Yes, and no. Police don't gas about bike theft. Luckily my insurance paid out in full, that didn't pay for all the modifications I did to my bike though.
I’ve got both of my bikes marked with Magic Water and registered via my local police. Riding in a group is also a very good idea. I’m in the process of purchasing a lock that I can either apply on the brake lever or the brake disc which would make it difficult for any potential theft to make a quick getaway.
Yeah nah mate, that ABUS Bordo can be twisted open with a long enough lever in about 5 seconds, happens all the time, a mate of mine was lucky that a shop owner stopped a thief doing just that to my mate's bike when he was just out of sight. The best protection is to make it extremely tedious for thieves to open locks, so I bring two different big sturdy frame/tyre locks and two small brake disk locks whenever I have to leave my bike in public for longer, giving thieves as hard a time as possible or deterring them in the first place.
All our bikes have an Apple Airtag. Allready managed to recover my wife's stolen bike (with help from the Brussels police). And the main rule remains valid: you don't need to run faster than the lion, just faster than the last guy. So make sure your bike is harder to steal than the bike next to it.
My Decoy is in behind an electric door garage , with a motorbike standard chain and high security lock, and another lock both attached to ground anchors. I NEVER leave my battery in the bike, that's hidden in the house.
Abus Bordo 6500, despite what you say, isn't particularly angle grinder resistant, and that's the weapon of choice for today's bike -stealing scrote.There's videos on RUclips showing them being cut in 16 seconds. Much better getting a Litelok X3. Slightly heavier (340g) but takes numerous discs to cut (up to 8 or 9 as it has to be cut twice) and I honestly don't think anybody will be carrying that many. Yes, they're expensive, but let's face it, so are our bikes. We'll never make anything completely theft-proof, but slowing the little bastards down is all we can do. The longer it takes the more likely they'll be caught.
At the end of the day make sure it is either insured with a dedicated bicycle policy or added to your home insurance because eventually it probably will be stolen.
Not me. I live in a world 2 minutes from 3 different bike trail networks. If you stole my bike everyone in town would notice. And everyone believes in the 2nd amendment and treats each other appropriately. Just to get out of town would take 2 hours. No decent nightclubs, but the air is always fresh.
Thanks EMBN, I've had 2 ebikes disappear. I build my own and there is no better deterrent than a top rated chain and padlock, I also have a rear wheel fixed ring lock, I add a tracker, front disc padlock and movement alarm for good measure. Fingers crossed! Please review available systems, thanks.
@@martinlewis1015 Hi Martin, Thanks. My lock is a Faithfull with security keys at night and moto Kriptonite chainlock for round town. Neither are protection from a diamond disc but also I fitted a front rear wheel lock, alarm and tracker. I hope it's enough!
@@johnashcroft-jones6091 I have a kriptonite lock as lockpicking lawyer says he rates high but still he would never use on his best bike as can be cut with disc cutter. All they do is put off, but if they want your bike pro's have ways to pick in min's
I'm not paying bosch for a basic feature like an alarm that comes from the motor or a tracking. They are already ripping people off. This should be offered for free.
I broke the key off in my 1/2" diameter cable lock while on a trip. It took me about half a second to cut through the cable with my Ryobi cordless 3" abrasive cutoff blade.
Unfortunately both my mate and myself had our Haibikes stolen out of our works van at Nuttsford services. As it was in a military vehicle my insurance wouldn't pay up as it was insured for personal use only. Plus the military wouldn't except responsibility either so £6000 out of pocket. Had to dig into my savings and purchase a new Haibike12 from the same dealer lucky the knocked some money off for us. I'm now with cycle plan insurance and we have just got back from Wales riding with work, this time bikes locked to the van inside and posted sentrys out when we stopped for a brew lol.
There's absolutely no way to prevent your bike from being stolen in the US. You can make it more difficult, but it's a roll of the dice anytime you leave it unattended. If you're biking as your only mode of transportation, having your bike stolen is inevitable
There is a wider societal issue at play with this type of crime that we all need to examine and ask why. We've all seen the level of low level crimes like this escalate over the past decade with bikes, ebikes, motorbikes, scooters etc...the culprits are always of the same ilk.
