12-05-2018, 10:59 AM
(12-04-2018, 10:44 PM)clasher Wrote: There's plenty of theft that happens in broad daylight in DTK and everywhere in the region and it's silly to say it's not a problem. Every day in the summer when I volunteer at recycle cycles there's people coming in with partial bikes, missing seatposts and saddles, missing handlebars (cut the cables and 4 allen keys gets you a nice prize that fits in a knapsack). Thankfully most of the theft is unorganized and they aren't using power tools yet so quality u-locks and bolt-cutter resistant chains are the best defence around here. U-locks are particularly vulnerable to leverage attacks, most anyone can break one open with a piece of scaffold pipe or some other long lever.
I'm sure it happens, I never said that it didn't, but it's far far more common at night. I leave my bike locked downtown and uptown during the day for hours at a time frequently, and I've never had a theft from that (on the other hand, I've repeatedly had bikes stolen from my home).
As for U-Locks, only cheaper single shackle ulocks are vulnerable to leverage attacks, more expensive locks with two shackles, especially those smaller size locks are very hard to leverage open.