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Planning on a few trips to London with my bike now im rolling again.
Was wondering how tooled up Londons famous velocipede burgalars are?
Got a a pair of D-locks one is a £35 squire and the other similar to entry level Kryptonites, I think they are strong enough for my needs.
What im worried about is picking of these locks, and pinching of parts.
I know that they are fairly easily pickable for those in the know.
But is that something bike thieves bother with?
Also, how much do I have to worry about component theft. My bars and stem are pretty ordinary but I have a nice tomassini steel aero fork & campag chorus front brake.
The brake would be VERY easy to take, and it would devastate me as I loooove it.
I also have a aero seatpost & kashimax saddle I like.
My cranks are nothing exciting, but its always a pain to find decent 165's I can afford so I definetly dont want them to dissapear. Do thieves have crank pullers?
Also is vandalism, random bike smashing common?
Sorry for the paranoia, but its be good to hear any useful knowledge people may have as its taken forever for me to get this bike together.
thanks