I only use a cheap snowboard cable lock to prevent walk off thieves, as ALL locks you’d carry while biking are easily defeated in a few seconds by a battery powered angle grinder. That said, the Bosch motor disabler is a clever use of tech
There is only one lock that can stop a angle grinder. The chain and other lock are useless and a waste off money. Only show locks that stop angle grinders. Those 2 locks shows would be cut open in seconds
I'm kinda hoping mine gets stolen... it's from 2005, very expensive and my insurance will pay what it did cost back then. That would get me a really nice new bike. 😁
Mine is insured,and sits in my front room when not in use,when out,it has e bike lock,and e bike alarm,and an apple air tag in the frame,i normally dont let it out of my sight,but if i do leave it,its not for too long,but is always locked with a u lock just to deter the opportunists
@@davidwhitworth4577 I use LAKA. Been with them for a few years now and they paid out within a week when I had my ebike stolen in town last year. Really happy with them.
Have you ever had your bike stolen? Did you manage to get it back?
Yes, and no. Police don't gas about bike theft. Luckily my insurance paid out in full, that didn't pay for all the modifications I did to my bike though.
If mine is pinched,i dont want to see it back!
Its insured,just get another
Yes I had a bike stolen and yes I got it back 😠
I’ve got both of my bikes marked with Magic Water and registered via my local police. Riding in a group is also a very good idea. I’m in the process of purchasing a lock that I can either apply on the brake lever or the brake disc which would make it difficult for any potential theft to make a quick getaway.
Strava has a “hide home” setting - so it’ll show grey out the first 1/4 mile of your ride - really handy
Well worth heading into your Settings to add that on there! Good tip!
you can extend it past 1/4 mile I have mine at 1 mile hidden @@embn
As a guy with my second EMTB on the way, this video couldn't be timed any better. Was only yesterday I was thinking of security options.
What happened to first?
@@Renovatio2142 Still got it. One trail bike/trials bike. One enduro/downhill bike.👍🏻
Get one of those hiplock? things that blunt the angle grinders that bike thieves use.
Yeah nah mate, that ABUS Bordo can be twisted open with a long enough lever in about 5 seconds, happens all the time, a mate of mine was lucky that a shop owner stopped a thief doing just that to my mate's bike when he was just out of sight.
The best protection is to make it extremely tedious for thieves to open locks, so I bring two different big sturdy frame/tyre locks and two small brake disk locks whenever I have to leave my bike in public for longer, giving thieves as hard a time as possible or deterring them in the first place.
All our bikes have an Apple Airtag. Allready managed to recover my wife's stolen bike (with help from the Brussels police). And the main rule remains valid: you don't need to run faster than the lion, just faster than the last guy. So make sure your bike is harder to steal than the bike next to it.
My Decoy is in behind an electric door garage , with a motorbike standard chain and high security lock, and another lock both attached to ground anchors. I NEVER leave my battery in the bike, that's hidden in the house.
Abus Bordo 6500, despite what you say, isn't particularly angle grinder resistant, and that's the weapon of choice for today's bike -stealing scrote.There's videos on RUclips showing them being cut in 16 seconds. Much better getting a Litelok X3. Slightly heavier (340g) but takes numerous discs to cut (up to 8 or 9 as it has to be cut twice) and I honestly don't think anybody will be carrying that many. Yes, they're expensive, but let's face it, so are our bikes. We'll never make anything completely theft-proof, but slowing the little bastards down is all we can do. The longer it takes the more likely they'll be caught.
They will just take the path of least resistance and cut through the pole or frame
yes or cut through wheels all can be brought new
At the end of the day make sure it is either insured with a dedicated bicycle policy or added to your home insurance because eventually it probably will be stolen.
Basically we live in a world where you can't have anything nice as some lowlife will take it given half the chance.
uk not a world
Still the best time to be alive... of course if you like the barbarian wars more ;D !?
In Europe this is thanks to Merkel and allowing all the scum from certain countries in. Now crime is rampant.
Not me. I live in a world 2 minutes from 3 different bike trail networks. If you stole my bike everyone in town would notice. And everyone believes in the 2nd amendment and treats each other appropriately. Just to get out of town would take 2 hours. No decent nightclubs, but the air is always fresh.
Ive put a Stealth Air Tag up in to the frame of my Turbo Levo😊
Thanks EMBN, I've had 2 ebikes disappear. I build my own and there is no better deterrent than a top rated chain and padlock, I also have a rear wheel fixed ring lock, I add a tracker, front disc padlock and movement alarm for good measure. Fingers crossed! Please review available systems, thanks.
Don't watch lockpicking lawyer then as all locks are only good for slowing them down for a few minutes
@@martinlewis1015 Hi Martin, Thanks. My lock is a Faithfull with security keys at night and moto Kriptonite chainlock for round town. Neither are protection from a diamond disc but also I fitted a front rear wheel lock, alarm and tracker. I hope it's enough!
