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When the rider walks away from the parked bike, the lock is automatically activated as their phone's Bluetooth signal decreases, keeping the front wheel from turning. Should anyone try stealing the ...
Bike thieves’ techniques are constantly evolving. In recent years, battery-powered angle grinders have become one of the tools of choice. Lightweight, portable, and powerful, these angle grinders make ...
I’m a bit of a bike lock collector. After having my favorite e-bike stolen a few years ago (as well as several less favorite bikes stolen over the years), I’ve gotten much more serious about security.
After two of my friends had their bikes stolen in the same week, paranoia set in. I ditched my old U-lock (the kind you could pick with a ball-point pen) and started looking around for the strongest ...
It can be a hassle, removing your bike lock from its frame mount (or from your bag) every time you want to use it. The Lobster Lock is different, though, in that it stays attached to your bike at all ...
Cities are graveyards for stolen bikes, with bent wheels and ragged frames hanging off anything nailed to the ground, sometimes with a sawed-through bike lock lying in plain sight. The air is thick ...
Urban bike users will know the ins and outs of preventing beloved bikes from being stolen, and it generally goes that the bigger and bulkier the bike lock, the more secure the bike. But the new, ...
The question of how to lock a bike may seem obvious, but there are a number of pitfalls that, even if you've used the best bike locks available, may mean that your bike is still vulnerable to theft.
No matter the gauge of the U-lock or the metallurgy of the chain looped around your frame, the lock securing that vintage Miyata to the parking meter will not stop a determined thief with the right ...