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Appreciation post: Saw a bike left locked to a rack in downtown Portland for over a month, and watching it slowly get stripped taught me a lot about common failure points.
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tessagibson6d ago
That's the brutal reality of street parking. A month is just a slow motion tutorial for thieves. The real lesson is to never give them that much time. If you have to leave a bike outside, use two different lock types and check on it daily. Even the best setup fails when nobody's watching.
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noahjenkins24d ago
Wait, isn't that just teaching you what parts are EASIEST to steal? The real failure point is leaving a bike locked up outside for a month straight. No lock survives that test. It's less about the bike's weak spots and more about giving thieves unlimited time to work.
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