2 months ago my Lectric xp lite got stolen. I used the lock from Lectric and it was a huge mistake. Since then I’ve invested a lot of money in Kryptonite locks. I don’t leave my bike alone in high risk areas and no longer than 5 minutes.
In certain areas, unless you hire an armed guard, it will be stolen if you leave it out long enough. No one will stop any thief, cameras are not an issue. Get the best lock you can and don't leave it out too long.
The thing I see, is you don’t have the lock attached to more than one of the bike rack and your cable chain is loose. With the cable chain not pulled tightly, it can easily be pulled out and bolt cutters or a grinder will make short work of the cable. Then they ride off with your bike lock around the frame and cut it off later. Your wheels should be secured with a pinheaded locking skewer in place of the quick release on your wheels and seat post. That prevents someone loosening the quick release on the wheels and post and stealing them. Additionally, you can have a lock on your calipers with an alarm. This immobilizes the wheels from turning, so they will have to lift the entire bike with an alarm going off on both tires. I notice you didn’t remove the battery as well.
Agree. I have a video that talks how my bike got stolen and then did some research on lock options. Couple of locks that I discussed also have alarm feature built in so that is definitely a plus. However, all this is predicated on people willing to stop thieves when they see something out of whack. Safe riding!
Another good way is to use a U lock that goes around the bike frame and thru the rear wheel spoke or spokes to the other side and thru the frame again.
If possible lock your bike, ebike or escooter right next to a bar, cafe or restaurant where people eat, drink and people-watch outside 'al fresco' till late in the evening..
As you have proven your ULOCK can fit around the ***oversized*** down tube - I would move down across/through chainstay ***locking a crank arm*** (even if stolen they can't pedal = rolling backwards secures tighter grip) ____ With kryptonite - disc ULOCK, easier to carry - you can do the same crankarm to chainstay (then 2nd lock, chain as wanted)
Even if you lock your bike to the bike rack they’ll just cut the rack, it’s much quicker and easier than attacking the lock. If I can’t lock mine to a piece of metal thicker than a grinder wheel I’m not leaving it there, I have a Hiplock DX1000 (wheel to frame) and an Abus chain and insurance lock from my motorbike (frame to solid pole) and I still wouldn’t leave my Vado 5.0 IGH alone for long.
I totally agree. I take my bike into the public bathroom with me. I want to try a Hiplock, that may be my next purchase. One thing I noticed was they are quite small, do that have a bigger version that can lock over large tubular steel?
@@tai.randomthings It’s one size fits all I’m afraid, they’re not tiny but they’re really made to go through motorbike wheels to stop them being wheeled off but they market them for e-bikes for extra sales. The problem with bicycles is they’re easy to pick up and walk off with so a chain/hiplock combo is essential, I have an e-bike and a motorbike so the double purchase makes sense for me. If I only had an e-bike I’d go with a hefty chain as it provides more options, they weigh a tonne but with an e-bike you don’t really notice.
I had an accident and had to be taken to hospital, the police said don't worry we'll lock up your bike. They made the classic mistake of putting the d-lock around the forks and through the wheel. Thieves only had to loosen the front wheel and lift the bike from the wheel 😩 Then all they had to do was cut several spokes and they have the front wheel too 😥 At least I still had a lock when I left hospital 😒 Never trust the police to secure your bike, they haven't got a clue 😤
OMG...I'm so sorry to hear that. I've said to others, it's not that people don't know, but don't take the time to do it right. So then they become the easy victim.
It should be obvious to you to remove the pedals & take the battery with you when you lock your Lectric bike. After doing so, all you have left is a kind of heavy, regular bike with no pedals. Isn't the entire idea to make YOUR bike a less attractive target? The quick-release pedals is one of the main features of this bike that have it on my short list.
Ultimately, there is no way to protect a bike. Even when locked up correctly, you can come back and find the bike stripped. Frequently, especially downtown, the druggies have done so much collateral damage, the rest of the bike is a write-off.
@@tai.randomthingslet's hope they encountered a skunk lock or a hiplok that destroys the grinder wheel and just gave up to do something honest like deliver food.
