Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 weeks agoI dunno where you live, but round these parts people are having their phones and PDAs snatched off their bikes.
Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 weeks agoI dunno where you live, but round these parts people are having their phones and PDAs snatched off their bikes.
jarfil@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
While riding?.. what parts are those? 😲
I’d be more concerned about leaving an integrated device where it can be vandalized, instead of taking it off the bike when it’s parked.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 weeks ago
London. It’s a bit wild here at the moment. As poverty goes up, people get more and more desperate.
But at the same time I would rather an integrated handlebar than clipping on my phone anyway. In my time I’ve see so many broken grips for phones and PDAs, I’m really not a fan. Maybe MagSafe can negate that, but who knows.
jarfil@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
Wow… that’s sick. 😲
MagSafe wouldn’t help, it’s just a bunch of magnets, yank and it’s gone. It could keep the phone charged, but that’s about it.
When I used to ride a bicycle, I had a front torch, back light, and a phone in a waterproof “cage-case”, attached to some solid mounts with a “unlock lever, rotate, slide” release mechanism. Quick enough to take them off when parking, not easy enough to randomly grab and run. Still, using an old phone was an extra precaution, also against random accidents (almost got clipped by a bus or van, more times than I’d like to admit 😬).
A trick I learned about mounts, is that they can break from vibration over time, so it’s a good idea to add some rubber under the mount as a shock absorber. As a bonus, it protects the paint. Also, never buy the cheapest one… if you can’t throw it against the floor and keep using it, then it’s not good enough.
thejevans@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
You don’t need a crazy product like this, you just need a bolt-on bike computer mount, then.
Reil@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
Yeah, the attack surface of a locked-up bike is much larger than that of a bike being ridden?
If you don’t want your phone stolen off the bike, a removable bike computer still makes more sense, I think.
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Hell it takes me the rightful owner a fair bit of careful maneuvering to get that thing off the bars (my mount needs to be both twisted while having the release latch pressed). Someone would surely be getting a few smacks upside the head as they were trying to do that. A MIPS powered headbutt or two, as well.