micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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couldn't help but notice that the time to breach all of them was within ten minutes. even the diamond rated ones? (?!)
so yeah, give someone a tarp and some time and ... yikes.
Yup. This is why having multiple "good" locks, is better than one super-expensive "really good" lock.
And I'd also use other methods, like removing the seat, taking off the chain, etc. to delay theft even more, if that works for you.
But... the caveat.... given enough time + motivation, a thief will steal your bike no matter what efforts you make.
Society is far too relaxed about bike theft, and thieves know this.
This is why I like the Skunklock Chemical: Sure, you can cut through eventually it if you're dumb enough but you'll be punished for your foolishness!
Also, 10 minutes is a lot of time (and likely a lot of cutting wheels, which the thief may run out of) but ultimately, there is no fool proof anti-theft setup. It's all about delay and deterrence: If you ride in high theft areas you should have layers of defense ranging from good locks to alarms and trackers as well as doing other things like riding beater bikes or making your bike look like a beater, locking up in areas that it's harder to steal from, removing parts/bags when you leave, using security bolts, etc.
The best thing I've found is folding your bike up and taking it with you but that's not always possible even with something like a Brompton.
well yeah but even though its 8 mins the one is quite a burden:
This material actively resists cutting wheels so effectively that in testing, we had to swap angle grinder discs six times, as well as swap batteries. Both are key factors that can easily stop a thief in their tracks.
And most of them can be picked in 30 seconds by someone who knows what they are doing.
https://youtu.be/jZtNEC1uGg4?t=130
And if it's a bad lock, they need just a few.
It is very unusual for bike thieves to have any lock picking skill whatsoever, they pretty much always use cutting wheels and/or bolt cutters. Still, best to have a quality lock, but nothing is undefeatable.
It's all about deterrence: Make your bike harder to steal than the next one so they will be less likely to waste their time trying.