Hi all I wanted to share a short story from a cityslick that's been riding different 2 wheelers for all my life. What you probably experienced in your life as well once you turn 18 is the social peer pressure of getting a car. Like at every birthday party: "So when are you going for your car licence?" and I always kind of shrugged that off as something later as I was enjoying street cycling and mtb's. Then personal life and work kept me occupied and time went by fast and came to the conclusion having to haul a car around in the dense urban metro districts is kind of stupid. In rush hour every road is clogged with dusty fossil engines in stationary. And the drivers all look bummed out.
Anyway enjoy your favourite microtransport the future has just begun. E-bikes ftw!
P.S. who needs a 200mph engine when city limits are heavily enforced? No shame in a speed limiter.
That's the dream. What's always stopped me though is security. I could go anywhere on it, but I'm not comfortable leaving it in public spaces while I go about my business.
I'm curious to hear how you feel and what you do about it.
The hiplok d1000 is a couple hundred bucks, but it takes at least 10 cutting discs to get through, and produces devastating ceramic dust which is sure to give any bike thief a terrible case of mesothelioma. If you are worried about your bike, I'd get one of those. You might also want to see if your city participates in a bike locker program, or summer bike valet services. Multiple cities in the Pacific Northwest do this, in the US and Canada.
I use a Skunklock Chemical.
Someone might be dumb enough to try and cut it, but if they do I don't think they'll keep trying.
The Skunklock Carbon and Litelok X3 are also good options.
I had a frying pan with a stinky handle in case it burned which it did I got maced by my own pan.
Oof, I even didn't know they made those. At first I read this as "sticky handle". How were they supposed to work exactly? They emit a smell when it gets past a certain temperature?
For now with a strong chain lock and a movement alarm. For long storage I use the basement or a camera secured bicycle stand or next to other bikes. And insurance companies won't cover everything. But petty bike thiefs are a here as well police is not much use for this but a thief is a thief they should know the risks.