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All it takes is 6 SECONDS ~ to steal it, or lock it up!
Think like a thief. You’re strolling along, minding your own business, when you come across a bike, leaning against a tree. You can hardly believe your eyes, but … it isn’t locked!
Now you didn’t leave your house this morning, saying, “I think I’ll steal a bike today.” It’s not like bikes are your specialty or anything. But this one’s hot and it’s practically got a written invitation, flashing: STEAL ME!!!
So you do. In 6 seconds flat, you’re gone.
That’s all it takes.
I know you think you can just pop in to grab a cup of coffee or drop something off. But if you can’t get back and put your hands on your bike in 6 seconds, you cannot catch the guy who takes it.
The short version? LOCK IT UP. Not sometimes. Any time. All the time. If you’re not on it, lock it.
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Lock it to something that can be stolen along with it. Locking the front wheel to the frame, for instance, is not going to do you any good.
Lock it to something fixed and unmovable. If it can be cut (like a chain link fence), or bent (like a tree), or broken (like a flimsy rail), your bike is not secure.
Loop the lock over the top of a post. Bikes with their locks looped over posts make bike thieves laugh. (Just before they steal your bike. And for days afterward.)
Take up the slack. The tighter the lock, the harder it is to cut. Make the suckers work for it!
Lock your bike in the same place every day. Bike thieves are predators. They stalk their turf. A bike in the same place starts to look tasty.
Buy a steel lock that requires heavy machinery to cut it. If it needs a combination, even better.
Lose the combination.
Lock your frame AND your front wheel AND a solid, immovable object together like one unit.
Leave the key in the lock.
Look back. Always check the lock again before you go.
(Not that you'd forget to lock it ... but just in case you do.)
Remember, it only takes a few seconds---to steal it or to lock it up.
What happens after that is up to you.
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