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How are bikes stolen at a high school?
I'm going to be parking my bike at a highschool. I will never leave it unattended overnight, but the bike will be there about 30 minutes after many students have left. Of course, there will be teachers roaming around the parking lot aswell as security guards, so I think they would help stop, or at least deter theives.
I will be locking my bike in this fashion: A good u-lock (Kryptonite Evolution or Kryptolok series 2) around my back wheel and frame securing it to the bike rack, and a cheap cable lock to secure my front wheel and saddle to the frame.
How do high school theives steal bikes? If they want to steal my bike, they will need a car jack and boltcutters, and they will also need to spend a good deal of time, probably 10-15 minutes stealing my bike. I don't think they would do that, they would rather steal the bikes protected with a crappy cable lock.
The cable lock around my saddle and front wheel (and anchored to the frame) would prevent the opportunity for some random jackass to steal them for fun, right?
Are highschool thieves even smart enough to know what brand Giant is? Do they even care? My bike has no shock absorbers, and it doesn't look 'cool' to the average highschool joe. Are highschoolers stupid enough to rather steal a 'cooler looking' huffy or NEXT, just because it has shocks? My bike is an FCR3, a very nice bike fore smart people, a terrible 'uncool' bike for the average kid who still thinks he needs full suspension on the road. Its not a 'cool' mountain bike or a 'cool' BMX bikes, and those are the bikes stupid people probably think are better for commuting to school. I don't mean any offense to any mountain bikes or BMX riders; I just watched the dew tour and the BMX stuff was snazzy, and mountain biking looks dangerous and exiciting. I'm just saying, people shoudn't commute to school on their BMX and mountain bikes, but on a nice hybrid or roadie.
5 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Forget this new fad of buying a bomb proof lock using a crappy cable lock on the front wheel. If your front wheel has quick release take it off and place it next to the rear wheel. Put the u-lock through the object you are locking it to, through the frame and rear wheel and through the front wheel (not just the spokes) It's pointless to buy a good lock and leave your front wheel to some crappy cable. The Evolutions are really good but the NY lock is better. Or the Fahgetaboutit U- lock or the chain of the same name. You might think it's overkill, but your bike will still be there.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Inquire at the main office if there is a security camera aimed at the bicycle rack and if you can register the bike with the school.
I would also mark the seat post correct position at the frame with tape or an etched line. Carry a 3 way in your pocket and remove the seat with post and keep it in your locker. A bike with no seat is less desirable.
I would use a cable and padlock over a cheap cable lock that has a drum style combination lock.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
My old apartment complex had a serious motorcycle thief. To the best of my knowledge, my Ninja was the only sportbike he didn't get. On my old Kawasaki, the fuse box could be easily unplugged under the seat and removed. That worked better than any alarm I ever had. I came outside to find my bike had been hotwired twice. (the first time he actually pushed it about a block down the street before he gave up and left it on it's side.) Plugged the fusebox in and it started without the key. They knew what they were doing, just didn't know they were missing a key component. I don't know if the same guy went after the second time. If so he learned his lesson because it was left in the same place. Of course that wouldn't have stopped him from throwing it into the back of a pickup.
- 1 decade ago
A good kryptonite U Lock and a good cable lock will discourage most thieves and you should be safe under most conditions. I have used a Kryptonite U lock for several years and have never had a problem.
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- 1 decade ago
If your handle bars are just held on by a clamp with allen key bolts you could easily remove the handle bars which would easily deter anyone from attempting to take the bike since it is un-rideable.
