Making your bike theft-resistant

It's secures your bike against theft, I am out of 'stock' at the moment, but I am going for a big meal with my mum and little brother so should be able to sort something out later.

I either expect your family to be long suffering and comparatively normal, or I live in fear for the restaurant staff.

Is there a Lawyer in the house...?

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I just want to say to anyone spending good money on pitlocks and variants. They are no more secure than nutted wheels. They may be a very slight deterrent to an inexperienced thief but that is it.

I work in a bike shop, and people come in all the time with bikes with security skewers. They always either never have the tools on them or have lost them. In the shop we just use a small plumbers wrench. They come off easier than wheelnuts, and can be done up just as easy.

Sorry to be a dick but r u definitely thinking about pitlocks.

I’ve read on here that thieves could just crush the outer casing with bolt cutters and I can then imagine it’s super easy to remove.

Because the outer casing is separated from everything else and is supposed to spin without catching the locking bolt I can’t see how using a wrench would open them without crushing the unit. Plus the outer is smooth and round and the sides are not parallel so a wrench would get very little grip, I’ve just tried a wrench on mine and it just slipped off, the outer casing was spinning 'freely' clockwise but I couldn’t get it to move anticlockwise.

Presuming the washer and the other separate parts did catch and u managed to open it this way it’s much harder for me to imagine how you would then get the thing to tighten back up because the bolt would just spin freely inside.

My bike has been in the shop twice with pitlocks attached and both times they told me there was nothing they could do until I gave them they key.

I’m not suggesting pitlocks r the nuts and I can think of a few ways a thief could probably open them up it’s just that I’m surprised to hear it’s as easy as u say.

just glued bearings into all allen holes on my bike, looks really nice (i think) as well as reassuring.

for the record - you'll be wanting 3/16" bearings for 5mm allen holes. they fit a dream, i also used one in the 6mm saddle hole. obvously a bit looser, but still a deterrant and it only a charge bucket anywayz...

just glued bearings into all allen holes on my bike, looks really nice (i think) as well as reassuring.

for the record - you'll be wanting 3/16" bearings for 5mm allen holes. they fit a dream, i also used one in the 6mm saddle hole. obvously a bit looser, but still a deterrant and it only a charge bucket anywayz...

what type of glue do you use? i can't imagein how one would glue metal to metal

loctite superglue? is branded as a general superglue, inc. metal to metal. they ain't comin' out..

So what have you glued? Seatpost, seatpost clamp, headset topcap, stem...

Chainring bolts? Crank bolts? I hope not.

Wheels? I really hope not.

Bottlecage mounts? ;-)

haha, i thought about bottle cage mounts (for standardization...) but yeah, seat post clamp, seat bolt, stem, bars, top cap (really could have just done one stem bolt or topcap, but as i said, standardization). uh, will maybe do brake lever.

why not cranks?

I put a chain in an inner tube on my bike.
cut an old thick innertube in half then stitched it up.
I like it. feels right.
plus i'm really indecisive about seat height.

The best way really is to make your bike look like a 30 years old neglected road bike.

+1 Ed, I've always thought of that. Perfect if you ride/ wanna ride a conversion. Or even an old lugged track frame. I'm talking shite, must be coz I'm tired.

My Bob Jackson look like a negected road bike given how dirty it is and the addtional mudguard/drop with old brake levers.

There's one moment a while ago, a HBFS* look and sneer at me when I was riding that bike on the Spice Route.

*hipster brakeless fixie skidder

Remember though, it's still not an excuse to be lazy with your* locking.

*I don't mean you personally

That's the beauty, I have the Fah Mini on my dutch bike, it's already pretty theft resistant being a dutch bike, the lock is enough for the theft to think it's not worth his time and effort for a mangle looking dutch bike.

At one time I locked it outside a railway station in Tooting (always a bad idea) for 2 weeks, and it's still there, saddle intact even.

That's one of the things I love most about my Dutch bike too, it is so "old fashioned" looking no teenage bike thief will look at it and think "what a rad awesome bike, let's nick it.."

Althought I feel compelled to build my own version of a dutch bike, it's only the weight and the fact you simply can't stand up and push the pedal without the stem giving a quick kiss to the crown jewel that hinder my enjoyment.

so, why not in crank bolts?

i also always use a fah mini and evo mini and disc alarm (only if its unlikely to be moved by another cyclist, so not in busy lock ups.)

no point really, the saddle/seatpost deterrant is usually to prevent opportunistic theft, since it only take a couple second to removed, and doesn't look suspicious as it look like a cyclist simply removing the saddle to prevent it from getting stolen.

duly noted but done anyway. IMHO anything that will hold up/deter a theif is worth doing, takes all of 30 seconds so why not?

man, superglue is so much fun. filled all the gashes in my tire whilst i was at it.

How do you get the ball bearings out ;) this sort of stuff http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Adhesives+Sealants/Adhesives/Superglue+DeBonder+20ml/d180/sd2340/p81913

tried the nail varnish remover route but that didn't seem to work.

My wife supeglued herself to the hoover once. It was quite handy for me.

How do you get the ball bearings out ;)

What for? At least eBay will not tempt him with its bargains anymore.

really want to find someone asleep...

for clarification: to glue something to them