Are you trying to decide if a bicycle alarm is right for you? While it is true that even the best bike locks and chains can be broken through, it is questionable whether a bicycle alarm is going to make that much difference either.
Time and time again bicycles with top of the line locks and even bicycle alarm systems are stolen. So the question remains, “What can I do to protect my bicycle from being stolen?” The answers are many, and involve rethinking the entire problem from a few different angles.
One of the things that is important to consider about keeping your bike safe is making it a less attractive target for would be bike thieves. What exactly does it mean to make a bike less attractive? For one thing, keeping your bike out of sight altogether is one of the very best ways by which you can protect your bike. If a bike isn’t seen it can’t become a target for theft.
Another way of looking at locking your bike up to a bike rack is to always have more bike security on your bike than the other bikes around it have. For example, if the other bicycles each have one lock, put two locks on yours. This is a very simple yet effective way to make your bike the least attractive one in terms of how difficult it would be to steal.
Unless your bike is some extremely unique model with all kinds of expensive flairs and whatnot, thieves will always go for the easiest targets first. This is simply the way that thieves work. As long as it is relatively difficult for a thief to get your bike unlocked, they will most likely choose to target another bike.
A bicycle alarm works on the previous premise as well. Let’s say that your bike is locked up next to other bikes that have the same number and types of locks on each of them that are found on yours. Which bike do you think the thief is going to choose if he or she grabs yours only to discover that it screeches piercingly every time it’s moved? Well, it’s not going to be yours that gets stolen, that’s for sure.
Being noticed is the very last thing that any thief wants. He or she will not ever choose your bike because it has an audible alarm that will instantly draw unwanted attention to the thief. Bikes with multiple locks are still more attractive to potential thievery than your bike fitted with a bicycle alarm is.
In my opinion, if you are worried about bicycle security in places that you take your bike, you would do well to purchase an audible bicycle alarm. You can find a bike alarm like this for around $25-$30 USD either online or at a bicycle and sports shop.
When shopping for a bike alarm there are a few things to look for in order to get an effective bicycle alarm. It should have a false alarm trigger that as well as an auto armament feature that will set the alarm automatically whenever the bike is left unattended. Another critical element is the deciblelevel of the alarm itself. The alarm sound level should be at least 115 decibels, preferably 125 decibels or greater.
