Since you are going to zip-tie it or similar, you should also ask how many people have had a basket stolen.
Everyone has heard of a saddle/seatpost being stolen, and a thief with a multi-tool could unbolt a $200 Nitto rack in about a minute, so there is definitely a degree of risk no matter what when you leave valuable things unattended. It's a matter of how much you trust your particular environment and then deciding whether or not to take on that risk. I'm personally on the very trusting side of the spectrum and have not been burned yet. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 12:11:13 PM UTC-8, Patrick D Kelly wrote: > > I'm fishing for stories pro/con dealing with leaving bags "permanently" > attached to your bike, and if they've been stolen. > > I'm contemplating getting a pair of backabike bags and leaving them > attached (probably with zipties somehow). Anybody ever had any of these (or > similar) bags stolen off their bike? I'm imagining it's not even worthwhile > for a thief since they're not gonna get but a few bucks for such a thing. > > As a counter-example to what I just said, one time some gloves were stolen > out of a bag on a bike. In this case, I'm sure it was just cuz the thief > had to do zero work. Unzip and just grab what was in the bag. That bag was > seriously attached, and was not stolen. > > In my imagination, riv's saddlesacks are "safer" because to somebody > unfamiliar, it's very confusing. The straps and the 2 layers of flap make > me think that thieves are not going to go poking around in there. Any > thoughts/experience on this? > > thanks > > p.s. Yes, the biggest variable in all this is where/when you leave your > bike unattended. Let's just pretend that I'm very conservative about > where/when I leave my bike locked up. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
