I've noticed some posts on bike security, so here's my experience and solution.
In Gothenburg, Sweden I had my e- bike stolen, not from the back of the MH but at a bus stop bike rack cable blocked with many other bikes.
4 hours later I returned to find my e-bike gone along with every other bike in bike rack
I had removed the battery and the speed controller display.
Made no difference to these thieves as they would simply break the bike down and sell it of for parts.
After awhile I bought another e-bike but instead of a cheap garden variety cable lock I bought a very strong multi-strand high tension flexible cable (see photo)
Then I bought 2 Kryptonite disc brake 110 Decibel screamer that are activated by any movemeuof the bike.
Yes, over kill but I doubt if anyone could carry the bike off very far with 2 x 120 Decibel screening sirens blaring out.
Being an Engineer Im a "belt and braces" sort of person.
Ok, already got the "belt and braces" with the sturdy cable lock and 2 Kryptonite disc brake locks.
But I then dismantled the black battery holder from the bike frame (see photo) and inserted a GPS Tracker on top of the motor, then replaced the battery holder box.
As a final, "give it all I've got" approach, I then attached the sticker on the frame (see photo) warning, This Bike Is Fitted With A GPS Tracker".
Hoping this deters all the amateur thieves and some of the professionals
To end this tome, shortly before my bike was stolen a couple I was traveling with, the husband had his €10,000 mountain e-bike stolen in Copenhagen while we were watching the women's world cup football match between Denmark and Australia.
He had it chained to a tree with 3 humongous hardened steel chains.
When we returned the bike was gone and the severed chain links lying on the ground.
Professionals had come with a battery powered disc cutter and cut through the hardened steel chain like a hot knife through butter.
The Danish police advised they only recover about 1.5% of stolen bikes.
Long story, short, some weeks passed and he had a call from the Danish police.
They had recovered his bike as part of a load of 600 stolen bikes on a truck heading out of Denmark
.
He drove back from Germany to collect the bike, but the police wouldn't disclose why they stopped the truck and searched it.
I can only imagine, at least one bike must have been fitted with a GPS Tracker
In Gothenburg, Sweden I had my e- bike stolen, not from the back of the MH but at a bus stop bike rack cable blocked with many other bikes.
4 hours later I returned to find my e-bike gone along with every other bike in bike rack
I had removed the battery and the speed controller display.
Made no difference to these thieves as they would simply break the bike down and sell it of for parts.
After awhile I bought another e-bike but instead of a cheap garden variety cable lock I bought a very strong multi-strand high tension flexible cable (see photo)
Then I bought 2 Kryptonite disc brake 110 Decibel screamer that are activated by any movemeuof the bike.
Yes, over kill but I doubt if anyone could carry the bike off very far with 2 x 120 Decibel screening sirens blaring out.
Being an Engineer Im a "belt and braces" sort of person.
Ok, already got the "belt and braces" with the sturdy cable lock and 2 Kryptonite disc brake locks.
But I then dismantled the black battery holder from the bike frame (see photo) and inserted a GPS Tracker on top of the motor, then replaced the battery holder box.
As a final, "give it all I've got" approach, I then attached the sticker on the frame (see photo) warning, This Bike Is Fitted With A GPS Tracker".
Hoping this deters all the amateur thieves and some of the professionals
To end this tome, shortly before my bike was stolen a couple I was traveling with, the husband had his €10,000 mountain e-bike stolen in Copenhagen while we were watching the women's world cup football match between Denmark and Australia.
He had it chained to a tree with 3 humongous hardened steel chains.
When we returned the bike was gone and the severed chain links lying on the ground.
Professionals had come with a battery powered disc cutter and cut through the hardened steel chain like a hot knife through butter.
The Danish police advised they only recover about 1.5% of stolen bikes.
Long story, short, some weeks passed and he had a call from the Danish police.
They had recovered his bike as part of a load of 600 stolen bikes on a truck heading out of Denmark
.He drove back from Germany to collect the bike, but the police wouldn't disclose why they stopped the truck and searched it.
I can only imagine, at least one bike must have been fitted with a GPS Tracker
