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Re:A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves by enraged_camel on Monday September 05, 2016 @08:45PM (#12433029)
Lojacks are trivial to remove. They are one of the first things experienced car thieves look for, remove and dispose of.

A GPS device on a bike will be the same thing. You can't embed it into the frame either, since you as the legitimate owner need to replace its battery every now and then, which means it needs to be easily removable.

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Re:A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves by oftenwrong on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:01AM (#12436033)
>They are one of the first things experienced car thieves look for

If they are only effective against inexperienced car thieves, they still have value. It's like minor security measures that keep out script kiddies.

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Re:A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves by jclarkcom on Monday September 05, 2016 @08:57PM (#12433072)
Perhaps use rechargeable batteries and inductive charging
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Re:A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves by 1_2__3 on Monday September 05, 2016 @09:30PM (#12433157)
Briefly hook the frame up to a car battery and be on your way.
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Re:A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves by mrob on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @06:18AM (#12434835)
Put it inside the down tube. These usually have holes for mounting bottle holders, so you could pass the charging wires through the holes, disguised as part of the bottle holder mounts. And you'd have to remove the bottom bracket to get it out, which is slow and inconvenient.
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