The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help identifying an alleged bike thief who, on Wednesday, shoplifted bolt cutters to steal a boy’s e-bike.

  • lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Install a bike alarm inside the seat tube. They’re hard to defeat without tools. Mine alternately flashes bright blue and red light strips epoxied to the frame. In California, that’s a guaranteed police stop (blue lights are only allowed on law enforcement vehicles), plus it makes everyone look at the thief. There’s also a relay that shorts out the motor, making it a bitch to pedal. If that and the 120 dB alarm doesn’t stop them, 30 seconds later two metal strips under the seat fabric get powered from a 55 kV mosquito zapper circuit.

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      12 days ago

      What triggers these anti-theft measures you have implemented? And how do you make sure that it is not triggered when you go to use it?

    • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioOPM
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      13 days ago

      You seem like the sort of person that would use a Skunklock lol

      Btw, we’d love to see your bike and a breakdown of how everything works - that sounds like a bbadass setup