The best way is :dont! Have somebody stay with your bike while you go do your aron, if you have to be there for a long time, dont put your bike there, walk, take the bus, drive but do not leave your bike unatended, you have a very good chance of regretting it! Bike theft is on the rise, keep yours, dont leave unatended even with the best lock money can buy, they will steal it anyway! My 2 cents, but I still have my bike and I follow this advice!
Generally speaking, that is also my practice. I take it into the bathroom with me. But if you had to, you may be able to make your bike less attractive target than other. Not a nice thing but I've seen it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Happy riding!
@@tai.randomthings Yep! One thing for sure, what ever you do, bring a least the battery with you, that way as you say, the bike is not worth much without the battery.
I agree that is the only virtually fool proof way but part of me is sad that I cannot ride with my kids to the pier and enjoy lunch or ice cream and I need to push my bikes with me on the crowded strand. So I refuse to let those A$$(&# ruin my lifestyle and I take my chances and hope the thieves go after easier victims.
So you sleep with your bike? Take it in the shower with you? Bring it into the movie theater? Swim in the ocean with it? Drag it down the aisle of the airplane? (I could go on and on...) EVERY SINGLE BIKE is left alone for the vast majority of its life. Your advice is laughably wrong. Been fighting bike theft for over 40 years now and in that time I've had NONE of my family's 20 bikes stolen. Today, a Hiplok or Litelok is REQUIRED. Don't waste your money on anything NOT grinder resistant. But take extra steps to secure your bike. Use the best lock(s). Use GPS trackers. Use video surveillance. Use alarms. Beef up your garage security. Secure your components. There are virtually free ways to do it if you use your brain. Stay a step or two ahead of the thieves and you most likely won't lose your bike(s). Make your bike the HARDEST target; thieves are lazy scumbags, they'll go after the easier targets. And then there's always insurance if you do become that victim. But the "I never leave my bike alone!" method is a joke.
Skunk and hip lock will destroy angle grinder wheels. Watch videos on a guy using 5 wheels going at em for 15 minutes. Course yeah they can cut other things but hopefully you or someone noticed after all the noise.
sorry but i totally disagree with you first you bought the cheapest crapest lock both the U lock and the cable can be cut witha bolt cutter, so first thing get a sold secure rated lock i have two gold rated ones. if you dont want to spend nearly 200 quid on a lock then you deserve to have your bike niked.
But all these instructions are pointless especially in the societies where a thief can come any time with any sort of tool and commit a crime with ease in presence of many citizens around who won't stop the criminal committing the crime due to well known reasons.
It's a shame so many jobs pay less than crime. Reaganomics has ushered in a whole demographic of people who will NEVER earn enough to achieve prosperity. Nice job, righties!
2 months ago my Lectric xp lite got stolen. I used the lock from Lectric and it was a huge mistake. Since then I’ve invested a lot of money in Kryptonite locks. I don’t leave my bike alone in high risk areas and no longer than 5 minutes.
In certain areas, unless you hire an armed guard, it will be stolen if you leave it out long enough. No one will stop any thief, cameras are not an issue. Get the best lock you can and don't leave it out too long.
there is a lock that is seems to be pretty grinder resistent. Hiplok D1000
The thing I see, is you don’t have the lock attached to more than one of the bike rack and your cable chain is loose. With the cable chain not pulled tightly, it can easily be pulled out and bolt cutters or a grinder will make short work of the cable. Then they ride off with your bike lock around the frame and cut it off later. Your wheels should be secured with a pinheaded locking skewer in place of the quick release on your wheels and seat post. That prevents someone loosening the quick release on the wheels and post and stealing them. Additionally, you can have a lock on your calipers with an alarm. This immobilizes the wheels from turning, so they will have to lift the entire bike with an alarm going off on both tires. I notice you didn’t remove the battery as well.
all very helpful tips, thanks for sharing!
Great video! I just bought another lock to try to be the most difficult ebike to steal along with an alarm.
Sometimes you just have to be more secure than the person next to you. Although I wish we didn't have to worry abou this at all.
