I worked at a university. Students had very expensive bikes everywhere. I chained my beater up next to my office. I rode around campus because of traffic and finding parking. My beater was stolen and the expensive ones were left. I found out security thought it looked bad and took it out of the bike rack.
According to research done in Toronto, Canada area, people with mid-range and lower priced bikes are much more likely to have their bikes stolen than extremely expensive bikes. This trend is also present in California, USA where I live. It is a misnomer that bike thieves only target expensive bikes.
@@markfletcher4605 in my country it's definatly the expensive ones. Heck; in some places they will just pull you off the bike and rob you from your bike if needed. The old beat up bikes only get stolen over the weekend, because some drunken fool decides it's to far to walk home, so they grab the first bike they can easily steal, which in most cases is a rundown bike ( or well; at least mostly over the weekend)
Don't insure your bike with Bikmo. I had my bike locked up with a gold standard lock and they found a loophole to avoid paying. This has also happened to many other people.
To my knowledge, those bike theft insurances that all recently recently popped up are scams. You can see the loopholes right from the first proposals they send you if you show any interest. Better see your usual insurance company. That's how I learned my house insurance also included my bikes wherever they may be stolen from.
Home owner's insurance policies and rental insurance policies cover bicycle theft. Many times an automobile insurance policy will cover a bicycle theft. Contact your insurance broker and ask if your bicycle is covered.
Nice video. Around 5 mins you mention adding glue to add security to wheel clamps and seat-post clamps etc. This DOES work but not ANY glue. You neglected to mention you are talking about cyanoacrylate commonly known as "superglue" and acetone is a solvent for that (nail varnish remover is principally acetone). Just a small point. a small ball-bearing pushed into the Allen-key slot and secured with cyanoacrylate will prevent easy access if a thief has the correct Allen-key. Perhaps talking a little slower would also be good, just IMHO as a videographer.
the best way to avoid your bike getting stolen: use 2 locks. The lock that comes with the bike itself and a lock you can use to attach your bike to a fixed object like a gate, streetpole ect. And for gods sake; put that second lock through the frame, not the wheel.....thats about the best way to avoid it getting stolen. And ofcourse buy a quality lock, not a generic cheap padlock or a numeric padlock; those can be opened so easily...sadly, in my country the stats are alot worse; on average a bike gets stolen every minute. 1500 bikes per day on average
There are free services in the US like Bike Index with which you can record the serial number and other information about your bike, and share it online. Not sure if there is something similar in the UK.
I own a pretty expensive bike. I use one good lock to deter opportunity thieves. For everything else I have an insurance, that will pay 100% of the new bike price if stolen.
I remember couple years ago my bike got stollen while I was at my apartment in Arizona, and I tried reporting it stolen, however if it's not worth I want to say around $1,000 police won't do crap.
Great video! However, I`d recommend different security skewers. The ones you recommend can be easily opened with tools you can buy. Pinheads have a unique key. You can also order more skewers, seat etc locks for the same key
I had pinheads and they are good but bulky, as are the "keys" to unlock them. Also, they won't fit many applications like seattube clamps where the sides aren't parallel. I changed to hexlox which are smaller, lighter an more neat. The " key" to remove the hexlox is tiny and sits unobtrusively on your keyring. The only limitation is if you use non-ferrous bolts but even then you can buy a sticker which goes inside the bolt head to make it magnetic.
@@julianallen515 Seems cool. But are they Canadian, like pinheads? What if you lose the key? I never carry keys in my pocket when riding. Sharp objects near your groin could be bad in an accident. It doesn`t appear they sell in Western Canada
@@kellylingusIN order of your asking: No. Buy another, just the same as if you lose your pinhead key. That's why I put them in my back pocket on a carabiner and they aer not sharp. You can buy them easily online.
Abus offers security skewers and seat post locks that rely on gravity. Basically, you have to put the bike on its side to release the mechanism, which should be nearly impossible if the bike is properly secured to a rack.
I love in Berlin and my bike didn't get stolen in 10 years because I'm using 2 top of the line locks. Oh and now my bike is looking rusty and quite run down so nobody wants to steal it anymore.
The best deterrent is to not have a bike worth stealing. Mine is a cheap huffy bike from Walmart. My bike was parked at the ground floor of my apartment, parked with my neighbors mtb bike. No wonder why the bike theives went for the expensive mtb bike parked next to mine.
Keep you bikes in sight, take them in the house,,, not the garage/shed,, get a beater if you have to, take the bike in the store/work with you, I have a cargo van with deadlocks and alarm, bikes are safer there then in the house/garage/shed..
I refuse to become a slave of my bike. I don’t buy expensive stuff that I need to worry about too much. That includes bicycles. They only expensive stuff I have are home and car, and they are properly insured.
Yes, the best deterrent is to not have a bike worth stealing. Mine is a cheap huffy bike from Walmart. No wonder why the bike theives went for the expensive mtb bike parked next to mine.
I worked at a university. Students had very expensive bikes everywhere. I chained my beater up next to my office. I rode around campus because of traffic and finding parking. My beater was stolen and the expensive ones were left. I found out security thought it looked bad and took it out of the bike rack.
Did you get your bike back?
What a dumb reason, they moved it because it looked bad!?
According to research done in Toronto, Canada area, people with mid-range and lower priced bikes are much more likely to have their bikes stolen than extremely expensive bikes. This trend is also present in California, USA where I live. It is a misnomer that bike thieves only target expensive bikes.
