Should i get wheel locks




















Sure, go right ahead, chances are you are a car enthusiast who monitors every aspect of your vehicle and you will notice a problematic wheel lock before it becomes an issue. For the average driver with the average car, don't waste your money. If a would-be thief really wants your rims, he will acquire the same universal wheel lock-remover tool that we use in our repair shop and you will be in the exact same situation — which is having to call your insurance company.

Have a question about maintenance and repair? E-mail globedrive globeandmail. As to the particularities of the position, lock your bike upright and well out of the path of cars, street sweepers, and other heavy machinery. Also be cognizant of pedestrians and other road users.

While it may seem obvious, too many people lock their bikes straight across a frequent walking path, awkwardly close to a doorway, or in an obtrusive manner to city infrastructure that needs to be used by people, such as a bench or a garbage can. Similarly, with other bicycles, good locking manners are mostly intuitive.

Finally, we come to the issue of trees. While most people agree that locking to trees should always be a last resort, there remains a small division in the bike community on whether that option should ever be called upon at all.

But even in less egregious cases, locking up to a tree can damage the bark, break the branches, and otherwise stress the tree. As a general rule, locking up to trees should be avoided.

Ride a little father to find something metal to lock up to. If you absolutely must lock up to a tree, do so gently. In this guide, we share stats on bicycle theft, the best ways to lock your bike and which ways to avoid, types of locks to use, new technologies combating theft, a directory of brands and much more! What a nice article you have written. So, what should we do for that? The article should have mentioned combination locks, as many times, people only move one cylinder one position when locking.

Or the spin all cylinders just one position. Or the ones with letters instead, so that the combination is so logical. I caught a theft in progress, calling as it was unfolding across my street. The police responded so quckly, that they intercepted the purloiner two blocks away. The thief found the bike locked to a no-parking sign, and avoiding breaking anything by bending the sign back so the U-lock could pass over it. Since the owner had locked only frame, the bike could be ridden away.

These arrangements make for easy removal or adjustment of the seat and easy removal of the wheels for repairing punctures. However, they also make wheels and seatposts vulnerable to theft — even if the frame of the bicycle is securely locked.

You should register the serial number of the bike with local and national bicycle registries. Also, take a picture of you with the bicycle and keep the picture available. Finally, learn the location of parking garages that have facilities for bicycles. Not only does this discourage thieves because of limited access and security cameras, it also keeps your bicycle out of the elements. Lock up to the center pole. Remember when you bought it, it was cut off the roll with a bolt cutters!

In North America, few thieves are going to bother popping a Bordo if there are easier pickings about. Usually I never comment on blogs but your article is so convincing that I never stop myself to say something about it. You also need to have it registered in a national database with real time reporting capability that is monitored by other riders, bike dealers and used goods sellers, and especially law enforcement.

I use two to three thick cable locks. I have come bake to my bike and the bike on ether side of me were stolen, but mine was there because it was more of a pain in the ass to cut all three. I knew of someone who left his dutch bike witht he wheel lock outside his apt while he went in for lunch.

He came back to find it had moved about 3 feet and was tossed in the bushes. Both cables weigh nearly nothing and live in the bottom of my handlebar bag. Great for slipping through the seat rails, pannier attachment points, and even the vent holes on my helmet.

Not for all day out of sight security for sure, but a inexpensive, lightweight way to stop the opportunistic thief who wanders by. Looks like I need to remove 20lbs from my Orange Krate and get a lock that weighs nothing. Maybe a shoe lace will do the trick. Understand trouble codes? By Brian Early. Ask a Mechanic: How to fix a jammed Nissan Versa By Nida Zafar.

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Signup Wheels. His car was never stolen. The club saved one of my cars back in the day. As mentioned, they just moved on to easier targets, like the car right next to mine in the work parking lot. Pretty sure the key came out in either position so you could just pull it open or closed. Granny always said all lock was good for was to keep a honest person honest. IF a thief wanted somthing bad enough he could get around a lock. I agree. Most wheels are stolen by kids unprepared to overcome obstacles.

All anti-theft measures, whether for a car or a house, short of hiring armed guards are only deterrents for amateurs. You can put a club, a wheel lock, a wheel boot, a starter kill, a fuel kill, and even remove bits from the engine to try and keep your car from being stolen, but the professional thief serving a chop shop will just come snatch it in a quick-pick flatbed and be gone in under a minute.

I have wheel locks to discourage the dumb punks who walk around with a bottle jack and a couple of cinder blocks jacking rims. I will say that many years ago when I lived in a nice apartment with a lot of nice cars in the parking lot, mine and one other car were the only ones with wheel locks.

That justified wheel locks to me permanently.



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