Re: Lock for a Bent Trike?

I know of a Greenspeed stolen from a shed at home in San Antiono.
Back when I rode a bike, a cheap lock was almost sprung before the
thief gave up. I have and use a good quality lock for my Catrike.

Tom Sherman said:

Doc O'Leary said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Artemisia said:

So what do you bent-riders use to lock up the precious one?

Personally, I'd like to hear a single report of a recumbent theft. They
may indeed be more valuable than many uprights, but the market is so
vanishingly small that I can't imagine they're much of a target. A
standard cable lock that reaches around wheel and frame should be
sufficient.

I know of an Optima Baron that was stolen in Chicagoland. I imagine the
components were stripped, and the seat, handlebars and frame tossed in
the dumpster. 🙁

On Nov 2, 5:03 pm, Tom Sherman <[email hidden]>
quoted
Doc O'Leary from another newsgroup as saying:

Quoted message said:

Personally, I'd like to hear a single report of a recumbent theft... the market is so
vanishingly small that I can't imagine they're much of a target.

Our small trike-specific shop was burglarized last year, and five
trikes were stolen:
three LoGos, a Catrike and a TerraTrike. Following Doc's logic, and
knowing that
virtually every recumbent rider within 50 miles would be looking for
our missing
trikes, we didn't file the detailed insurance claim for two months,
feeling certain
that our cycles would turn up, most likely either on Craig's list or
along the local
trails. A year later there has still been not one hint of what might
have become
of any one of them.

Please don't assume that thieves use well-planned, careful deductive
reasoning
in choosing what to steal, when to steal it, or what they're going to
do with it
once they've got it. I've heard that some folks come into this
vocation (or maybe
occasional avocation) more by chance than by a process of meticulously
critical
selection based upon ability and education, and that a few may even be
under
the influence of certain chemical substances from time to time that
could have
some effect upon their deductive reasoning. Personally, I feel fairly
confident
that the most promising medical treatment would be an array of small
lead
pellets inserted at high velocity into their collective glutei maximi.

On Nov 2, 5:03 pm, Tom Sherman <[email hidden]>
quoted
Doc O'Leary from another newsgroup as saying:

Quoted message said:

Personally, I'd like to hear a single report of a recumbent theft... the market is so
vanishingly small that I can't imagine they're much of a target.

Our small trike-specific shop was burglarized last year, and five
trikes were stolen:
three LoGos, a Catrike and a TerraTrike. Following Doc's logic, and
knowing that
virtually every recumbent rider within 50 miles would be looking for
our missing
trikes, we didn't file the detailed insurance claim for two months,
feeling certain
that our cycles would turn up, most likely either on Craig's list or
along the local
trails. A year later there has still been not one hint of what might
have become
of any one of them.

Please don't assume that thieves use well-planned, careful deductive
reasoning
in choosing what to steal, when to steal it, or what they're going to
do with it
once they've got it. I've heard that some folks come into this
vocation (or maybe
occasional avocation) more by chance than by a process of meticulously
critical
selection based upon ability and education, and that a few may even be
under
the influence of certain chemical substances from time to time that
could have
some effect upon their deductive reasoning. Personally, I feel fairly
confident
that the most promising medical treatment would be an array of small
lead
pellets inserted at high velocity into their collective glutei maximi.