I need about 100,000 people in my city to get these and saturate the streets before I get one because thats about how many it’ll take before the bike thieves get their fill and they become less stolen. I’d give that about 5 minutes, locked up at a bike rack, before someone came by with tools and took it.
Not to be captain obvious, but a huge advantage of an ebike is that it is not really impacted by weight.
I can understand not wanting a $100-$300 molybdenum U-lock for a walmart bike. I can understand not wanting to carry around a huge lock and chain on a fancy street bike where every gram you have to make move yourself. But for a cargo ebike it is a no-brainer investment, as is the similar-priced theft insurance.
I’d be peeved if someone stole mine, but frankly between the lock and insurance it’s not really something I worry about that much.
Of course, my city has very little cycling, so maybe there just isn’t enough supply for the serious thieves to humble me yet.
I need about 100,000 people in my city to get these and saturate the streets before I get one because thats about how many it’ll take before the bike thieves get their fill and they become less stolen. I’d give that about 5 minutes, locked up at a bike rack, before someone came by with tools and took it.
They are cool, though!
get two burly U locks and they’ll say fuck that and go after the bike next to yours
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Not to be captain obvious, but a huge advantage of an ebike is that it is not really impacted by weight.
I can understand not wanting a $100-$300 molybdenum U-lock for a walmart bike. I can understand not wanting to carry around a huge lock and chain on a fancy street bike where every gram you have to make move yourself. But for a cargo ebike it is a no-brainer investment, as is the similar-priced theft insurance.
I’d be peeved if someone stole mine, but frankly between the lock and insurance it’s not really something I worry about that much.
Of course, my city has very little cycling, so maybe there just isn’t enough supply for the serious thieves to humble me yet.