Don & Carolyn
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How do you all prevent your bicycles from being stolen? Can bicycle cables be cut with any tool?
We have a 5th wheel with a bicycle rack on the front of the truck. We are concerned about bicycle theft during the night.
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Kajtek1
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I am cutting steel cables on my jobs and with my cordless DeWalt saw and diamond blade it is about 5 seconds.
The best security is a chain with hardened padlock. Than removing the seats or wheels is discouragement.
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I park mine close to the trailer. It's always worked for me.
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chuckster11
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If I had a bicycle, I would pray for a theft--they look like way too much work for a guy like me! Then there are those skin tight outfits and bullet helmets--ever seen a paunchy old gray head in that gear? Talk about gagging maggots!
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Some of the bike forums have long threads on this. Especially bike commuting and touring threads. Most any lock can be quickly defeated with the right tools. Some advocate the hardened "u-locks" plus a cable since the tools (they say) are different to cut them. Others advocate making the bike look junkie or making sure that something else looks more attractive to steal. The other side for many in that setting is that you have to carry the lock with you and that adds back all the weight that was saved with other low weight components.
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I saw a cable lock at Lowe's that looked like it had half of a set of handcuffs on one end with a very thick cable. But there is a reason that people remove the front tire, seats, etc. when they carry them. Perhaps a roof rack would slow them down a second.
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Is there anyway to set them somewhere inside the RV just overnight?
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Buy a toyhauler....
Problem solved.
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I use a roof rack for mine. It has a lockable front axle shaft that secures it to the rack that really doesn't leave much to be desired when it comes to having a place to cut or hack to release. No cables or chains. Course the Huffy isn't a real bike of choice for real bikers. My wife has a foldable smaller bike that is just folded and placed inside the Suzuki for safe storage.
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Don & Carolyn
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Thanks for your replies. We appreciate your collective knowledge.
Wandering Red said..."Some advocate the hardened "u-locks" plus a cable." We picked up two of those Kryptonite U locks. Are those the right ones?
Goreds said to put them in the RV. That will work for night time and when we leave the campsite. We are going to leave our one chair home so we have space for the bikes in front of the couch. We will put a sheet on the floor to keep the carpet clean under the bikes.
Someone mentioned a roof rack, but we are in our late sixties so we cannot get a bike up there. But that was a great idea, too.
Anything else?
To the people who have cut cables... are the bicycle cables sold at bike shops easy to cut? Some seem thicker than others. What do you think?
Thanks!!
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