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Re: Protecting your Stem from Theft

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From: Mike Vande Weghe
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 23:15
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hamachi@adobe.com (Gordon Hamachi) writes:

>Michael Lee writes
>>      This past weekend, some person ripped off the handlebars from my	
>> mountain bike.  What the thief did was basically, cut the brake & derailleur
>> cables, unbolt the stem, and walk off with the entire assemblly.
>>     (I was a bit surprised by this since I locked my bike under a light
>>      post in front of the computer center...but anyways...)

>I once dismantled and repaired a friend's bicycle as it was locked in a very  
>obvious position in front of the UC Berkeley undergraduate library.  This was  
>during the day, and a lot of people passed by.  I must have spent over an hour.

>Nobody challenged me.

>I believe that no public, unsupervised parking spot is safe.


Even better:  One of my friends lost the key to his Kryptonite, and
borrowed an Oxy-Acetalyne torch from his lab at school.  He wheeled
out the tanks, cut through his lock, and went off with his bike while
dozens of people passed by right on campus.  Of course, nobody asked
any questions.
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From: vandeweg@bbn.com (Mike Vande Weghe)
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Subject: Re: Protecting your Stem from Theft
Date: 28 Oct 1992 23:15:45 GMT
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