[Edit] This post is meant to be about getting evidence on bicycle (2 wheel peddle power, not motorcycles) thieves and turning it over to the police. I don't care about clothing, locks, or suggestions to bring it inside. So if you can contribute an electronic gadget, such as an alarm or a camera please post your suggestion (though the alarm mine was an interesting suggestion). [/Edit]
I have a lock, a very good lock, it has defeated bike thieves on a number of occasions. The problem is that it doesn't stop vandalism. The last three times the bike thieves have hit my apartment building they have stolen other bikes in the rack and when they could not steal mine they vandalized it (kind of a fuck you for not letting us steal your bike). Mostly they have just broken the plastic mount points for my bike lights or broken the fenders (thankfully no slashed* or bent tires or frames, yet). I know I could bring the bike inside my apartment but I live on the third floor and have no elevator so it is a pain to haul the bike up to the apartment (I do it in the winter time so it is not impossible just annoying). I want to catch these fuckers so I'm looking for suggestions for bike alarms (probably not that useful) or some kind of wireless video camera that works at night and hooks up to my computer. This is probably a long shot or hideously expensive.
I'd wait out of site in a lawn chair (there is a nice big dumpster to hide behind) but it happens at night when I like to sleep and it is getting rather cold here, not to mention it happens only once every few weeks. Also the law here tends to frown on vigilantly actions.
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* Thieves and toughs not carrying knives, yet they carry bolt cutters, I can't figure that one out either.
I have a lock, a very good lock, it has defeated bike thieves on a number of occasions. The problem is that it doesn't stop vandalism. The last three times the bike thieves have hit my apartment building they have stolen other bikes in the rack and when they could not steal mine they vandalized it (kind of a fuck you for not letting us steal your bike). Mostly they have just broken the plastic mount points for my bike lights or broken the fenders (thankfully no slashed* or bent tires or frames, yet). I know I could bring the bike inside my apartment but I live on the third floor and have no elevator so it is a pain to haul the bike up to the apartment (I do it in the winter time so it is not impossible just annoying). I want to catch these fuckers so I'm looking for suggestions for bike alarms (probably not that useful) or some kind of wireless video camera that works at night and hooks up to my computer. This is probably a long shot or hideously expensive.
I'd wait out of site in a lawn chair (there is a nice big dumpster to hide behind) but it happens at night when I like to sleep and it is getting rather cold here, not to mention it happens only once every few weeks. Also the law here tends to frown on vigilantly actions.
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* Thieves and toughs not carrying knives, yet they carry bolt cutters, I can't figure that one out either.
). I lock it up, just where I always do, in a bike rack in front of the downtown office building where I work. I walk inside, say Hi to the two security guards and go upstairs. A nice busy day, lots of Peds... didn't think nothing about it.