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I bought an ebike. In the first week, I had 3 people try to take it from me while I was on it. I can't go shopping, or take it anywhere where I would have to leave it alone. The cops don't give a fuck, the city doesn't give a fuck. I'm going back to a car.
May I ask what city? We have a trail in Oshawa that is frequented by homeless and drug addicts, and a few times I've been run at by one person in particular ( this guy also made attempts to stop my son and a friend of his in separate incidents, and they're in their 20s), and also a few small groups have purposely blocked the trail as I approached.
They never got me, but I swore if it ever happened again, I would get one of those retractable batons.
The unfortunate thing is that this trail is a major connection between the waterfront and the city, and there really aren't any other safe ways around it unless I want to contend with high-speed traffic.
So I can certainly empathize, it really is a shame that it came down to that for you. I would suggest still using it, perhaps not in that same area, but to do errands or other recreational rides, just to get more comfortable. Some people suck, but don't let that spoil a good thing.
Wow, where was that?
What the fuck? I live in a place where you can't leave them out, but you got bike-jacked thrice?
I got insurance on mine, $25 a year covers both theft/damage and liability. As compared to about $3,000 for a car. At work I can park it inside the building but I've used it for shopping plenty, oddly enough there are bike racks at grocery stores here. Locked for a short time. If weather is dry I also pop out the battery and take it into the store.
Like I said, that was just the first week, I've lost count of how many attempts.