<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.octopuspie.com/2007-06-13/014-impossible-to-steal/">http://www.octopuspie.com/2007-06-13/014-impossible-to-steal/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Gavin Morgan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quavmo@gmail.com" target="_blank">quavmo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Why don't our bikes electrocute thieves?</p>
<p>Is it doable? Would it serve as a significant deterrent? </p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Feb 24, 2013 3:28 PM, "Lee Sonko" <<a href="mailto:lee@lee.org" target="_blank">lee@lee.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr"><div>I hope you get your bike back too!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:36 AM, Ever Falling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:everfalling@gmail.com" target="_blank">everfalling@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>"<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">It was locked with a pretty serious cable lock, which they cut pretty cleanly somehow"<br>
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cable locks are generally ranked as the lowest form of lock you can buy. I've seen videos of people clipping through even thick ones with $20 bolt cutters in a few seconds.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>+1</div>
<div><br></div><div>It has taken me <30 seconds to cut through a mid-range bike cable with tin snips. And tin snips are the wrong tool for the job.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm very happy with Pinhead locks and u-lock I have, securing my wheels and seat with a uniquely keyed lock. This does away with having to use a low security and high bother cable lock on the wheels and seat. If you get a Pinhead lock, be sure to get them with the <a href="http://www.pinheadlocks.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=15&Itemid=60&lang=en&vmcchk=1&Itemid=60" target="_blank">free POG security washers</a> that they started using a year ago. Without them, a thief can use Gator Grip pliers to easily remove the lock. </div>
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