• lobut@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I know it’s almost impossible but I’d be taking the bike out so much more often if I knew I could leave it somewhere and it’d still be there when I got back.

    • MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Same, and mine is not even close to this price range. I heard Japan is like that as well. If you have any semblance of protection, like tying it up with rope, no one will touch it, ever. Must be nice living in civilized world.

      • Rooskie91@discuss.online
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        1 year ago

        Crazy how when you design a society around meeting people’s basic needs, petty theft almost disappears.

        • Bronzie@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          I wish.

          Had several bikes stolen in Norway.
          My E-bike gets zero use in the city. Too many thieves.

          Outside the cities it’s usually not a problem though.

    • rustyricotta@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Absolutely this. The only times I take my bike out is when I know I’ll never have to leave it. Which basically excludes using it for transportation purposes, and leaves only cycling just to cycle (which I do still enjoy).

      Just too high of a chance for it to get stolen (completely or just parts), or vandalized. It’s not even that great of a bike either.

      I have a friend who “solved” this problem by having such a junker of a bike that it didn’t even look like it functioned.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        Check if there are any facilities in your area for secure bike storage, my nearby city for example offers free staffed bike parking and a free bus to get around. The inter city train station offers 20/7 keycard access bike parking with changing facilities, but that requires a deposit, proof of address etc.

        I usually end up using one of these two facilities when I visit the city because of the rampant bike theft issues there, with the preferred one being the inter city station since it’s open almost all the time

        There was even a docked e-bike hire offered by the local govt, which sadly went bankrupt because people were vandalising the e-bikes and destroying the docks ☹️

    • irotsoma@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s the only reason I don’t own a bike. They get stolen even when locked up in the daytime with a good lock. Bolt cutters are quick.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      if you’re not destitute you can pull the dutch gambit: use a shitty rustbucket bike that you give precisely 0 fucks about being stolen