Here is a simple way to make your MonkeyLectric bike light very difficult to remove.
All Monkey Lights come with a steel anti-theft wire. Just follow the instructions to install it!
Replace one of the plastic mounting straps with a steel wire. It is a lot more difficult for a thief to easily remove! You can't get it off with a knife like the plastic strap. It is possible to remove with wire cutters, but it will take a little while and most bike thieves don't carry wire cutters. Big bike lock cutters will be too big to clip this.
Besides your Monkey Light All you need is a thin steel wire (we used a large paperclip) and some pliers.
Note that this is not 100% theft proof, but its a lot more theft resistant than the standard setup with plastic straps.
All Monkey Lights come with a steel anti-theft wire. Just follow the instructions to install it!
Replace one of the plastic mounting straps with a steel wire. It is a lot more difficult for a thief to easily remove! You can't get it off with a knife like the plastic strap. It is possible to remove with wire cutters, but it will take a little while and most bike thieves don't carry wire cutters. Big bike lock cutters will be too big to clip this.
Besides your Monkey Light All you need is a thin steel wire (we used a large paperclip) and some pliers.
Note that this is not 100% theft proof, but its a lot more theft resistant than the standard setup with plastic straps.
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You need at least 8" (200mm) of wire. If your wire is thin use a longer piece and make more wraps. I used a big paperclip for this, the paperclip was a bit thick which made it hard to work with. Next time i might look for something a little thinner.
First, bend your wire like shown
First, bend your wire like shown
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Are you sure? They almost always have bolt cutters, which do a very similar job, and quite often have wire cutters too. You need tools like that to steal a bike unless you're very good at guessing combinations or picking locks.
...and as for taking the bike - well that's down to your lock anyway - which should be about 10% of the cost of the bike.
You have to remember that even thieves work to a time / cost analysis - if something looks slightly hard - then they will pass you and move on to the next 'easy target'.
I mean by your imagination of thievery - you shouldn't lock your bike to a fence - because a 'thief could dig out the fence posts, lift the fence and take your bike" - but of course millions of us do because we know the chances are less than slim.
I love these lights - going to get a couple of pairs - in fact it looks like I need 4 pairs to be the "daddy of the bike lighting game".
Hopefully I can rig them up to my existing electro-magnetic light system - so even the batteries become redundant!
*snip* Better, but but still easy to steal
ismash is correct - the LEDs are visible on both sides of the wheel (16 on each side), so you'd only need one unit on one wheel to be visible on both sides. Product lit says that two (on one wheel) would look better because the design created by the lights would cover the entire wheel at lower speeds than if you only have one on there.
If you live in an area where there is a high risk of theft & vandalism then it's a case of "use at your own risk" because there's no way to stop thieves from snipping the spokes (it won't destroy the wheel but the spokes would need replacing) or vandals from kicking the unit until it breaks.
Attaching the unit with wire is only enough to deter casual thieves such as bored kids, it won't stop someone carrying a pair of side-cutters or pliers.
I've just bought myself a set of two and I'm about to install them for the first time, out of the packet they are already looking good, when I switched the MonkeyLectric unit on I was surprised at how dazzlingly bright the LED's are. It's expensive but it's a well engineered device.