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Re: Bicycle theft alert

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From: ez.
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 1995 00:00
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I think all that's necessary to cut a cable is some sort of metal
snips/plier thingy.  You might be more careful - my bike was locked with a
cable and padlock and was stolen from the Berkeley campus in the middle of
the day in front of a busy building entrance.  I'd say at least use a
u-lock to slow them down...

-erik

In article <dickmanD6oGsG.H1u@netcom.com>, dickman@netcom.com (Bob
Dickman) wrote:

> I have a bike locking theory that I use with my ugly but very nice old
> Ritchie converted hybrid.  I figure that true bike thieves are cruising 
> around prepared to defeat state-of-the-art locking methods.  Currently,
> those methods involve U-locks.  So I lock mine with a simple cable lock
> and padlock.  I figure it's unlikely that a thief will be prepped to
> defeat both U-locks *and* cables.  In a sense, I feel safer than if I
> had locked with a U-lock.  Plus, I save alot of weight.  Anyone concur
> or object to this theory?
>  
> -- 
> ------------------
> Bob Dickman
> dickman@netcom.com
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From: zing@cafe.berkeley.edu (ez.)
Subject: Re: Bicycle theft alert
Date: 1995/04/08
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