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You are right, they are always on the look out and work very hard at their craft. I say "Random, Opportunistic" only because it seem that way for our perspective. Thieves are always on the lookout for a soft spot or "random, opportunistic" moment when your defenses are down.

Thieves are very clever and opertunistic. They love trusting casual people . A slight lapse of attention on your part is all they need. You can't trust that "the odds are in your favor". Not ever.

You can't be too paranoid when it comes to thieves. You may get away with being casual for a long time but there are people wandering around looking for the next opertunity. It's what they do. I have known some thieves in my time and have had a couple of bikes stolen. Anyhting new and shiny...

I got it for $45 including a seat that's in great shape and looks comfortable. Let's hope it all works out. The seller took it off of a bike he purchased used. It appears to be in good shape and has the heavier #7 elastomer, so that's good, as I'm 205 lbs. If it is too soft, I'll give it to...

I put an add on Craigslist in the "Bike Parts" section, asking if anyone had a suspension seatpost they wanted to sell. A fellow got back to me with a Thudbuster he no longer wanted. $55. I'll need a shim to make it work on my bike, as his is a 31.6 post and mine is a 34.9. I looked on the...

Thanks for that! My wife and I ride both the carbon fiber, fast, road bikes (in clown suits) and Ebikes (no clown suit). Each bike has a purpose for us. The Ebike is more of a commuter or errand runner and the road bikes are for fun and exercise. They overlap of course. I was passed by...

I'm 200 lbs so I guess a pogo stick seat post is out for me and I'd guess that would be true for a spring loaded seat as well.

I need, or would like, some sort of suspension system in my seat. I know everyone likes the Thudbusters but I'm looking for a less expensive work around. There are the Suntour and Satori seat post as well that I'm consideringa and are less expensive but I have seen some spring loaded seats...

What did you get? I'm going to be pissed if you got the Sport-Roller City panniers for $40.

Did the wife's bike the other day. Used her hair dryer (don't tell her). Labels peeled rigth of.

I went with the smaller Ortlieb Sport-Roller City pannier. I was confused because they said that they were for "children's bikes and front pannier use". They also work great as a minimal bag on the back as well. I didn't need a full sized touring bag, just something to bring some stuff home...

I keep trying different positions but always come back to the "motorcycle mount", with the mirror topside and out. I have the best visability that way. I like the idea of it being mounted on the down side and in but my clothing or elbow is always covering half of it. With it up and out I can...

Cool but frightening. Not a lot of room for bikes.

The odd thing is that my road bike, which is not upright at all, is much more comfortable.

As a former office ergonomics specialist, what you want to do is prevent it from happening in the first place. For some occuptions it's almost impossible to avoid such as people who use vibrating sanders and chainsaws but for many occupations there are tools and techniques to avoid it. I have...

The shop where I purchased my Ebike has a "fitter" who works with mostly road bikers. I will have him check me out when I go back in for my "one month tune up". I have learned a lot by watching numerious videos on fitting a road bike and have gotten my road bike to where I can ride 20+ miles...

Thanks Mike, that would make sense since extending the bar forward and lowering it a bit did seem to help. Looks like largest frame for that bike is a large, which is what I have. I'm am encouraged by the fact that I was able to get some relief by my recent adjustment. I think with some more...

I used the bar adjustment mechanisim built into the Cannondale Conto-e Speed stem and lowered the bars down a bit and sllightly forward. I then took a twelve mile ride and had no issues. Makes very little ergonomic sense to me but as I always say "What ever works". I think I would still like...

Here's my road bike set up. Works great, and yes I ride almost exclusively on top of the break hoods.