wow! great ideas!

currently I don't leave my bike alone anywhere. in fact, when I ride to work, I park it behind my desk (draped in a lovely sarong that matches the decor in the NEW office. this does limit my to-work rides to dry days, but I don't mind that much.

we also have scads of insurance on them. we added a rider to our house insurance and it covers almost anything, with no deductible! for instance, if we accidentally drive into something with them on the roof rack, they're covered. as well, of course, as for theft, etc. it's not terribly expensive, but we do have a lot of bikes so it adds up.

not sure how the insurance rates in the states would be on this stuff...it's worth considering, tho.

Namaste,
~T~