@@markfletcher4605 in my country it's definatly the expensive ones. Heck; in some places they will just pull you off the bike and rob you from your bike if needed. The old beat up bikes only get stolen over the weekend, because some drunken fool decides it's to far to walk home, so they grab the first bike they can easily steal, which in most cases is a rundown bike ( or well; at least mostly over the weekend)
@@markfletcher4605 can you give the name of the research article? I’d love to look it up to see the details.
Don't insure your bike with Bikmo. I had my bike locked up with a gold standard lock and they found a loophole to avoid paying. This has also happened to many other people.
To my knowledge, those bike theft insurances that all recently recently popped up are scams. You can see the loopholes right from the first proposals they send you if you show any interest. Better see your usual insurance company. That's how I learned my house insurance also included my bikes wherever they may be stolen from.
Home owner's insurance policies and rental insurance policies cover bicycle theft. Many times an automobile insurance policy will cover a bicycle theft. Contact your insurance broker and ask if your bicycle is covered.
Nice video.
Around 5 mins you mention adding glue to add security to wheel clamps and seat-post clamps etc. This DOES work but not ANY glue. You neglected to mention you are talking about cyanoacrylate commonly known as "superglue" and acetone is a solvent for that (nail varnish remover is principally acetone). Just a small point. a small ball-bearing pushed into the Allen-key slot and secured with cyanoacrylate will prevent easy access if a thief has the correct Allen-key.
Perhaps talking a little slower would also be good, just IMHO as a videographer.
the best way to avoid your bike getting stolen: use 2 locks. The lock that comes with the bike itself and a lock you can use to attach your bike to a fixed object like a gate, streetpole ect. And for gods sake; put that second lock through the frame, not the wheel.....thats about the best way to avoid it getting stolen. And ofcourse buy a quality lock, not a generic cheap padlock or a numeric padlock; those can be opened so easily...sadly, in my country the stats are alot worse; on average a bike gets stolen every minute. 1500 bikes per day on average
There are free services in the US like Bike Index with which you can record the serial number and other information about your bike, and share it online. Not sure if there is something similar in the UK.
We have bike register.
@@Moshimulations , the online registries make it much easier to recover a bike. Some police departments use them too.
@@BartAnderson_writer Bike Register is used by many police services
And Project 529 is the best system on the West Coast.
@@julianallen515 , haven't heard of it. Will look up. Thanks
I own a pretty expensive bike. I use one good lock to deter opportunity thieves. For everything else I have an insurance, that will pay 100% of the new bike price if stolen.
I remember couple years ago my bike got stollen while I was at my apartment in Arizona, and I tried reporting it stolen, however if it's not worth I want to say around $1,000 police won't do crap.
Great video! However, I`d recommend different security skewers. The ones you recommend can be easily opened with tools you can buy. Pinheads have a unique key. You can also order more skewers, seat etc locks for the same key
I had pinheads and they are good but bulky, as are the "keys" to unlock them. Also, they won't fit many applications like seattube clamps where the sides aren't parallel. I changed to hexlox which are smaller, lighter an more neat. The " key" to remove the hexlox is tiny and sits unobtrusively on your keyring. The only limitation is if you use non-ferrous bolts but even then you can buy a sticker which goes inside the bolt head to make it magnetic.
@@julianallen515 Seems cool. But are they Canadian, like pinheads? What if you lose the key? I never carry keys in my pocket when riding. Sharp objects near your groin could be bad in an accident. It doesn`t appear they sell in Western Canada
@@kellylingusIN order of your asking: No. Buy another, just the same as if you lose your pinhead key. That's why I put them in my back pocket on a carabiner and they aer not sharp. You can buy them easily online.
Abus offers security skewers and seat post locks that rely on gravity. Basically, you have to put the bike on its side to release the mechanism, which should be nearly impossible if the bike is properly secured to a rack.
Dude such nostalgia !!!
I love in Berlin and my bike didn't get stolen in 10 years because I'm using 2 top of the line locks. Oh and now my bike is looking rusty and quite run down so nobody wants to steal it anymore.
I've got a $16 alarm that works fine.
The best deterrent is to not have a bike worth stealing. Mine is a cheap huffy bike from Walmart. My bike was parked at the ground floor of my apartment, parked with my neighbors mtb bike. No wonder why the bike theives went for the expensive mtb bike parked next to mine.
Where is the GPS tracker?
Would you like to park your bike safely in the city? Park it at 1 of the Biesieklette bicycle parking facilities it's free.
Thieves dont care about alarm going on, please watch other TH-cam’s videos. The locks here will be cut apart within 7 seconds
Excellent video! It’s about time someone took a good, hard look at bike security.
Keep you bikes in sight, take them in the house,,, not the garage/shed,, get a beater if you have to, take the bike in the store/work with you, I have a cargo van with deadlocks and alarm, bikes are safer there then in the house/garage/shed..
I refuse to become a slave of my bike. I don’t buy expensive stuff that I need to worry about too much. That includes bicycles. They only expensive stuff I have are home and car, and they are properly insured.
Yes, the best deterrent is to not have a bike worth stealing. Mine is a cheap huffy bike from Walmart. No wonder why the bike theives went for the expensive mtb bike parked next to mine.
@@teddcuizon3964 and then even if it is stollen, it is not a big deal. But it is less fun to ride….
Living in a lawless society calls for extreme measures!
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3:49 This is Berlin
Get a litelok.
Get an ugly bike like that and nobody would steal.
exactly ... i have that with my scooter, old and boring looking ... can leave it everywhere without big security ...
Jesus Christ, the first two minutes of this video spent covering bike theft statistics. Was it necessary?
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