I’m trying to use my car less and bike to places where I can. I’ve thought about getting an e-bike to extend the range of places I can bike to, but one things that’s holding me back is what do I do with it while at the store? If it were just my crappy normal bike I wouldn’t really worry too much about someone stealing it, but if I’m gonna spend a few hundred on an e-bike I am nervous about leaving it unattended.

What are your thoughts?

  • ickis@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I have a rad runner, with it I use a wheel lock, long security chain which bolts into said wheel lock, and then a folding lock I use as well with all that. My hope is all that overkill’ll just deter a thief entirely. If anything it’ll buy time for me to catch them in the act and chase them away.

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      1 year ago

      What stops them from just lifting the entire bike away? (especially given that it’s so light). Of course, the obvious solution is to chain it to something, but not every location has a convenient place to chain your bike (without it getting in the way of pedestrians etc).

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        1 year ago

        The rad runner is 70+ lbs, while not necessarily heavy, it is cumbersome to move around when both tires are immovable from the wheel lock (through rear wheel) and folding lock (through front wheel, bike frame, & bike post). Where I live there is always a bike post conveniently located nearby to lock it to.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t know there was such a thing. Surely by making it prohibitively heavy to just lift into a car, you also make it too heavy to ride easily