thing must have been $2,000+ bucks new. It looked PERFECT, and was impossible to tell it's age. It turned out to be 57 years old. Now, $2,000 bucks is a ton of money for a coat. Then again, how many coats would you buy in 57 years?
Im of course advocating for the happy middle. Go for the high quality products. A fur coat is more than high quality, it's high flashy. There are bikes in the $3,000+ range that'd shave 20 seconds off your mile from a $300 bike, sure, but it's all about factoring for diminishing returns
Efficiency
Bike thieves should get the death penalty
Kekoa Haslop you must've gotten your bike stolen too. That's what I also felt they deserved when mine got stolen as well.
Kekoa Haslop LMAO
Same I wanted to fucking tackle down the person who stole my bike so hard ;-;
I like to think that the bodies and souls of bike thieves completely dissipate into the void after death, so that no part of them can be reincarnated. bike thievery and child abuse are the only unforgivable crimes. at least murder sometimes makes sense and some good can come from rape (like your determined girl(and/or boy)friend hunting down the raper and cutting off his dick-that would be an improvement). even when you're destitute, there are better, easier, and less shitty ways to make money than stealing bikes.
If you put your bike in the position to get stolen then that's your fault
The bycicle rack at 1:50 is NOT ok..... it's got outer bolts, they can easily be removed with a spanner. Use bycicle racks that are "buried" into the pavement, not screwed into it with the bolts outside
“You don’t have to outrun the bear, you just need to be able to outrun your friend.”
Yeah. That’s a good friendship.
that friend ship will die any way, if you out run you friend or if your friend out runs you
Good friendship with yourself that is
I don't get the meaning behind that statement 🤔
Dude if you're willing to literally be killed by a bear just so that your friend doesn't have to be then you're probably closer to family. That or it says more about you than your friend.
Parking meter? Can't they just lift the bike and lock off the pole?
Dillon Burrage Well, depends the kind of lock. If you're using a U-lock most of them won't slip around the head of the pole.
Not if its a mini U lock.
lmao
Dillon Burrage depends. If the thief is a muscle guy he could take both since perhaps there will be coins in it
I mean, you can always saw the pole in half...
JK, it'd be easier to cut a gap in the bike's frame
I have the best locks available but only use them when transporting my bicycles INSIDE my van. Otherwise, my bicycle comes inside the building wherever I go. If the store, or building person, doesn't like it I can usually ask them to place it behind the counter or in an agreed safe room (locked or watched) but, if they insist that I place the bicycle outside, I write that store off or visit it later without my bicycle. 40 years of serious cycling and never had a stolen bicycle.
I've had three bikes stolen already, like he said if the thief really wants your bike they're going to steal it. Best thing is to ride an inexpensive bike, one that's not worth the time and effort to steal. That's my strategy. I don't even have to lock up my bike anymore because nobody wants that POS.
It's just too bad that bikes seem to have been made to be stolen. Somehow stealing a bike is less of an offence to people than stealing a car: criminal law needs to be adapted to change this perception. My bike getting stolen is one of the reasons I'm hesitating a lot in getting a new e-bike because these things are freakishly expensive and thus even more subject to theft.
Gotta have insurance for those. Or else itll be gone
I ride a '50s bike.
Never been stolen.
I live in basically fuckland, here we have people selling stolen bikes on the side of the road.
Well I sure dont live in fuck town but I ride an 80's bike and you can leave it anywhere with ought a worry in the world
Where I am these meth junkies will steal anything It doesn’t matter if it’s a Barbie bike with 12” wheels from the 90’s. It’s rediculous.
same i just got 2 bikes stolen from me
You can put a gps tracking device inside the frame of the bike 🚲 to track it down when it gets stolen
That's pricey
or call the cops tell them to come to you're area tell them this is where it is boom
I don’t even own a bike, why am I watching this?
Recneps07 I don’t even know how to ride a bike lol
I saw someone had a good lock but the thief just used the quick release and took the rest of the bike it was a lot like the pic at 3:30
I just lock my bike where I can see at least one security camera
Doesn’t matter if theres a camera, it won’t scare thieves and cops won’t care to check the footage anyway.
My teacher leaves her bike in front of the school unlocked and when we asked her why doesn't she lock her bike (anyone from the street can access it) she said she trusts her students...
Btw it's a limited Author Atlanta
I had a teacher in high school who had a super nice carbon fiber road bike she kept in the class. It took about a month before someone snatched it...
Jose Adrian from inside the class? Lmao
@@HtxRam yup
You're supposed to remove the quick release front wheel and lock it next to your rear wheel.
Yep .. to the rear wheel and the frame.
Dat Person Doe. That sounds soo annoying?
Why wouldn't you just have bolts and take a bit more time when repairing?
One of the main points to using a bike should be convenience . . .
So how convenient is it to follow these tips and still have your bike stolen . . .
I believe insurance and law enforcement are taking a blind sided approach to the problem because it justifies their other agendas .
Get an old bike, dont lock it up. Lol
You could remove one of the pedales and the bike thief might not notice its missing and when he gets on the bike he will come crashing to the ground and hopefully break a few bones.
Martin Bernstein Could also put one of those tiny luggage padlocks thru the chain...not expected an as tries to pedal: bang!
Yes why not .
or leave a old bike that you don't want any more with all the spokes on the wheels un done He/she will look like John Wayne riding down the street.
If he breaks any bones from a from a fall where he couldn't get 2 pedals in that's on him
( oh yeah, sorry for 2 year late response)
I have an idea. Get a good size master lock and latch it to a length of chain. Purchase a GPS tracker and leave your bike unlocked. Track your bike, take out the chain and lock and beat the scumbag that stole it.
Enough people do this, problem will go away..
The problem is if enough people start doing it, the thieves will know where the most likely place for trackers are and remove them before riding off. You could say well build it deep into the frame or something where it isn't feasible to remove.... but what happens when the battery needs charging or replacing?
I guess if you get a good quality over capacitied Li-On built and welded deep into the frame, with a cable to allow charging, you should then hopefully you'd only need to go through the expense of replacing the battery every 7 years or more.
The other problem is that most cyclists are mild-mannered none-violent people. Most thieves come from rough estates, carry weapons, and have hordes of mates to back them up at a moments notice.
You could say report it to the police, but at least here in the UK they'd just give them a slap on the wrist call them a naughty boy, and take the bike back. And their response time is soooo slow it'd probably have been sold and changed hands several times by the time they got there.
You can tell I've given this some thought lol. I still feel like its a possible answer, but certainly has its issues.
I just use a giant 2inch thick chain links and a fist sized master lock with a 3 inch shackle its pretty strong but I wanna get another for my back tire