New to commute

[Geonz]

My advise for at home is keep it inside if at all possible. any and all bikes. In the early hrs this morning, my bike (that I use to commute and charity rides), my husbands bike (that we bought last Saturday) and my son's dirt bike were stolen off our back porch!! Yes, they were all locked up. This is the second time that we have had theives take a bike/s right from our back porch!
I have Bike MS in just 2 months and can't afford a new bike for any of us.
Keep them inside if at all possible!!

{{{{{bikingnurse}}}}}

Pound a pillow for me!!

GGRRRRR!!!

I think it's time for some creative brainstorming. There's gotta be a gadget that will, unless you disable it, do somethign mildly heinous to the person riding the bike. My fantasy is "Onstar for bikes" -- so I'd get a little call: "this is onstar. The backside on the seat of your bike is not yours. Would you like us to activate teh squirtseat [containing what I didn't deposit into the cornfields)]?
But... it could work... you'd have thirty seconds to deactivate it -- or you'd just have to move it. Hmmm... something in the chain so that when the pedals go round, it ruptures and splats the puir rider with V-8...

[ginny]

my friend lives in a high bike theft area, and she has a small cable that she locks her brooks saddle to the frame with. I second (or third or fourth) the two lock method and also add, never, ever leave your bike at school over night. If you are sick or get a ride home with friends, go back with a car and pick it up. Bikes mainly get stolen around here as crimes of opportunities. Also, can you register your bike with campus police? It's free to do here (costs a bit at the university I did my graduate work at), and helps if the bike shows up at a lbs as a 'used' bike for sale. Take pictures of it so you have 'proof' of ownership - and (as someone else mentioned) jot down the serial number. Other than that, make sure you have good karma in your life and your bike will too (hopefully)

Happy commuting on a super cute bike - what about a picture for us?