Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?
by jzwinck on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @05:39PM
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Puma (the shoe people) sold a bike for several years with a lock comprising part of the frame. If the lock were cut, it would make the bike frame unstable, theoretically discouraging theft. I don't know if it was successful in any objective way, but it was an interesting idea: http://www.bikeoff.org/design_resource/DR_bikes_examples_pum...
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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?
by stcredzero on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @06:24PM
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Making the bike frame unstable isn't strong enough. People still ride unstable bikes. A fabrication method that involves squeezing spring loaded parts into a tube could serve to make the bike inoperable when dismantled, even to the point of immobilizing the rear wheel.