I am producing a MTB magazine and it is going to debut in january, I want to start with a letters section. The topic is bike security: Why/How/Where did your bike get stolen, how will you stop it from happening again? Please, share your pain
My first bike was stolen when I was about 10. I went into my local store, came out and my bike was gone. I was stunned. I walked home and told my dad. He then hopped in his van and drove around looking for it. He saw some kids riding around our local rink and walked up to the one on my bike and said 'that's not yours' (easy to identify-all black BRC bmx with tuff wheels and he'd built the neck on it as I kept breaking everything that was out there at the time) the kids ran off and I got my bike back.-=Canuck=- said:I am producing a MTB magazine and it is going to debut in january, I want to start with a letters section. The topic is bike security: Why/How/Where did your bike get stolen, how will you stop it from happening again? Please, share your pain
My beloved DeKerf ST was stolen this summer from my garage. I'm thinking that the garage was opened during the night by someone who got into my unlocked truck in the driveway and hit the "open garage" button on the overhead panel. The bike closest to the garage door was stolen - other great bikes were left behind. How am I preventing this from occuring again? I lock my truck if it's parked in the driveway (duh). I no longer store a garage door opener in my truck. Every night, I bolt my garage from the inside. My DeKerf has never been found (sniff sniff), but insurance money funded a sweet new carbon fiber road bike with all the fixins!!-=Canuck=- said:I am producing a MTB magazine and it is going to debut in january, I want to start with a letters section. The topic is bike security: Why/How/Where did your bike get stolen, how will you stop it from happening again? Please, share your pain
Last August, my wife's S-Works, and my brand new Blur were stolen. Since then, I've been checking on Ebay, and mtbr.com for any suspicious Blur or S-Works postings. We replaced our bikes, but I still checked periodically. On the 11th, I checked Ebay, and saw this:-=Canuck=- said:I am producing a MTB magazine and it is going to debut in january, I want to start with a letters section. The topic is bike security: Why/How/Where did your bike get stolen, how will you stop it from happening again? Please, share your pain
What magazine is this?-=Canuck=- said:Thanks to all who wrote in.
We have selected all the stories we will use. We will no longer be taking any more submissions for the magazine, but feel free to post up. Thanks for all your stories.