The framework basically revolves around Time, Lock and Location and how you should prepare around different scenarios. Do you do anything different? What would you change?
I just use a beater with the cheapest lock so I don’t care at all about what happens
I’ll add something about having some sort of database of bike-friendly parking lots rated by their security.
For example here in Bogota you can find parking lots of all sorts - uncovered/covered, free/paid, will/won’t provide a lock… I’ve learned thieves will steal bikes from parking lots you’d think are super secure and fancy because parking lot managers can’t care less about bicycles
Also look into insuring your bike against theft. It cost me like $180/yr for my ~$1,300 e-bike, but obviously YMMV. Also a second lock is a good deterrent, and an air tag or something equivalent could help with recovery (assuming they would just dump the bike somewhere).
If I’m riding my expensive bikes, they aren’t getting locked up anywhere, I’m walking that shit into where ever I’m going. I have a £50 bmx I’ll take if I’m going anywhere I need to lock shit up as I don’t care if someone wants to steal it.


