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[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

You can ride a bike to work or the store around here, but you'll be walking home. Bikes are way too easy to quietly steal.

[-] hex@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Bicycle theft is also a problem in the Netherlands, but they still do it. There are also lots of people not in the Netherlands who bike to work and don't have their bikes stolen.

That's not the problem. The problem is car culture.

In the Netherlands they have functional bike parking, which makes it a lot harder to steal bikes. They also use wheel locks, which are much harder to cut without damaging the bike. There are also sites like bike index that let you track your bike serial number in case it gets stolen. If you use bike index and your bike is stolen there's actually a pretty good chance it will be returned. Also, if you buy a bike check it on bike index first to see if it's stolen.

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