Hi,
I've spent some long hours trying to figure out a way to construct a =
bicycle alarm that isn't subject to kids poking at it and having it go =
off for fun, or just because someone bumped the bike by accident.
I also want the alarm to either 1) hurt like hell, 2) hurt like hell, 3) =
make a lot of noise that hurts like hell.
I've had my bike stolen about 7 times already and I'm starting to get =
sick of it, only once did the theives get caught, turned out they were =
drugged out losers, at least they got sent to jail.

My bike isn't exactly cheap, about $1100 (USD), so spending up to $60-70 =
wouldn't be too unreasonable.
The last time it got stolen I got really pissed off.=20
I left it outside the house for about 2-3 h before I noticed it was =
gone, so I called the police etc.
Later that night I was walking my dog and I found the bike (or what was =
left of it) behind a building, maybe 50m from the house I live in, =
completely slaughtered, not a _single_ screw was left in the bike.
And they even cut(!) the frame (the only part left) in two just so they =
could get the read wheel with them, it had one of those big U shaped =
locks on it.

My dad suggested strapping explosives to it, which isn't a bad idea if =
it could be made 100% sure no inncent people got hurt or that it =
wouldn't destroy the bike.

Any ideas are greatly appriciated,

Patrik

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