I actually brought a alarm for mine from Amazon as well... its a good idea 👌
Agree. I have a video that talks how my bike got stolen and then did some research on lock options. Couple of locks that I discussed also have alarm feature built in so that is definitely a plus. However, all this is predicated on people willing to stop thieves when they see something out of whack. Safe riding!
Don’t forget the AirTags ppl.
Another good way is to use a U lock that goes around the bike frame and thru the rear wheel spoke or spokes to the other side and thru the frame again.
That is what I plan to do. What size u lock do you recommend? What size do you use?
@@leighb.8508 Depends on your bike measurements.
Always lock your lock with the keyhole facing towards the ground
Ah, thank you for sharing!
Stops the rain getting inside the lock 😂👍
Good video 🤙🏽🤙🏽
thank you for your kind words. Safe riding!
That was awesome, came out great too
Thanks!
How does the Lectric bike lock they sell hold up, easy to break/cut, have you tested it?
I have heard that the lock itself sticks but I have not personally tested it.
always use u lock through the tire and back frame theft always take the tire and spoke
That is the best way...thank you for sharing. Safe riding!
If possible lock your bike, ebike or escooter right next to a bar, cafe or restaurant where people eat, drink and people-watch outside 'al fresco' till late in the evening..
yes, that helps
As you have proven your ULOCK can fit around the ***oversized*** down tube
- I would move down across/through chainstay ***locking a crank arm*** (even if stolen they can't pedal = rolling backwards secures tighter grip)
____
With kryptonite - disc ULOCK, easier to carry - you can do the same crankarm to chainstay (then 2nd lock, chain as wanted)
thank you for the suggestion! I will try that next time.
Always lock your bikes up from the back tire 🛞
Thanks
Thank you
Even if you lock your bike to the bike rack they’ll just cut the rack, it’s much quicker and easier than attacking the lock. If I can’t lock mine to a piece of metal thicker than a grinder wheel I’m not leaving it there, I have a Hiplock DX1000 (wheel to frame) and an Abus chain and insurance lock from my motorbike (frame to solid pole) and I still wouldn’t leave my Vado 5.0 IGH alone for long.
I totally agree. I take my bike into the public bathroom with me. I want to try a Hiplock, that may be my next purchase. One thing I noticed was they are quite small, do that have a bigger version that can lock over large tubular steel?
@@tai.randomthings It’s one size fits all I’m afraid, they’re not tiny but they’re really made to go through motorbike wheels to stop them being wheeled off but they market them for e-bikes for extra sales. The problem with bicycles is they’re easy to pick up and walk off with so a chain/hiplock combo is essential, I have an e-bike and a motorbike so the double purchase makes sense for me. If I only had an e-bike I’d go with a hefty chain as it provides more options, they weigh a tonne but with an e-bike you don’t really notice.
Lock it in different parts of bike separately, dont put the 2 locks together. I wouldn't leave out for long .
@@tai.randomthings The DX1000 is bigger than the D1000.
I had an accident and had to be taken to hospital, the police said don't worry we'll lock up your bike.
They made the classic mistake of putting the d-lock around the forks and through the wheel.
Thieves only had to loosen the front wheel and lift the bike from the wheel 😩
Then all they had to do was cut several spokes and they have the front wheel too 😥
At least I still had a lock when I left hospital 😒
Never trust the police to secure your bike, they haven't got a clue 😤
OMG...I'm so sorry to hear that. I've said to others, it's not that people don't know, but don't take the time to do it right. So then they become the easy victim.
It should be obvious to you to remove the pedals & take the battery with you when you lock your Lectric bike.
After doing so, all you have left is a kind of heavy, regular bike with no pedals.
Isn't the entire idea to make YOUR bike a less attractive target? The quick-release pedals is one of the main features of this bike that have it on my short list.
Ultimately, there is no way to protect a bike. Even when locked up correctly, you can come back and find the bike stripped. Frequently, especially downtown, the druggies have done so much collateral damage, the rest of the bike is a write-off.
unfortunately true...thanks for sharing
By the way, you can get an electric bolt cutter. They are very effective & compact. Even a child can use it with ease.
