[SECProto]

Very little of my bike's value is in the frame - the components are worth much more

(though if I bought this bike, that would likely change - looks like a pricey frame)

[giraffe_lady]

If you know the specific value of even a single component on your bike you are in a tiny tiny minority of bike users already. That's cool me too. Just we should keep that in mind in this context probably.

[lmm]

It's actually pretty relevant. I got fed up of my bike being stolen in London so I bought a fancy anti-theft bike and a serious lock. The result was that instead of my bike being stolen in one piece all of the components were stripped off it, which wasn't really any better.

[marcinzm]

It's not a question of the user knowing the value, it's a question of the chop shop the thief sells the bike to knowing.

[tempestn]

A lot of bike thieves steal bikes to use themselves or to sell as bikes. Nothing will prevent every potential theft, but I can see how it would help.

[usrusr]

But the "use for themselves" thief is deterred with even the cheapest U lock (even with a moderately strong cable) as long as it's not trivially pickable.