• Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I need about 100,000 people in my city to get these and saturate the streets before I get one because thats about how many it’ll take before the bike thieves get their fill and they become less stolen. I’d give that about 5 minutes, locked up at a bike rack, before someone came by with tools and took it.

    They are cool, though!

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      8 months ago

      The featured electric bike is over $6k. At that price I’d have insurance and possibly LoJack on it. Possibly an apple airtag might do it for tracking thieves.

      This isn’t a $200-300 bike. It’s grand theft and you could get the police involved.

      The big issue here is someone with bolt cutters can cut any lock you put and pick it up and into a van or truck.

      I would recommend investing in thicker locks