So my dilemma: I bought my eBike to help me get around the city, because I don’t have a car and our transit has been going downhill since the pandemic.
HOWEVER, I keep hearing how awful bike thefts are here, and the only way to keep my bike safe is to never let it out of my sight. Which severely limits the types of errand I can use it for.
So — how do you keep your bike safe? Insurance? Alarm? System of expensive locks? Never leave it unattended? Have you ever had your bike stolen? Anything you wish you’d done differently?
Pretty much my logic, but I also have a vibration sensing alarm. In my extremely safe neighborhood (where most people don’t lock their bikes up) I’ll sometimes dip into a quick stop with the u-lock through the rear wheel to the frame, keeping it from rolling, and the alarm set.
Once in a pinch I wrapped my chain around a huge concrete pillar - it barely fit - and the u-lock between the chain and my frame.