Rack mount - security question

[shawnshank]

I live in a college town and bicycle theft is a real concern. Does anyone have any creative ideas for securing a rack mounted motor? I can envision someone just loosening the bolts and wealking off with my motor if I don't secure it in some way.

 

[kerf]

I understand your concerns as I also am very security conscious but it is far too easy to steal the whole bike. Removing the drive unit will require tools, if you're gonna have tools, why not a bolt cutter and take the whole thing?

 

[shawnshank]

I understand your concerns as I also am very security conscious but it is far too easy to steal the whole bike. Removing the drive unit will require tools, if you're gonna have tools, why not a bolt cutter and take the whole thing?

Well I have some good bike locks, It's the engine I'm concerned about.

 

[kerf]

Keep mine locked inside always, store yours outside, you gonna be walk'n.

 

[fetor56]

Keep mine locked inside always, store yours outside, you gonna be walk'n.

Good advice & as usual....TRUST NO-ONE.

 

[5-7HEAVEN]

Shawn, for some reason, people around here like to steal bicycle seats and stems. Sooo, I bought a thin 45" cable with 4-pin lock for $10 at the bike shop to secure my seat. I was grateful the cable was long enough to wrap around where the engine mates to the Staton chain gearbox, loop thru the seat and through the bike's main frame.

That's to deter the opportunist. For the hard-core thief, replace the thin cable with standard bike cable.

Right now, I just looped my moped chain where the engine mates to the Staton chain drive and secured it to the bike's chainstay frame. With a case-hardened chain long enough to reach the main frame, that'd be totally secured. The thief would have to saw through both chain stays AND that main vertical bar, then unbolt all the brackets to remove the engine and drive assembly.

Now he'll just have to steal the whole bike.

 

[Happy Valley]

Heh, my 'ol dad used to say 'locks are used to keep honest people out".

On a biking I forum I visit someone asked for recommendations on what he should purchase to keep his bike safe at work after his short commute. Among the numerous snarky answers, the funniest was "a beater bike and leave the good one home".

It is a concern. Motorizing a bike adds attention to it for sure. A member here posted about his MB stolen at work and it was locked in the employee compound. He surmised it was another employee.

With carbide edged, long handled bolt cutters, just about any chain or cable can be parted.

When I go out I have a couple of coil cables and a couple of good padlocks in my tool bag. Shopping in a store, at an appointment, or other short term stops, I use one or both depending on the situation and setting. I pretty much always wrap a loop through the drive parts.

At work or at home, I bring the bikes inside.

 

[stude13]

attach one pit bull

 

[astring]

I keep mine inside at home. At work I have a closet that locks. It does bug me to go into that store though, I always think someone i messing with it.

 

[kerf]

I have yet to find a bike lock that will deter a determined thief with a few basic burglar tools. What he will need is seclusion and darkness, both I would think would be lacking outside a business. Your back yard at 2 AM is another matter. The pit bull or any kind of barking dog would fit nicely there. That being said, I've always found keeping your stuff out of sight, behind locked doors is best. Nothing is foolproof but if they don't know it's there, you're better off.