France offers each cyclist €50 for bike repairs once lockdown ends

Re:France offers each cyclist €50 for bike repairs once lock... by NicoJuicy on Friday May 01, 2020 @05:12PM (#23046544)

The bike-locks are enough, the bike-locks are normally integrated with the bike themselve ( normal bikes), i've noticed a lot of foreign people are suprised by this.

Racing bikes don't need locks, since you stall them at your garage or a private place during the night.

Bike theft is usually common in student cities, were cheap bikes have cheap locks and one "steals" from another. The more expensive ones (> 400 €) are normally not stolen, since they also have more decent locks.

Also, bikes can be engraved ( eg. like a serial number).

Fyi: My bike is parked at a "big" train station at night (in Bruges) and it never got stolen in 2 years.

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Re:France offers each cyclist €50 for bike repairs once lock... by michaelt on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:39PM (#23047262)

Here in the UK, there are bike thieves who will drive a van up to a bicycle park, load the van with as many bikes as they can get with some bolt cutters in a few minutes, then drive off. It would be surprising to see someone using a lock that allowed a bike to be carried away for this reason!

Of course it's mostly a problem at universities and train stations at night, where you can find big bike racks and no-one around. Lesser locks might be fine away from crime hotspots.

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