How To Keep Your Bike Safe From Theft | Best Electric Bike Security

Have you ever wondered how to keep your bike safe from theft? Find out every thing you need to know about locking your electric bike in this video. The good news: everything also applies to an acoustic bike! So if you're sitting there wondering how to lock your bike, how to keep your bike safe from theft, and have any general questions about locking your electric bike, watch on!

Bicycle theft is a complete bummer. And it's only worse when you've spent thousands on an electric bike. We'll take on preventing bike theft, best bicycle security systems, and how to lock an electric bike in this video.

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What has worked best for you when securing your bike?

[cookiemonsta]

*Great **Latest.Bike** . I upgraded the pedals, added fenders and installed a handle bar extension to raise them. Now it’s a pumped out E-Bike. I love it.*

[runemesa]

I'm surprised that e-bike companies haven't just imbedded internal locking systems into the bikes they make.

[noeldillabough]

Back in the day I rode my bike to work every day, had a basket with 6 different locks, this was required because each lock required a different tool/method to unlock/break. I never lost my bike, but neighboring "easier" bikes were stolen daily. Later in life in the suburbs, the transit put up some rental secure bike lockers. Can't wait for an embedded GPS / tag system.

[dougferguson]

I use a ulock and a bike movement alarm. It's gone off about 10 times.all I ever see is guys running from my bike. Haha. This is for sure the best system.

[timhaugen]

I got one of those tail light alarms for 30 bucks and it took a week and half to prove itself to be worth more than its weight in gold. Also got a shrouded heavy chain lock with an alarm. Lock it in a high visibility area and you might even be lucky and the alarm will draw the attention of a fellow cyclist who's still emotional about their bike getting stolen.

[GorillaZillas]

7:48 the trick is not only to have GPS tracking, but also an RF transmitter which you can easily and reliably pinpoint that absolutely proves that your bike is in the property. With that evidence easily accessible from outside gives the cops enough to actually get a warrant and retrieve your bike.

[PhilAndersonOutside]

Excellent video. I worked in a bike shop in Connecticut. One guy there lived in NYC for years. There was only one way everyday riders and messengers there secured their bike: Two locks. The first one usually a Kryptonite New York Standard, and the second some form of chain or tough cable lock. Though the folding locks you show would work too. And yes, lock it in plain sight. But two locks, especially with the NY Standard (which requires two full cuts with an angle grinder to get through, usually going through more than one battery, and more than one blade) the "foundation" lock. Then they have to deal with the second lock. This system is a time-consuming, pain in the ass for even skilled thieves to get past to steal your bike. They'll almost, almost always just move onto the next bike down the street.

One other thing, if you buy a Kryptonite NY lock, don't forget to register the lock. Must do.

[spikeybaby]

ALWAYS take a note of the serial number of the bike to prove it is your bike if lost or stolen and found again

[LiveForTheDrum]

Found this video because I'm looking to buy a commuter. While watching I had a security idea. There's a pet GPS collar called Whistle. It's really designed for dogs, but I use it on my cat and it's brilliant! If you remove the collar part of this product and hide the GPS part, maybe under the seat, you will have a very reliable GPS tracker for your bike. You do need a subscription for it though. It's $8.25USD a month for a yearly plan or $8USD a month for a two year plan. Or you can just go month to month, but that costs $12.99USD. Just throwing an idea out there. As a side benefit, if you're into this type of thing, it would also be tracking your routes, distance traveled each day, and calories burned.

[cia]

I dont lock my bike up any where unless i can see it and i have 3 locks i have a lock on the disc brake and kryptonite chain lock and kryptonite u lock and i will only lock it if i can see it. Three locks will slow them down enough that i can get out there and start stabbing.👍🏻😀

[lazurm]

The method that's worked for me for over 40 years is either bringing the bicycle inside with me or putting something on the bike to slow'm down (wheel locked to helmet, etc.) and sit within 15 feet of the eyesighted bicycle. Of course a couple of times simply knocking them out helped also. The idea is to move fast when and if.

[claudioduartesuarez]

"don't leave it in areas that you don't feel safe" Ok, I live in Paraguay I never gonna ride my bike again

[johngoodin]

You could do what one dad did for his daughter. Just hide a AirTag in a really concealed section of the bike. Even though she took the battery off when she went into her school a thief still took her bike. With the AirTag, the father had it tracked down within minutes. When he showed up at the property and took the bike back. The thief was in awe how he had been found so quickly.

[rxonmymind]

Keeping a bike from thieves is a layered approach. One U-lock, then a disc lock with an alarm. The buy another movement alarm that goes under the seat. Three locks takes an extra minute to lock & unlock.
If you have a big money bike get a Samsung gps tile.
Good luck.

[intercat]

In my fifth year of ebiking, and after 40 years of playing a violin, I just hit "acoustic bike" for the first time. A gasp of delight and thank you.

[HectorSalcedo]

There's a special place in hell for bike thieves! With my eBike, I always carry two locks, u-lock and my ABUS foldable lock. I assume thieves see two locks and move on to another bike with less security.

[lyndavonkanel]

Thank you! I really want an ebike but hesitate for the fear of it being stolen. Knowing now how to lock it and especially that it's possible to get insurance for it is reassuring.

[michaelkleinberg]

I use a U-lock that is at least 18mm thick like the Kryptonite fahgettaboudit, this lock cannot be removed with a bolt cutter, but the other most important thing is an alarm that can text you when the bike is disturbed so that you can get to it before anything happens, time is the most critical factor!

[fpscaperlyfe]

My car died at the beginning of the month, and I have been heavily considering getting an ebike. I work from home, do school from home, get anything I buy delivered to my home via Amazon, Walmart, or Safeway, and any other good/service (pharmacy, post office, other grocery stores, veterinarian, etc) are all within a 15 minute walk for me. The only time I need to travel further than a mile is when I need to get get my daughter, but even then, according to the GPS it's only a 50 minute bike ride to her mom's house, which is only 20 minutes more than what it takes in car.

Thanks for all the tips on ebike security. I'm a complete novice at all this stuff, and this is great information. Also, very good information telling us about bike insurance. I never knew that was a thing.