I'm curious. I know where my life diverged and where I would've been a car guy otherwise, would be interested to see what the dealio with other people is or whether they even ever thought about it
I'm curious. I know where my life diverged and where I would've been a car guy otherwise, would be interested to see what the dealio with other people is or whether they even ever thought about it
Theft rates where I live. You can have all the expensive locks you want, if you leave your bike out of eyeshot for more than a few minutes you'll never see it again.
Is where you live like really cycling friendly (apart from that) or how come every bicycle gets stolen? Scrap metal value?
Nah. my area isn't so so bad for theft (still wouldn't leave anything outdoors overnight) but it's generally either easy money resale or because the thief wants to use it to get around. Even if you only get 1/4 of what the bike is worth, its so trivially easy to cut a cable lock, and not all that hard to cut most U locks either, and then sell it for cash the next day. Its easy money and people are destitute.
A few weeks ago I was walking and a guy approached me on a bike that very much did not fit him. He offered to sell it to me for $10.