URBAN BIKING: Outsmarting the Bicycle Thief, How to Lock Your Bike
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2015
- Each year between 800,000 and 2 million bikes are stolen in the US. That is a lot of bikes. This video provides lots of tips on how to keep your bicycle safe from thieves.
In short: we look at WHERE to lock your bike, and HOW to lock your bike.
Zack Stendler, co-owner of Huckleberry Bicycles in San Francisco shares locking techniques for keeping your bicycle safe.
And filmmaker/actor Elaine Chu helps demonstrate something cyclists sometimes forget to think about-where you lock your bike.
Check out these tips and feel more confident about taking your bike out for a day in the city.
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Nice advices.
My tips: buy 2 locks.
PosiEric make it 3.
I had an old bike that looked really nice but was unrepairable (it was a driveshaft bike) I couldn't fit it in my trash can so I took it down to WalMart and parked it in the bike rack and came out a few minutes later and it was gone ! - - - - problem solved
They're not getting my bungee cord
I'm lucky to work at a place with a lot of cameras and my garage is more then safe, my brother herd me working on my bike in the garage, didn't know who it was and came in with a gun to check, nobody's getting into my house, and who ever does isn't getting out.
0:41 not as safe as they think: frame is locked but goodbey front and rear wheel.
1:06 goodbye helmet (though unlikely still possible) and goodbye both wheels, again
1:32 yup, locked inside isn't locked inside unless chained to a fixed-anchored source
2:21 FINALLY, locked frame and back wheel
***** :41 assumes you use locking skewers. Not even a mechanic can get the wheels off without the key (as my friend learned when she got a flat while riding in Sonoma).
1:06 - helmets have no resale value so like a bungee cord, they rarely get stolen. I haven't locked mine for 3 years now and it's never been stolen. When I locked it in the past, I got grease on the straps. I realize I'm taking a risk but the risk is pretty low.
BUT, my bungee did go missing when I went to Portland two weeks ago. I was very disappointed.
Laura Lukitsch Ah. Never assume :) but yes, locking skewers would make all the difference at 1:06. Where I live some people will steal anything, sometimes just to say they did - as your long lost bungee tells you : So, you clip your helmet as you please and I'll keep mine with me :) / Overall, very nice series of videos and I've subscribed.
***** Thank you! It is a shame that so many people make a sport out of stealing. Right now I'm working on a piece about Planning Your Route. Feel free to message me if you have ideas/suggestions. I've filmed a father daughter in LA and plan to film a woman in Oakland but also want to get perspective on non-bike friendly neighborhoods and what can be done.
It's a good idea to mix different kinds of locks; for instance use a U lock in combination with some other chain or even cable(???). The idea is that the thieve would have to carry different tools to deal with your bike and probably look for something easier to steal.
Yes, use a quick release for your seat post and TAKE YOUR SEAT WITH YOU!
People tend to think; Oh! It's a cheap bike, any lock will do...nobody will care...wrong! Always lock your bike as if it was way more expensive than it is. Will make it not cost efficient for thieves and they will move on to another target. Also use 2 types of lock.
I do have a folding bike. I keep mine in the house, but when I ride, I lock it then keep it standing looking ready to ride, BUT they don't realize that it's really ready to be folded. I have it un-secure: loosen the seat post, turn the pedals in, unhook the frame, and unlock the handle bars.
That way it will take them a while to figure this type of bike out, plus it would be locked to a pole or something.
So far I've just been riding for quick in-and-out runs in shops.
Taking your accessories with you is a good one. I accidentally locked my bike at the handicap sign and I forgot to take my lights with me and once I got back from library, my back light was gone. Never gonna do that again. Learned my lesson, just glad my bike was still there and in one piece. At least the bike lights were a set and cost me ten bucks so I lost five bucks. I had a flat tire once, got slime put in and never had a flat again.
Sorry to hear about that. It happened to me twice now so I'm careful. Some bikes have integrated lights-a great idea for city cycling!
Bike thieves here in Vancouver have wire cutters, angle grinders, all sorts of scary-sounding tools. It's so frustrating. Even chain and u-locks don't stand a chance if they have a couple of minutes.
Sorry to hear about this. It is funny, I biked in a small town in Germany where people just locked their wheel to the frame. Suddenly I understood some of the old fashion bike parking infrastructure in California where one could only lock the wheel to the metal parking space. They were build for times when theft wasn't an issue.
