You probably know these bike locks - but how secure are they?

[@Funcentric]

I can’t imagine listening to this at anything less than 2X speed. Wish I could run it at 3.5x.

[@guggiuggi3687]

Nothing really prevents someone from just removing the cover from a drive unit and unplugging and discarding of the tracker though? On my Bosch engine it takes all but 1-2 minutes to do, and it's not enough to trigger the alarm.. GPS trackers are really only effective if a thief is unaware of their existence, and it won't be long before using scanners and removing covers will become standard practice among bike thieves, especially on high-end bikes.. This type of tech needs to be built-in to the engine, with powerful serialization and encryption, as well as the ability to fully disable the engine both mechanically and in software, before expensive e-bikes can be reasonably be considered theft proof.. 🤷 Needless to say, the industry has some serious catching up to do - manufacturers need to realize that they have to do more than just design effective engines and take some responsibility for the expensive vehicles their products are mounted in.. With that said, I use biketrax, and it lets me sleep through the night - but I have a wealth of other security measures in place also.. P.S. in this video you show a lot of unsafe uses of the different types of locks, Kryptonite has a pretty exhaustive introduction to using locks correctly, as do many others - Powunity should too.. I see literally hundreds of bikes a week with locks installed or applied wrong, and it sucks to see..

[@derekjolly3680]

Ok so if you're not a cell phone junkie, then the GPS tracker can't be used till you're back home with your PC. Even if someone is a cell phone junkie, and they have a cell phone with them in the store or business or whatever, They can't pursue realistically on foot, they're probably not armed due to cycling, and the cops don't necessarily care about private property enough to run down the stolen bike. So both the cell phone junkie and the non-cell phone guy is stuck the same way, walking miles back to get a gun, then drive to where the bike last was, and has to hope to see his property to take back and protect himself, assuming the cops don't care about the bike. Personally I see mobile phones and cycling in two totally different worlds. The mobile phone people being often pod-people. Being on a bike means even if I had cell phones, I wouldn't take it with me. Conflicts with the mindset, and the traditional mindset of bicycling.