Chains and cable locks are for suckers. Not that U-locks are all powerful, of course.

Good to see that the cops have their prioritites straight.

It's enough to make a cyclist want to cry.

Wonder if there'd be a different reaction if he was of a different ethnicity or smaller? Quite possibly not. I do, of course, invoke the Australian bridge security vid. http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=5033

Try the "Rip the bike stand from the concrete with a truck" method.

I know Krupo...I once saw a clip where someone opened a U-Lock with a ball-point pen. I don't remember where, unfortunately.

Ask and ye shall sift.

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As a cycle patrol cop in the City of London this video caused me great concern!

People might chance bolt croppers in the City, but thats it...I'm hoping our commuters would dial the three 9's if they saw this kind of activity!!

Either way, I hope the overt methods that these guys use don't come across the water!

Good ol' Hector...who said New Yorkers don't care?

my issue with this video is that when they do the astor place theft... the camera pulls back and you can see a tripod resting against a pole near where he's stealing the bike. as a person who makes videos around nyc... i know that if you have a video camera and/or any equipment... people will ignore what's going on because they figure it's a project for school or whatnot. i also it's not like the video camera is even very far away from the guy as he's stealing the bikes... so like any new yorker i'd just ignore it because it's just someone making another short video for home or the interweb.

Yeah, I have to say, it's not the fairest experiment ever. When people do this type of thing, it is important that the camera is concealed to make it appear as authentic as possible.

Maybe one should do a video on how easy it is to steal ones identity.

The comments above make a lot of sense re: the visible camera thing.

That said, and moving on, this video struck a chord for me since I had my bike stolen here in Montreal... FOUR HOURS after I bought it. It was a nice new Schwinn, came out to $400, and because both wheels were quick-release I bought a 10-foot cable lock (I know, I know -- now) so that I could secure the frame and both wheels to whatever I was locking up with (I planned to leave both wheels in their usual places). I went to meet my friends at Cheers downtown, my bike was locked to a bike rack about 20 feet from the door, and it was about 10 PM on ladies' night so there was a line of people outside at all times. I even took the removable seat with me. We came back out again a little over an hour later and the bike was gone. We found the cable lock in a nearby alley, snipped. It fucking sucked, and the lesson to you Rudi is don't trust cable locks.

Later that week I went and got a less good bike (a Raleigh) and a more good U-lock. I also tore all the decals off the bike and generally made it look kind of ghetto so that it wouldn't look tempting. Nobody's swiped it yet. And I have a spare Schwinn seat in case I ever lose the original, hahaha.... ha.

It's really easy to steal a bike, and yet, relatively few bikes are stolen (otherwise people just wouldn't ever leave them anywhere).
Does this suggest a)there are bike thieves all over the place and you can't trust anyone... or b)most people are nice people.

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