bike theft

Hey chaps,
I'm a student at Glasgow School of art and for our year project we've been asked to design something to reduce the risk of bike theft.
Carrying on from the already useful thread by ROBBARKER i'd be interested to know what you currently use to secure your bikes and how successful you think this is?
Also the guy who lives down the road from me chains his bike to the railings upside down, any one else do this and does it offer any advantages? i'll need to ask him next time i see him
Thanks
I'm a student at Glasgow School of art and for our year project we've been asked to design something to reduce the risk of bike theft.
Carrying on from the already useful thread by ROBBARKER i'd be interested to know what you currently use to secure your bikes and how successful you think this is?
Also the guy who lives down the road from me chains his bike to the railings upside down, any one else do this and does it offer any advantages? i'll need to ask him next time i see him
Thanks
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Alarm systems seem to be the best way to deter people
Carbon 456
456 lefty
Pompino
White Inbred
'If you touch my bike I'll hunt you down and break your nasty pikey skull open'
FCN :- -1
Given up waiting for Fast as Fupp to start stalking me
244 - Not sure about the whole upside down strategy - just gives you a chance to get dog poo on your saddle.
I prefer:
An Arbus rope type locked around a solid object, Nelson's Column etc etc.
In bike racks I look to lock mine near a more desirable, newer looking bike.
I never leave it for longer than 10mins.
Still - I've had two bikes stolen - never to to be seen again. The police simply couldn't give a toss. Therein lies the problem.
Good luck with your project.
Unfortunately I have to lock my bike up on the street outside work where I cannot see it, so mains power isn't an option, as a result I use the strategy of applying enough locks to discourage theft, namely a lock front wheel and frame and rear wheel and frame onto steel railings.
Didn't stop some f*cker from snapping off a dynamo powered rear light of mine last week though. Why I don't know as its totally useless without a 6V power supply, I guess some sh*thead around thought it would be fun.
For such people were tasers invented.
The next best is a bike that doesn't look worth the effort with a state-of-the-art lock, preferably locked to something solid and in clear public view.
Nobody's touching that bike
what do you think? would it work? (copied on to other thread on bike theft)
See, they return, and bring us with them.
Wake up, you bigot.
What about the 100's of pedestrians on our streets? They never seem to see/stop much. The reality is there is no easy way to stop a thief. How many Police do you need to watch every lampost?
If you can't come up with an answer, then then don't blame someone else. If you were a cop, what would YOU realistically do along with all the other nasty, criminal stuff happening every single minute. Be everywhere at once? Just like drug dealers, these little sh£ts spawn again within 5 minutes of an arrest.
Please can we start blaming the THIEVES and the buyers. Far too many of us would go for a bargain set of wheels down the pub.
Stop whinging about things and make some suggestions! The lorry one is fine for all those places you see 50+bikes (i.e. nowhere regular). Reality is we want to leave bikes in different places. I'd go for more infrastructure though (city centres, major business parks).
And cut the hands off persistant kleptos.
Where can I get one !!!!
Seriously.... 10lbs chain and a heavy D-Lock - both Gold Rated !
If a thief wants it he will have - probably in less than 2 minutes even with your gold ratings :evil: utube shows the top rated motorcycle chains lasting about 30 seconds agaist big bolt cutters and the D-lock would last about the same against a big angle grinder
See, they return, and bring us with them.
Mind you we were supposed to be in the new office in March?
Don't get how this particular builder has work on that doing some is a problem, but then again he's also a client of ours so there is llimited pressure we can apply.....