Interesting. I ride a fendered VO Rando with DT shifters, and it's been mistaken for a "classic" (i.e., OLD) bike a number of times, so I kind of hope that's protecting it from the sophisticated, and that the Abus U-lock and cable are protecting it from the "quick pick" thieves. So far, so good.
On Friday, September 12, 2014 8:37:32 AM UTC-4, Rusty Click wrote: > > Hi Andy, > First, I'd like to point out that this was not my Sam. The owner used the > local, bike centric social media to spread the word about his stolen S. > Hillborne. > Secondly, I agree that it takes a more sophisticated bike thief to > recognize the "prize", and then have the means to defeat the defenses we > put on them. It wasn't a coincidence that this happened during the week > when urban planners from around N. America were in Pittsburgh to attend > the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference. More bike people--more nice bikes. I > wonder about the, arguably "smart" bike thief, then strolling into a well > known bike shop like Thick Bikes, and not expecting some raised eyebrows. > It will be interesting to get that info when it's out. > > > Rusty > > > > On Friday, September 12, 2014 5:42:54 AM UTC-4, ascpgh wrote: >> >> I have no idea how the food chain of locks plays in the typical >> drug-needy bike thief, they are looking for items to sell fast, at a known >> price. Here the police responding to a friend's break-in said there are >> dealer of hot goods that frequent certain convenience store parking lots >> and have sort of a fixed price wholesale trade; CDs $3, DVDs $5, laptops >> $50, and bikes usually trade from junkie thieves for $20. I don't think the >> aforethought of a cordless angle grinder and ability to spot a >> secluded-enough bike to chop free occurs in this criminal subset. The good >> news about this tier of thief is that they are not discriminating, any bike >> will score them the same price. >> >> Someone willing to fight better security of location and locking is a >> bike-specific thief and those rings do move around regions to hit the >> value, fill their till and move on before their pattern is clear to >> enforcement. Info on the guy with Rusty Clicks Sam will be interesting to >> hear. one of those rings and individuals making contacts locally, >> establishing a background that built plausibility for higher volume of >> parts and frames for sale. They disappear when someone starts asking >> questions. >> >> Andy Cheatham >> Pittsburgh >> On Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:00:15 PM UTC-4, Jim M. wrote: >>> >>> On Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:46:54 AM UTC-7, Andrew >>> Marchant-Shapiro wrote: >>>> >>>> Which raises an interesting question, since many of us use >>>> U-locks-and-cable approaches. Are there ways of locking up with a U-lock >>>> (preferrably a smallish one) that defeat most methods of defeating the >>>> things? >>>> >>>> Simple answer: No. >>> >>> An angle grinder will cut through any u-lock pretty quickly. You can see >>> videos on youtube of how fast it is. I've seen a titanium lock -- Tigr IIRC >>> -- that will delay an angle grinder longer, but still isn't uncuttable. It >>> sounds like the recovered Sam had it's lock picked or else not latched >>> completely. >>> >>> >>> jim m >>> wc ca >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
