Bike Theft: Top Ten Cities
by Warren TFritz points out on Cycle-licious that Kryptonite has put out their list of the top 10 cities for bike theft.
Acording to the Unbreakable Bonds blog, those cities are:
1. New York City
2. Chicago
3. Boston
4. Philadelphia
5. San Jose
6. Los Angeles – tie
San Francisco – tie
8. Seattle
9. San Diego – tie
Washington, DC – tie
Portland, Oregon – tie
My favorite quote from the post:
“Why do we do this list? Um…sell locks, of course.”
Check the post for some helpful tips and you can respond here as well with your own.
Have you ever had a bicycle stolen
- Yes, when I was a kid
- Yes, as an adult
- No
- People steal bikes?
Allegedly Philadelphia has the highest per-bike rate of theft. Or maybe it is per-capita.
I live in Salt Lake, and I’m amazed at the puny bike locks people use on their bikes. When I lived in Seattle, Boston, and New York, locking up a bike was really serious business. I had my seat and accessories stolen, but it’s actually hard to find a seat lock in stores here. It just seems to be such a non-issue. I think it’s probably because the car theft rate is so high and so few people bike.
Car theft is high in Salt Lake City? I would have thought SLC would be low in crime in general.
Its funny to me that, Kryptonite put out that list, the most common lock that I have heard of, getting broken into is Kryptonite.
WHEN A LOCK IS JUST NOT ENOUGH! Got ripped off this December. Been whittling away on a solution in my part time ever since. Unleashed BikeRegistry.com this weekend. They should have known betta”