Commuting on Bike?

[CvPiper]

Today is the first time I am going to take the bike to work, its staying in a car park in Tiverton, but somehow I still feel worried bout it.

How is the bike theft thing around here, I appreciate its not London so i should be fairly safe, what do you think?

[DynaMight]

Theres always a chance, Just make sure it's in a well used carpark and under a light if it's gonna be there until it's dark.

If you wanna do things on the cheap, Get a big chain and try to chain it to something solid and get a £60ish Alarm, It'll only beep like a mofo if someone touches it or messes with the ignition but better than nothing.

[CvPiper]

Found out today that there is one small place for bikes, nothign at all to chain too. So heres hoping its still there tonight, i'll look for other car parks soon ;)

[CBR_LOVER]

i also commute......can any of you recommend a decent reasonably priced alarm/immobilizer please
what about disc locks???they any good or would a hefty chain suffice???

Cheers,CBR_LOVER

[Dave]

As for lock advice, stay away from anything with those round keys.

Also check out Almax Security Chains if you are gonna use it on a regular basis. As they are un distructable

[furry]

Well I wouldn't say that Dave, if they come prepaired to get though something like a Beefy Chain, they prolly be prepaired to get though anything...

Chain And/Or Good Disc Lock is a good place to start, Chain being better as then you can use that to Chain the bike to something to stop them carrying it away without much effort...

An alarm does help, but sadly the soicety we live in today, most peeps are c**t's and turn a blind eye, but it's a good way to keep Joy riders away from your pride and Joy, but don't think it will put off a professional...

The most important thing is where you put the bike, a secure carpark would be ideal, but if not, try to put it somewhere that it can be seen by lots of people, the more visiable it is, the more chicken the thief will be to have a pop at it, you always think of thieves as hard skinheads or something, but ya tend to find most of them are just scagheads/scum who are scared s.hitless of their own shaddow half the time!

Agreeed about locks with round keys, I never liked them, and now finally it's been shown they are useless, so glad cos in the past when I said to others that round key locks ain't secure I got laffed up, well STFU mofo's LOL

[Jak]

As for lock advice, stay away from anything with those round keys.

I bought a disc lock for mine - not one of the round key ones - got it from Archies in Newton Abbot for about £30.

[jason]

My Oxford heavy duty shackle lock has round keys - oh well. Its cat 1 alarmed and immobilised to. I used to Disc lock it but it damages the anodising on the disc collar so I stopped that..

Not that I ever leave it anywhere in public view for long periods anyway. Its either being ridden or its in a locked garage.

[speedy(delboy)]

i also commute......can any of you recommend a decent reasonably priced alarm/immobilizer please
what about disc locks???they any good or would a hefty chain suffice???

Cheers,CBR_LOVER

Speak to Rob G on here, he just got his own business off the ground in bike security. Good as any place to start.

[CBR Sam]

Sorry to pi** on the parade but if you really wanted to steal a bike u would arm your self with a petrol disk cutter and a refrigerated van.

A cutter will go through about anything in about a minute max.

It doesent matter how much your alarm wails you wont hear it in a well insulated van such as a refrigerated van.

Sounds like a lot of bother but when money is to be made from bike parts the fu*£ers will do anything.

And in todays society people are either too scared to ask whats happening or would rather turn a blind eye!!

One day my bike may not be there but that is one reason why we pay insurance isnt it???

if only you could get the alarms like on grand theft auto!!!! BOOM that would teach em!!!

Sam

[A_T]

if you really wanted to steal a bike u would arm your self with a petrol disk cutter and a refrigerated van.

A cutter will go through about anything in about a minute max.

I bet it wouldn't go through a tree stump though sam

[CBR Sam]

if you really wanted to steal a bike u would arm your self with a petrol disk cutter and a refrigerated van.

A cutter will go through about anything in about a minute max.

I bet it wouldn't go through a tree stump though sam

I was going to put that in brackets!!!

[furry]

Caveman : Lock bike with Tree, ahhhhhh LMAO!

I know Bristol still currently has an active Bike Gang on the loose, they even stretched as far as Cardiff to nick bikes...

Secured Carparks if you are in dodgy areas would be best to use, and keep in mind, most of them allow bikes to use em for free!!!

As Sam said, someone tooled with the right gear, could chop ya chain off and as for the alarm, who cares slap it in the back of the Van no-one is gonna know, and problem with society today is, nobody questions any of it either (Always seems to me phoning the police and/or chasing the tossers these days, everyone else turns a blind eye)

Crime is going to get worse, mainly due to two things...

1. Everyone is becomming more self centred day by day, ie I only give a s.hit about myself and no-one else, no community spirit or anything like that, society has got so distant and split these days, can anyone tell me anyone who lives in this country and who is happy with how things are???

This also extends to kids who nick bikes for Joy rides etc... I mean I hate the little f***kers for doing it, but who made em like they are in the first place, parents are too soft and/or scagheads and schools just dont get the education into em

2. Drugs... Well any form of Drugs just degrades society, even if it's only a bit of Green, I look at my Bro who has just turned 40, he's a skilled craftsman/chippy earning well over £500 a week in his hand, yet smoking that s.hit all the time has changed him so much over the yrs... Least he still able to get the work in and get a decent wage, but I know others like him could quite easyly turn to crime instead....

Anyway this country is f****d and no matter how many goverments we go though, they do nothing to help, just tell us what we want to hear, allow the soft Drugs to flow, and the asylum seekers to take the piss, so in that climate us wee bikers are a spot on the map, even so nicking a bike is easy pickings, so we need to take the right level of action to stop our bikes going walkies, I don't think we should just go on insurance alone.

[furry]

Oh forgot Point No 3....

No 3... Supply and Demand...

If there is no Demand for the parts, then no-one is going to nick them to supply them for money...

Getting the bike marked, either using Datatag or something like Alphadot is a great start, no pro will nick it as they know they won't be able to pass it on though scrap dealers, only car boots and online auctions...

Anyone who buys bike parts need to be careful, check for any security markings... this is where ebay is a problem as your not going to see it till after you buy it, and even though you should, not many will be willing to goto the police and loose the part they paid for allthough if it was me I would, I'm not going to create the demand theif's need...

Good example though is someone on here told me they got a nicked phone... now I don't know if he knew before or after he paid for it that it was nicked, but the more worrying thing was, he didn't care it was nicked... If it was me I'd be pissed off to fook and either track the c**t down who sold it to me and kick his ass, or set the rozzers on em. But well not everyone like me as I said in the post above.

Keeps ya wits about ya, and if something seems to good to be true, it useually is... if buying on somewhere like ebay, be extra careful, useually talking to the seller on phone is a good way to suss them out, if you don't their their genuine, walk away, cos otherwise your only fueling them to nick bikes from us bikers!!!

[BOSS]

Dont use your pride and joy to commute.
It then becomes part of the job, getting dressed up, starting it, riding through all that bloody traffic just to get to work. Then the same on the run home.

Better to save the machine for pleasure, enjoy the riding without all those dicks on their mobiles first thing in the morning.

I suppose I'm lucky as i work shifts and usually have time midweek to ride about in the lovely sunshine (like today) whilst all you other 8 til 4 boys and girls are at work.

As for security, if they want it they will have it. Simple.
Agree with furry dont buy stolen gear, it only increases the market and 1 day it might be your kit being sold