@@johnashcroft-jones6091 I have a kriptonite lock as lockpicking lawyer says he rates high but still he would never use on his best bike as can be cut with disc cutter. All they do is put off, but if they want your bike pro's have ways to pick in min's
I'm not paying bosch for a basic feature like an alarm that comes from the motor or a tracking. They are already ripping people off. This should be offered for free.
Excellent vid, after having two bikes stolen from my garage I now bolt everything down…
The bosch system looks interesting how much is that system to upgrade to ?
I broke the key off in my 1/2" diameter cable lock while on a trip. It took me about half a second to cut through the cable with my Ryobi cordless 3" abrasive cutoff blade.
Unfortunately both my mate and myself had our Haibikes stolen out of our works van at Nuttsford services. As it was in a military vehicle my insurance wouldn't pay up as it was insured for personal use only. Plus the military wouldn't except responsibility either so £6000 out of pocket. Had to dig into my savings and purchase a new Haibike12 from the same dealer lucky the knocked some money off for us. I'm now with cycle plan insurance and we have just got back from Wales riding with work, this time bikes locked to the van inside and posted sentrys out when we stopped for a brew lol.
Abus Bordo 6500 is now being cut open in less than 20 seconds.
Get your bike itemised on your home insurance too
"Contact local authorities" haha good luck with that in the states
The cops won't do anything around here. Even when you track your tracker.
Didn’t see any tips and tricks, just adverts
REGISTER YOUR BIKE! Half of bikes end up being recovered, but they don't know who owns them!!
Should be a feature to remote detonate your battery when it's stolen
Didnt know Abus had an angle grinder resistant line, how angle grinder resistant? 20 secs intead of 10?
There's absolutely no way to prevent your bike from being stolen in the US. You can make it more difficult, but it's a roll of the dice anytime you leave it unattended. If you're biking as your only mode of transportation, having your bike stolen is inevitable
There is a wider societal issue at play with this type of crime that we all need to examine and ask why. We've all seen the level of low level crimes like this escalate over the past decade with bikes, ebikes, motorbikes, scooters etc...the culprits are always of the same ilk.
My first HT eMTB was stolen w/o the battery. STILL hasn't been recovered 3 years later.
Hi,
Use Powunity stuff and this problem is over...
I only use a cheap snowboard cable lock to prevent walk off thieves, as ALL locks you’d carry while biking are easily defeated in a few seconds by a battery powered angle grinder. That said, the Bosch motor disabler is a clever use of tech
There is only one lock that can stop a angle grinder. The chain and other lock are useless and a waste off money. Only show locks that stop angle grinders. Those 2 locks shows would be cut open in seconds
I'm kinda hoping mine gets stolen... it's from 2005, very expensive and my insurance will pay what it did cost back then. That would get me a really nice new bike. 😁
Unfortunately the connect module is an issue as once fitted on a lot of ebikes the motor cover doesn't go back on because the module sticks out 😥😥
it has to be "BMC ready"- if it isn't you can often buy different motor covers
Mine is insured,and sits in my front room when not in use,when out,it has e bike lock,and e bike alarm,and an apple air tag in the frame,i normally dont let it out of my sight,but if i do leave it,its not for too long,but is always locked with a u lock just to deter the opportunists
Bike just stolen 2 weeks ago
nice closure of the video, self justice can end bad i can tell you all about that
No if they steal my stuff I'm going to go and say hi. I'm in Texas we don't play.
There is also the Bike Register scheme to have your bike on a central database the police use, that could help with recovery and insurance.
Embn, can our emike's be insured, if not why not, if yes who is doing the insurance
they can be insured but insurance companies won't touch DIY ebikes bikes
@@ThomasMTube which insurance companies and I'm only thinking about shop bought ebikes
@@davidwhitworth4577 I use LAKA. Been with them for a few years now and they paid out within a week when I had my ebike stolen in town last year. Really happy with them.
Add to your household insource policy. If new for old your on to a winner if nicked.
@@Ndc710 that would only cover me whilst the bike is an home, I'm looking for something that covers my bike while I'm out using it
I ensured the bike for any incendent and theft.
Part of the problem is that there is no deterent. Local authorities couldn't care less and hide behind resource and lack of budget excuses.
So disappointed with e-bikes…. If it breaks you cannot get replacement parts you have to buy a new bike because the don’t sell just the frames 😢
YT industries sells parts down to the bolts including frames rear triangles and batteries for their bikes.
some sell frames but they are super expensive
Commercial usa
Yeah lose it and get a proper bike
Carry a knife..a long one!
Please don’t don’t do fake swearing on vids. I watch these vids with my children
Serious
is there any alarm system like Knog Scout. on. Android? please