Such a great well-done video! Great information cleverly presented and fun. production. Great participants.
Zack! I need all of those gadgets for my new bike! Great information! Thanks!
I appreciate that the bike thief wasn't stereotypically male.
what is the name of the second lock for the seat called?
what kind of bike is that light blue one?
I find the bike thief in this video so charming I would simply give her my bike.
The opposite is true for bike thefts in London. A busy pedestrian street is higher risk than a quiet street as they are less conspicuous in a crowd
Also, basically dont lock it outside. If you do, 2 locks of different brand to mean different barrel to pick & 2 things to cut
Locking through the headtube is not a good way to lock. Ideally reduce space & leverage in the lock, which typically means through frame & rear wheel
Bicycle thieves should be forced to do community work.
Good idea.
How about jail?
I am thankfully lucky- when I ride to work, my employer lets me keep my bike at my work station.....it never leaves my sight all day, and it's out of the elements. Then at home, I have a nice secure attached garage on my house with an alarm and a rack to hang my bike up on at the end of the day:-). I keep a separate "junker" bike to make runs to the grocery store, etc. I paid $20 for it at a garage sale, and I did a custom paint job to make it look not worth stealing, lol.
StormLaker1975 NIce. I'm lucky enough to keep my bike at work as well. More employers are making accommodations for bikes parking. I work in a shared office and keep my bike by my desk. The alarm in your garage is good. I've heard of thieves following cyclists with very nice bikes home and then breaking into their garages - particularly in more suburban areas.
Not really a problem here, but I never really leave my "good" bike out of my sight. One of the bigger problems we have here in certain areas along our trail system are people who hide in the bushes and ambush cyclists trying to "bike jack" them. For those nasties, I carry pepper spray, and I also have my carry permit and am usually armed with my 9mm. I'll use the pepper spray before anything,but it's nice having my gun along (hidden on me not the bike) as a backup. I've also taken numerous defense courses......they aren't getting my bike without a fight! But the best course is to not ride those trails late at night, especially on weekends. One spot in particular is near some low income assistance apartment complexes where the majority of these incidents occur.
I'm curious what city you are in? In SF we had some similar bike thefts in one park area but police increased patrolling and we haven't had more incidents.
In the Midwest. I live in a larger "city" of 100 thousand. Definitely not the size and scale of say SF, LA, or other large cities in this country, but we get a lot of people from these areas moving to ours to get away from high crime areas.....unfortunately the criminals come on their coat tails. Most of our area is rural farm country, and you can leave your doors unlocked at night....nobody would bother your house. Completely different here in the big "city", haha. Big for us is anything over 25,000 people, lol.
I swear this guy was in the Office. (it's a joke)
Thanks and am glad that you are showing that there are female thieves.
Ok
Does anyone know the make of the bike at 2:29?
I know I'm a year late to this question, but it's a Brompton, a well-regarded folding bike brand.
@@jellybeansi better late than never! 😂thank you for answering
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It should be the wrong way first, and then the right way.
Thief on Heels :)
+María Gabriela Saavedra Villalobos Yes! We looked at French New Wave cinema for our inspiration for the thief. :)
It's always who you less expect it
don't forget, bolt on accessories that cant be removed are a bonus, and dress the bike down with some bad paint, or if you love your bike too much, used black oil smeared over the frame, washes off but stops it standing out.
Parking meters are not a great place to lock your bike. Apart from the fact that it might be easy to just lift it off, it's illegal. Your bike might be impounded by the city, or they will give you a ticket.
heels...really?
location is irrelevant, i've walked through the city centre surrounded by people and seen people taking bolt cutters and grinders to bike locks, nobody says or does anything nobody even gives so much as a second look
most locks won't withstand bolt cutters and no lock will withstand a grinder
if you don't want your bike bike stolen don't trust it to any lock and never it unattended
How to park your bike where I live:
just use the key lock on your bike, no need for fancy u-locks or chain locks.
Just dont park itnear the train station
Use a bike worth less than your lock.
What about the third strategy - not too buy a bike? ))
Or the fourth strategy - steal a bike yourself, so when someone steals it, you can go and steal another? )))))
Why does the bike thief have to be a person of colour??
Oops, I should have replied from this account - but see above response.