My first thought when it comes to bike theft is getting good insurance. There are a lot of shitty policies out there with low bike loss limits, but there are still options with high limits/unlimited coverage that are not particularly expensive. I do what I reasonably can to avoid bike theft, but you could open my garage's man door with a good kick so I am realistic about that side of things. If my bike\[s\] was stolen my next thought would be an insurance claim. Not the hope of recovering the bike. The few recovery stories I am personally aware of involved thrashed bikes that were not worth getting back other than for some vague feeling of beating the odds.
I don't buy many used bikes or parts. As you've noted in other articles once you factor in the lack of warranty and the cost of stuff like suspension service it's frequently not much of a deal to buy used. The possibility of buying stolen parts is another risk.
March 25, 2021, 7:18 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
My first thought when it comes to bike theft is getting good insurance. There are a lot of shitty policies out there with low bike loss limits, but there are still options with high limits/unlimited coverage that are not particularly expensive. I do what I reasonably can to avoid bike theft, but you could open my garage's man door with a good kick so I am realistic about that side of things. If my bike\[s\] was stolen my next thought would be an insurance claim. Not the hope of recovering the bike. The few recovery stories I am personally aware of involved thrashed bikes that were not worth getting back other than for some vague feeling of beating the odds. I don't buy many used bikes or parts. As you've noted in other articles once you factor in the lack of warranty and the cost of stuff like suspension service it's frequently not much of a deal to buy used. The possibility of buying stolen parts is another risk.