I'm curious...for those of you who leave your bike locked for an hour or more, do you remove the battery and take it with you?

[Tom@WashDC]

And then the insurance premium will blow up. I've biked for a decade most every day, commuting and all. Never caused damage to other people's property.



Some may sacrifice having a life to protect a bike. Not for me.

I make up the lost 40 seconds it takes to clip on and off the two tiny 3 digit padlocks (with identical combos) by not doing routine maintenance on my bike!

 

[Asher]

All you need to do to greatly reduce chance of theft is to spraypaint a portion of your bike+battery dayglow orange. What idiot thief will take it then, knowing it is instantly identifiable?

Yeah, I know, pride of ownership and all that. I'd rather have the Peace of Mind knowing the bike will be there when I come back.

Make your bike ugly with a tactic of dubious effectiveness?

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Make your bike ugly with a tactic of dubious effectiveness?

There are effective tactics, though:

 

[Asher]

There are effective tactics, though:

Don't think I've had any bike longer than three years. Never had a bike stolen despite daily utility riding. Uglification would have cost me far more in resale value. Paranoia is not an indication of great intelligence, just paranoia.

 

[erider_61]

All you need to do to greatly reduce chance of theft is to spraypaint a portion of your bike+battery dayglow orange. What idiot thief will take it then, knowing it is instantly identifiable?

Yeah, I know, pride of ownership and all that. I'd rather have the Peace of Mind knowing the bike will be there when I come back.

Once the thief gets the bike home, my guess is he will paint over the dayglow orange...

 

[Slaphappygamer]

No. My battery locks in the downtube and I wired a keyed switch to the display. Need the key to turn the display on.