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This Has to Stop!

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  • #52
    bette
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 496 ✭✭bette


    http://www.ville-geneve.ch/themes/mobilite/velos/circuler-velo/stationnement/velostation/

    Pays for itself handsomely!


  • #53
    MsStroggatrix
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭MsStroggatrix


    9V batterym, Oscilator and MOSFET driving small transformer wired backwards into a diode ladder. Wrap conductive fabric on handlebars and steal able parts and connect to output. Rig up to some sort of trigger mechanism and zap.

    Will give a nasty jolt at the very least.

    Would have to have a warning on the bike. Also probably illegal, but so is stealing my bike.,

    http://youtu.be/20RANvEOodY


  • #54
    MsStroggatrix
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭MsStroggatrix


    LED driver chip might be the ticket.


  • #55
    Bob Annaliffia
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Bob Annaliffia


    Hi,

    Just got my bike nicked from Castleknock Station Bike rack. Just a crappy mountain bike. My guess they are batching them and shipping them out of the country.

    Now my choice is take an extra 10 mins twice a day to walk, or get a replacement bike. Which, even if it's a piece of sh#t, is at risk of being stolen again.

    So after some research it seems the best thing to do is buy an expensive U-lock (€60) and a serious chain and pad locks (€40). And use them leaving as little slack or room as possible. Apparently that combo moves the thieves on, as they need extra tools to combat both. Tool of choice at the moment is a car jack for popping u-locks. Chain/lock takes a 3 foot bolt cutter.

    Or I can pay €75 a year for a bike locker (www.bikelocker.ie), plus a €25 deposit for the one key they give you. In their terms and conditions it states that the locker IS the property of irish rail, and that no-one takes ANY responsibility for anything in the locker if it is broke in to.

    Only advantage is that the bike lockers seem to have their own dedicated CCTV, whereas the bike rack is in a total blindspot. It looks deliberate to me.
    And the situation is the same up the line in Coolmine station.

    Some choice, eh?
    I think I'll be walking. And growing more conservative with every step.


  • #56
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,166 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Bob Annaliffia wrote: »
    So after some research it seems the best thing to do is buy an expensive U-lock (€60) and a serious chain and pad locks (€40). And use them leaving as little slack or room as possible. Apparently that combo moves the thieves on, as they need extra tools to combat both. Tool of choice at the moment is a car jack for popping u-locks. Chain/lock takes a 3 foot bolt cutter.

    For a cheap bike, the Evo Mini and a cable for the front should do it.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kryptonite-Evolution-Mini-Unisex-Bicycle/dp/B005YPK9VQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373634753&sr=8-1&keywords=kryptonite+mini

    They can't use a car jack if you use the lock properly.

    Angle grinder works but is very noisy.


  • #57
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭studiorat


    Lumen wrote: »
    For a cheap bike, the Evo Mini and a cable for the front should do it.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kryptonite-Evolution-Mini-Unisex-Bicycle/dp/B005YPK9VQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373634753&sr=8-1&keywords=kryptonite+mini

    They can't use a car jack if you use the lock properly.

    Angle grinder works but is very noisy.

    That set-up is available in the LBS in Blanchardstown for €40.


  • #58
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    Lumen wrote: »
    Angle grinder works but is very noisy.

    Sure a hi-vis vest and a shovel and nobody will pay the slightest heed...


  • #59
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    studiorat wrote: »
    That set-up is available in the LBS in Blanchardstown for €40.

    Slightly off topic, where is there an LBS in Blanch? I'm new to the area and only aware of Halfords in West End or City Cycles in Cabra.


  • #60
    Mr.Fred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Mr.Fred


    I wonder if you aproached the station master or iarnrod eireann about maybe installing your own bike locker. I'd say you could build one similar but smaller (no doubt size would be an issue) for under €100.

    http://www.bikedocksolutions.ie/product/37.aspx


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  • #61
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    hardCopy wrote: »
    Slightly off topic, where is there an LBS in Blanch? I'm new to the area and only aware of Halfords in West End or City Cycles in Cabra.
    There's a place beside SuperQuinn, in the cottages opposite the car dealership. It's called Cyclezone.


  • #62
    Bob Annaliffia
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Bob Annaliffia


    .


  • #63
    Bob Annaliffia
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Bob Annaliffia


    I think I'll be walking. And growing more conservative with every step.[/QUOTE]
    studiorat wrote: »
    That set-up is available in the LBS in Blanchardstown for €40.


    Thanks for that Lumen and Studiorat.


  • #64
    Bob Annaliffia
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Bob Annaliffia


    Just to update, I'm now walking daily to Castleknock station, and nearly every day, the bikes are interfered with, or stolen. Or stripped leaving just the frame, someone is systematically ripping people off here, my own bike was nicked in daylight. And there is still no camera pointing directly at it, though there are about three that could be redirected from other areas, already covered from multiple angles. The cameras are provided by group 4 security. The guards haven't got back to me yet. Sure it's good weather for a walk.


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