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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Every biker in San Francisco needs this. So much theft. $129 isn't a bad price.
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Will Imholte
@willimholte · Designer, Prime
$130 + $60 for a year of use means you're getting close to $200 for the first year of use, which is roughly half the price of my bike. Even my friends who ride nicer bikes would have 1/7-1/4 the price of their bike tied up in a security system that doesn't replace the traditional ~$100 locking system. If it's pitched as more than a security system (more on t… See more
Jonathan Howard
@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
I saw this a month ago and had similar concerns to Will. I have a reasonably expensive bike and I still wouldn't buy this.
These guys being angle-saws and bolt cutters... my instinct is they'll quickly add something to disable this (eg, cut through the body of the device, remove the "security fasteners" from a safe chop shop?).
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Daniel Jefferies
@heydjeff · Founder, Newmind Group
Great perspectives on the security part of this product. Especially like the article @staringispolite posted. :)
I view bike theft as an opportunistic crime. Any bike of sufficient value will do. I find it unlikely that thieves go out with intent to steal a specific bike from a specific person.
Based on that view, a thief is likely to simply pass up a … See more
Will Imholte
@willimholte · Designer, Prime
@heydjeff — You're absolutely correct about bike theft as opportunistic crime, but this device is designed to be hidden—i.e.: thieves would have to know what it is, and that it exists, to be deterred by it. If your aim is to convince thieves the bike next to yours is an easier steal you might have better luck with a blinking LED sticking out of a hole in you… See more