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Postby uMP2k » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:00 pm
Well, my current bike would cost a good deal more to replace than I would really be able to afford to spend, and, to tell the truth, I would not leave it locked up out of my sight for more than a few minutes normally. That said I leave it locked up in the "Bike Room" of my Office block when I use it as my daily commuter. You need a correctly encoded Mill Key to enter the room and it has bike racks which you can lock your bike to (and I do), but nevertheless, it is not really that sucure as pretty much anybody in the building can get their key encoded to get access. This is one of the reasons I am planning a retro rebuild to act as my main commuting bike.JB wrote:Good question - I was think the day eg 8.30 to 5.30 - typical working day sort of thing...
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Postby Blybo » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:28 pm
This is not a concern for me as I put mine in my warehouse on days I commute and we have a huge staff of 4. Having said that I would not leave anything above $800 locked up all day where the public can get at it without investigating bike insurance.JB wrote:Good question - I was think the day eg 8.30 to 5.30 - typical working day sort of thing...
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Postby Birdman » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:43 pm
Where will it be left (busy, quiet, dangerous area, suburbia)
What time (peak, midnight, early morning)
How long (minutes, hours, days).
It all makes the difference.
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Postby KillerHeadWind » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:44 pm
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Postby s-s-a » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:53 pm
I used to commute on my good bikes but they were locked up inside a secure bike cage in the basement of a staff-access only building.
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Postby Mulger bill » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:45 pm
If the risk was there, I'd be looking for a hack.
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Postby Leigh_caines » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:47 am
But when I go off to the Big Smoke [Sydney] to visit my girls I only take my $50 Ebay folder and even locking it and going for a coffee worries me... sure it didn't cost much but who wants to walk home?
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Postby JB » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:26 am
We have the technology now - and the demand is there - cripes I'd fork out $200 or so for something that did that...
On second thoughts - that would be closing the gate after the horse has bolted...I can see the sms message now: "say bye bye bike..."
ok - found this:
http://www.bikeguardlocks.com/extras/bikealarm.php
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Postby sogood » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:11 pm
It'll cost around the same as a cheap mobile phone, as a minimum. In any case, the bike would be gone by the time you got the message.JB wrote:Idea - How hard would it be to invent a device that sends an sms message as soon as someone tries to tamper with it - eg cut the chain etc?
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Postby NotTim » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:23 pm
I don't bother locking it up as I'd be afraid someone would come and damage the lock, thats worth something.
My main bike currently owes me about $2000, I don't leave that anywhere out of my sight.
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Postby Birdman » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:10 pm
There is nothing to lock it up to at the video store so i get very worried. People think me wierd walking halfway down the aisle then jumping the 1.5m video rack and knocking people over to check on the trusty stead.
But...i guess different place, different people.
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Postby Aussteve2712 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:48 pm
Just as a general rule I wouldn't be leaving the bike out of my sight irregardless.
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