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Permalink Reply by Ryan L on June 3, 2010 at 6:21am

The cops should have let you taze the a-hole in the man purse. Glad you got your bike back, you are very lucky :)

I went for a walk this morning to a new coffee shop in Uptown and noticed a brand new beautiful carbon Fugi road bike locked up to a rack with a super crappy old barrel key lock. On my way back the owner was unlocking his bike and I almost went over to him to recommend buying a better lock for his very expensive bike. Its getting to the point where I need to make warning stickers to place on peoples locks to warn them how crappy and vulnerable they are. I am seriously considering doing this.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on June 3, 2010 at 7:38am

I think it's because a lot of new cyclists are out there in spring and this year there seem to be more then ever and, for reasons I will never understand, a lot of people buy locks based on price.

I too have had people get snotty when I try to advise them to poor lock choices; I have a neighbor who is going to loose their bike locked to a wooden porch or left on their porch unlocked soon after several attempts to convince them otherwise. The fact that I had my bike stolen from the same locking situation seems to have no effect on them.

H3N3 said:

I've been thinking about this too. I would do it discreetly, e.g. a folded piece of paper with maybe some brief stats or tips, but not something that would catch a passerby's eye and give them ideas.

For some reason cable lock thefts are way up in terms of Stolen Bike Registry reports, over the past few weeks; I'd hoped the word had got out that they're next to useless.

As far as approaching someone, in my experience they typically brush you off or get defensive . . . have tried on more than one occasion to stop someone from lockinig to a signpost missing its base bolt and they've just gone ahead and done it anyways.

Ryan L said:

The cops should have let you taze the a-hole in the man purse. Glad you got your bike back, you are very lucky :)

I went for a walk this morning to a new coffee shop in Uptown and noticed a brand new beautiful carbon Fugi road bike locked up to a rack with a super crappy old barrel key lock. On my way back the owner was unlocking his bike and I almost went over to him to recommend buying a better lock for his very expensive bike. Its getting to the point where I need to make warning stickers to place on peoples locks to warn them how crappy and vulnerable they are. I am seriously considering doing this.

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Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on June 3, 2010 at 9:47am

So, was the guy ever arrested for attempting to sell the stolen bike?

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Permalink Reply by Wesley Dolezal on June 3, 2010 at 10:34am

Which coffee shop?

Ryan L said:

The cops should have let you taze the a-hole in the man purse. Glad you got your bike back, you are very lucky :)

I went for a walk this morning to a new coffee shop in Uptown and noticed a brand new beautiful carbon Fugi road bike locked up to a rack with a super crappy old barrel key lock. On my way back the owner was unlocking his bike and I almost went over to him to recommend buying a better lock for his very expensive bike. Its getting to the point where I need to make warning stickers to place on peoples locks to warn them how crappy and vulnerable they are. I am seriously considering doing this.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on June 3, 2010 at 10:54am

Unless he was witnessed stealing the bike there is no real way to prosecute; all he has to do is say he bought it and thought it was legit.

Not Nathan Fillion (aka Paul) said:

So, was the guy ever arrested for attempting to sell the stolen bike?

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