I saw, "lets just say a person", riding a bike with a cordless grinder. Not good!
@@tai.randomthingslet's hope they encountered a skunk lock or a hiplok that destroys the grinder wheel and just gave up to do something honest like deliver food.
If you’re here to see a proper way to lock your bike….the useful info starts at 6:11 and ends at 7:00.
Thank you!
The best way is :dont! Have somebody stay with your bike while you go do your aron, if you have to be there for a long time, dont put your bike there, walk, take the bus, drive but do not leave your bike unatended, you have a very good chance of regretting it! Bike theft is on the rise, keep yours, dont leave unatended even with the best lock money can buy, they will steal it anyway! My 2 cents, but I still have my bike and I follow this advice!
Generally speaking, that is also my practice. I take it into the bathroom with me. But if you had to, you may be able to make your bike less attractive target than other. Not a nice thing but I've seen it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Happy riding!
@@tai.randomthings Yep! One thing for sure, what ever you do, bring a least the battery with you, that way as you say, the bike is not worth much without the battery.
Cables are useless regardless, any garage tool can cut those up. Use a chain lock instead.
Do you feel that folding one of these bikes makes it less attractive to potential thieves?
I don't think so since they are so popular. I think they are easy to sell for the thiefs.
I just discovered the absolute best way to protect my E Bike……..Don’t leave it alone
I agree that is the only virtually fool proof way but part of me is sad that I cannot ride with my kids to the pier and enjoy lunch or ice cream and I need to push my bikes with me on the crowded strand. So I refuse to let those A$$(&# ruin my lifestyle and I take my chances and hope the thieves go after easier victims.
So you sleep with your bike?
Take it in the shower with you?
Bring it into the movie theater?
Swim in the ocean with it?
Drag it down the aisle of the airplane?
(I could go on and on...)
EVERY SINGLE BIKE is left alone for the vast majority of its life. Your advice is laughably wrong.
Been fighting bike theft for over 40 years now and in that time I've had NONE of my family's 20 bikes stolen.
Today, a Hiplok or Litelok is REQUIRED. Don't waste your money on anything NOT grinder resistant.
But take extra steps to secure your bike. Use the best lock(s). Use GPS trackers. Use video surveillance. Use alarms. Beef up your garage security. Secure your components. There are virtually free ways to do it if you use your brain.
Stay a step or two ahead of the thieves and you most likely won't lose your bike(s).
Make your bike the HARDEST target; thieves are lazy scumbags, they'll go after the easier targets.
And then there's always insurance if you do become that victim.
But the "I never leave my bike alone!" method is a joke.
Take my bike and we both go home in a pine box and that is a promise
Two words: angle grinders.
Skunk and hip lock will destroy angle grinder wheels. Watch videos on a guy using 5 wheels going at em for 15 minutes. Course yeah they can cut other things but hopefully you or someone noticed after all the noise.
Most of the time its easier to grind through whatever its chained to instead of the lock. @DivineLightPaladin
The best way for an e- bike getting stolen is not to buy one.......
The best way not to die is to ky$ but thats not what it is about, genius
@@chihuahuaroki7069what the hell is ky$?
@@reedallidap7173did you find your answer?
Duh.
You'd be surprised
I don't think that people can't use common sense to figure it out but rather, most are lazy and in a hurry. Gone in less than 60 seconds.
sorry but i totally disagree with you first you bought the cheapest crapest lock both the U lock and the cable can be cut witha bolt cutter, so first thing get a sold secure rated lock i have two gold rated ones. if you dont want to spend nearly 200 quid on a lock then you deserve to have your bike niked.
But all these instructions are pointless especially in the societies where a thief can come any time with any sort of tool and commit a crime with ease in presence of many citizens around who won't stop the criminal committing the crime due to well known reasons.
It's a shame so many jobs pay less than crime. Reaganomics has ushered in a whole demographic of people who will NEVER earn enough to achieve prosperity. Nice job, righties!