Ugly your bike

By on 20/06/2008 in Cycling tips, Safe cycling in London

ugly-bikeMake-digital has posted up an awesome guide on how to deter thieves from stealing your bike by making them think its not worth anything. I have often seen this done on bicycles in London and I think its a very good idea especially if its a highly desirable bike. Some of the tips are a bit drastic such as tearing up your seat but take from it what you will.

Ugly your bike

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5 Responses to Ugly your bike

  1. RandyBrown 16/08/2008 at 10:28 pm #

    Nice Site. I am new here but will be visiting more often as you have done a good job.

    Thanks

  2. NFPV.ORG 06/11/2008 at 11:59 am #

    ah just love cycling around in the suburbs.. but i don’t think ya;’ll be able to do it in the city though

  3. Peoples Friend Magazine 23/12/2008 at 8:16 pm #

    great idea, anything to stop people nicking is a great idea. You should get tax relief!

  4. Andreas 22/02/2009 at 2:43 pm #

    Thanks for the comments guys. Hope I can keep plenty of good posts coming!

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    [...] David could have been helped if he had checked out our video with tips on how to prevent bike theft and perhaps made his bike look less desirable? [...]