chickenherby
All-Pro
- Location
- germany
- Name
- Herbert Lang
Either that or thieves found a way to pick the locks, then took the bikes and reset the locks to thumb their noses at the bikes' (former) owners.
In many US cities, including my own, bike theft is rampant. I saw a news piece some months ago where the owner of a bike shop located in the middle of the city bragged that he had $10,000 bikes in his store. Given the prevalence of property crime, I thought at the time that wasn't a particularly wise course of action.Got another explanation by Brian from Wales (must be a biker):
Those locks are so heavy that you wouldn't want to ride home with them. So, they're left on the stand to be used again.
Well, that means that people pay hundreds of €€ to get the bike that weighs less (up to 1.000 for one kilo less) and then need heavy lock-monsters to secure them. Wow, that's what I call progress.