[cmckn]

> Until you've had your bike stolen (or known people who have), you just can't imagine it happening with clarity.

It's _very_ common for cyclists to use bike locks even if they personally haven't suffered a bike theft.

[failrate]

It is also common for cyclists to use cable locks until the first time their bike is stolen.

And then they learn that cable locks do not work.

[bluescrn]

D-locks don't work either, since thieves discovered battery-powered angle grinders

If cycling is to be a significant part of the future of transport, we need to solve bike theft.

[goda90]

On the other hand it might take multiple thefts to learn the lesson for some people. When I was a kid/teenager, someone stole my bike and the police found it(yay small town) abandoned several blocks away. Of course it took my sister and brother-in-law pretending to steal it for me to really learn.