Comments on: Video of a Bike Theft http://www.citybikerblog.com/2007/12/video-of-a-bike-theft/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: citybiker http://www.citybikerblog.com/2007/12/video-of-a-bike-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-95 citybiker Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:05:35 +0000 http://citybiker.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/video-of-a-bike-theft/#comment-95 Thanks Sam, I don't want to discourage people from getting Lo-Jack... the more Lo-Jack's are out there, the better it is for everyone. Police usually find more than one bike when they recover one with Lo-Jack... But even if they welded it to the frame (which would make it easier to find) someone who is familiar with the bike could probably find it in a couple of minutes...then unwire it or put a power drill to it... Or if they're techy, they can get a "bug scanner" from a spy store to check if there's a broadcast signal coming from the bike and jam it until they find the unit. Having said that, I think Lo-Jack is a great layer of security... as is a silent alarm with a remote, or a chain, or a disc lock... and def. worth it for a new high risk bike. Even if it is disarmed 30 minutes after the theft, that might be enough time for the police to catch up with them... Thanks Sam,

I don’t want to discourage people from getting Lo-Jack… the more Lo-Jack’s are out there, the better it is for everyone. Police usually find more than one bike when they recover one with Lo-Jack…

But even if they welded it to the frame (which would make it easier to find) someone who is familiar with the bike could probably find it in a couple of minutes…then unwire it or put a power drill to it… Or if they’re techy, they can get a “bug scanner” from a spy store to check if there’s a broadcast signal coming from the bike and jam it until they find the unit.

Having said that, I think Lo-Jack is a great layer of security… as is a silent alarm with a remote, or a chain, or a disc lock… and def. worth it for a new high risk bike. Even if it is disarmed 30 minutes after the theft, that might be enough time for the police to catch up with them…

]]> By: Sam http://www.citybikerblog.com/2007/12/video-of-a-bike-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Sam Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:22:21 +0000 http://citybiker.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/video-of-a-bike-theft/#comment-94 I thought they were welded to the frame and unremovable. I thought they were welded to the frame and unremovable.

]]> By: citybiker http://www.citybikerblog.com/2007/12/video-of-a-bike-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-97 citybiker Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:59:06 +0000 http://citybiker.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/video-of-a-bike-theft/#comment-97 Yeah for $600 it's worth it. The only down side is - on a sport bike, the crooks will probably find a lo-jack pretty quickly (once they have it someplace they can take a closer look) - there aren't many places to hide something like that on most bikes. Yeah for $600 it’s worth it.

The only down side is – on a sport bike, the crooks will probably find a lo-jack pretty quickly (once they have it someplace they can take a closer look) – there aren’t many places to hide something like that on most bikes.

]]> By: Sam http://www.citybikerblog.com/2007/12/video-of-a-bike-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Sam Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:52:04 +0000 http://citybiker.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/video-of-a-bike-theft/#comment-96 Also to note, if I were buying a late model bike in the 10K area, then buying a lo jack for $600 bucks doesn't seem like a bad idea. Also to note, if I were buying a late model bike in the 10K area, then buying a lo jack for $600 bucks doesn’t seem like a bad idea.

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