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@crimsonape I made my ridiculous comparison with house break-ins, rape, etc. to show how far we have gone in accepting that each rider needs to carry 10 kg and £200 worth of locks as normal required anti-theft behaviour.
In a city where pretty much every bike theft (public) is captured on CCTV, bike theft is rampant and it's not slowing down. Nobody seems to care though. People who cycle to work -- this is their mode of transportation for their means to make a living -- can't even have safe work bike parks? And we all just meekly accept this and say "carry more locks". It's not right. Yes, some bikes are always going to be stolen, but the way that thieves have increased their thieving power recently (carrying cordless power tools) means that the rate of bike theft is going to increase, not decrease. What's "reasonable" to protect your bike from theft has now become nearly untenable.
Anyway, I was just pointing out that if cars were getting stolen at the same rate, or houses being broken into, there would be much hue and cry about it. Instead we get apathetic cops, Brick Lane market, and dopey Boris announcing awesome blue cycle lanes or some such shit like he's every cyclist's hero. Hey Boris, solve the bike theft issue and maybe people will actually want to use those bike lanes.