12-04-2018, 05:04 PM
(12-04-2018, 04:48 PM)clasher Wrote:(12-04-2018, 03:42 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: The bike lanes are intended for slower moving bicycles, not anyone trying to go 40kph. Flat bar, I have no real problem with the curves, but with pedestrians and cars walking in them.
Side note, what's our current bike theft environment like? About to buy myself a lock, and I'm wondering what gear marks (or, hopefully not but still, successful attacks) others have witnessed, so I might inform my decision?
Anything will be stolen if it's not locked down... people will steal lights and bells if they unclip easily. Saddles will get taken off posts too. Anything "locked" with a cable lock will likely be stolen if it's worth 5$ to someone. For my crappy urban single speed I use a kryptonite chain lock to secure the frame and rear wheel to a solid post and a small u-lock to secure the front wheel to the frame. It's also a bit of an ugly duckling and probably over 30lbs so it's not really the first bike thieves would look at. If you have quick release skewers I'd get pitlock skewers. I bought my kryptonite chain from black arrows, it's the smaller of the two... the bigger one might be more useful depending on the size of the bike and what you have to lock it to. Downtown Kitchener is especially bad for thieves but I've heard of a lots around the universities and even people stealing bikes out of condo lockers and parking garages.
Certainly we have a bike theft problem, but it's mostly overnight, people I know lock bikes during the day in DTK and uptown without any issues.
For locks, no cable locks, that's the easiest thing to say, a high quality U-lock or hardened chain lock will do fine, I've used them for years, I also have a cable that I occasionally use to secure my rear wheel, but not usually.
Like I said, overnight is the biggest issue, and for that, I bring it inside.