Around our parts you more often than not see the frame still chained but the wheels missing, I think that the bike industry introduced the quick release type wheels to increase after salesIMNetUser wrote:Saw "This self-locking bike is impossible to steal" on Yahoo Small Business Advisory site today.
This is an interesting way to lockup the bike to avoid being stolen.Three young Engineering from University in Santiago, Chile are designing the bike. The Washington Post Article also states the students are working on securing the bike with a combination lock using a smartphone. Apparently this is already being done by Bitlock.But now the YERKA Project has designed a two-wheeler whose frame functions as a lock, requiring thieves to saw the frame — rendering the entire bike useless — if they want to steal it.
KUDOS to the young entrepreneurs
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I've often wondered how cycle-wheel thieves make a quick escape. Do they wander round with getaway bikes that have one wheel missing?
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Use the stolen wheel as a unicycle?
(More seriously: I guess they dump the wheels in the back of a van)
(More seriously: I guess they dump the wheels in the back of a van)
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Would that not be more like a pogo stick with a spring missing ?HansV wrote:Use the stolen wheel as a unicycle?
(More seriously: I guess they dump the wheels in the back of a van)
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Would that not be more like a stick?IMNetUser wrote:Would that not be more like a pogo stick with a spring missing ?
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A bike with no wheels would be a bit of a sticky wicket
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No, this is a Sticky WicketStuartR wrote:A bike with no wheels would be a bit of a sticky wicket
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A beer festival looks like good news to me, nearly as good as the whisky festivals I regularly attend
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(trying to stay on-topic this week ...)IMNetUser wrote:This is an interesting way to lockup the bike to avoid being stolen.
And how would this technique have helped the owner of this practically-new bike? (Spotted this morning on my walk back from the Eaton Chelsea) Note to Rudi: No, Rudi, those are not sled-wheels attached to the front fork ...
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On-Topic?Rudi wrote:Well, I'll be.... (what next)...
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Yeah. But they ought to have a box or something in the back of the van so that they can hide the wheels ....HansV wrote:(More seriously: I guess they dump the wheels in the back of a van)
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Chris....remind me NOT to bring my bike with when I come visit you in Toronto...
BTW: I might be onto a great idea...sleigh bikes.
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DRYburgh does not look very dry to me... (on the by-and-by)
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