[Ebbc-Talk] How NOT to prevent bike theft--buy an inexpensive U-lock

How NOT to prevent bike theft: buy a $20 U-lock that can be forced open easily with a 2 x 4.

You get what you pay for: look at the heft and construction of U-locks costing $20 - $90.
You WILL see many added protections--as well as additional insurance offered--as the price goes up.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldcoastjon/8022365809/in/set-72157631618185407/

See the original for yourself at the Berkeley Bike Station. This failed shackle--probably forced open using a piece of 2 x 4 lumber--
 was found on the sidewalk by the bike station manager.


Jon Spangler
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"She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life."
  —Frances E. Willard, in A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle (1895)

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