Bikes, many of them stolen, pile up at the Amsterdam bike depot. Photo A.S. It’s practically a requirement these days to carry not one but two ponderous bike locks, yet city streets are still thick with bike thieves. A British insurance survey recently suggested a bike is stolen about every 65 seconds in the U.K. and Mike Cavanaugh of the London Cycling Campaign thinks theft turns people away from healthful cycling: “Bike theft is cited as the most common reason for people giving up cycling. In 2008 there were over 17,000 bikes reported stolen… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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If Bike Theft Makes You Fat, Better Bike Parking Makes You Thin
