I’m with keeping the lovely bike as is. Could deploy PitLocks on the wheel skewers and seat post to deter parts thieves. Makes wheel removal and seat adjustment more of a pain though.
Sometimes I think thefts are random and more to do with how easy something is to steal...park next to the person with a cable lock!?? Rachel > On Sep 27, 2019, at 3:34 PM, PaulS <shinp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would say just ride it as-is. Don't bugger it up with stickers, tape, or > whatever else on that beautiful frame. My guess is: MOST people wouldn't be > able to tell the difference between that bike and a $100 vintage Schwinn. > And people that DO know what it is, would be like all the Riv people I've > met---nice, decent, honest, good-hearted people who will give you a > compliment than even think about stealing your bike. > > I'd be more concerned about dings and dents from other careless riders. > >> On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 1:04:00 PM UTC-6, Eric Karnes wrote: >> Evening all- >> I'm interested in some group brainstorming. I recently moved to a university >> area where I'm told there is a high incidence of bike theft. (Granted this >> is a town in the UK and I just move here from Philadelphia, so perhaps I >> should take that claim with a grain of salt). Nevertheless, my AHH will >> shortly arrive here via Bikeflights. >> >> I'm a firm believer in riding my 'good bikes' anywhere and everywhere, but I >> don't want to tempt fate. So I'm looking for ideas: how could I make my >> Hilsen look less desirable to opporunistic British bike thrives? It's brown >> and has albatross bars so it already looks a bit like an old British beater >> to the uninformed. But all brainstorming welcome! I was thinking lots of >> stickers and a bit of thoughtfully-smeared dirt. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Eric >> > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2f21287e-74ef-45ac-9752-4182c964d7d6%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8FBAC7C3-FF43-44E4-9381-1514F8060954%40gmail.com.
