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Are there any bike alarms on the market?
I'm looking for a motion (vibration) detecting alarm system for my
touring bike, preferably with a remote control. The only alarm I've found is by Ducharme: http://www.ducharmealarmsystems.com/ but I don't like the way it operates, turning itself on automatically. Yes I know that people ignore alarm sounds but I wouln't. My ears will be open when I duck into a small store for food. My Google searches found many mentions of alarms but they all seem to be out of business. Can anyone suggest a place to get a good motion sensing alarm? Thanks for your help. |
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wire a switch tween battery and mechanism
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On May 2, 5:00 pm, "Bruce W.1" wrote:
wrote: wire a switch tween battery and mechanism ===================================== Huh? Well, ya gotta admit that he won the race to supply an answer. Like a link that you could have googled yourself, it's not a helpful answer, but it's an answer, and it was first. dkl |
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On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:27:15 +0000, Bruce W.1 wrote:
I'm looking for a motion (vibration) detecting alarm system for my touring bike, preferably with a remote control. The only alarm I've found is by Ducharme: http://www.ducharmealarmsystems.com/ but I don't like the way it operates, turning itself on automatically. Yes I know that people ignore alarm sounds but I wouln't. My ears will be open when I duck into a small store for food. My Google searches found many mentions of alarms but they all seem to be out of business. Can anyone suggest a place to get a good motion sensing alarm? Thanks for your help. There are some listings on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/2q65wl I can't vouch for their effectiveness. I'm curious why you want an alarm. A thief who trips the alarm could just ride away from you, couldn't he? I imagine it wouldn't be hard to turn the alarm off with a good-sized rock. You might consider a cable lock that trips an alarm when the cable is cut. At least your bike would be immobilized, though not very securely. I found this one on google and I believe there are others: http://www.alarmlocks.com/cycling.htm Or this one from SJSCycles in Britain: http://tinyurl.com/vn4uw (I understand that SJSCycles will ship worldwide at reasonable shipping.) In your position, I wouldn't feel secure with anything less than a small u-lock to immobilize the rear wheel or drive-train (actually, I would want to lock the bike to something, but maybe that's because my years in NYC left me permanently paranoid). If that seems like too much trouble, you could try a lock that is permanently mounted to the seatstays and that immobilizes the rear wheel when you turn the key: http://tinyurl.com/3c6ysa Those are rare in the U.S., though I have seen them on imported "city" and "commuter" bikes. You could probably get one through a European MO store. |
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On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:03:44 -0500, Gary Young
wrote: On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:27:15 +0000, Bruce W.1 wrote: I'm looking for a motion (vibration) detecting alarm system for my touring bike, preferably with a remote control. The only alarm I've found is by Ducharme: http://www.ducharmealarmsystems.com/ but I don't like the way it operates, turning itself on automatically. Yes I know that people ignore alarm sounds but I wouln't. My ears will be open when I duck into a small store for food. My Google searches found many mentions of alarms but they all seem to be out of business. Can anyone suggest a place to get a good motion sensing alarm? Thanks for your help. There are some listings on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/2q65wl I can't vouch for their effectiveness. I'm curious why you want an alarm. A thief who trips the alarm could just ride away from you, couldn't he? I imagine it wouldn't be hard to turn the alarm off with a good-sized rock. You might consider a cable lock that trips an alarm when the cable is cut. At least your bike would be immobilized, though not very securely. I found this one on google and I believe there are others: http://www.alarmlocks.com/cycling.htm Or this one from SJSCycles in Britain: http://tinyurl.com/vn4uw (I understand that SJSCycles will ship worldwide at reasonable shipping.) In your position, I wouldn't feel secure with anything less than a small u-lock to immobilize the rear wheel or drive-train (actually, I would want to lock the bike to something, but maybe that's because my years in NYC left me permanently paranoid). If that seems like too much trouble, you could try a lock that is permanently mounted to the seatstays and that immobilizes the rear wheel when you turn the key: http://tinyurl.com/3c6ysa Those are rare in the U.S., though I have seen them on imported "city" and "commuter" bikes. You could probably get one through a European MO store. Dear Gary, There have been even more impractical anti-theft devices, as this account of a trip to the Riviera in 1897 reveals: "My first stopping-place for déjeûner was to be at Pegli, and I was most anxious to arrive, in order to ascertain how the many appliances attached to my wheel, to prevent its being stolen, would work. These devices were a sprocket-lock, which was guaranteed to prevent any sprocket from revolving; secondly, a hinged-rod which, when it was unfolded, locked itself automatically as it fell to the ground, making a firm support for the wheel. This rod could be folded up only after being unlocked by a key. . . ." "With a confidence born of my trustfulness in my patent locks, I nonchalantly snapped in its place my sprocketguard, unfolded my patent rod-lock, and left my wheel supported by this device. I took two steps, and then, warned by a slight whirring noise, I turned back quickly and caught my wheel before it toppled over. . ." "After pointing out the many improvements in and on my wheel to this gentleman, he asked permission to try a short ride upon this infant phenomenon of American ingenuity. I unlocked the sprocket-lock. While doing this, I noticed he had innocently bent up my (supposedly) unbendable rod and pushed it back into its place. I didn’t remonstrate with him; as the rod had so signally and miserably failed to support the wheel, it was valueless to me." "Outing" magazine, 1897 Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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On Wed, 02 May 2007 21:11:33 -0600, carlfogel wrote:
On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:03:44 -0500, Gary Young wrote: On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:27:15 +0000, Bruce W.1 wrote: I'm looking for a motion (vibration) detecting alarm system for my touring bike, preferably with a remote control. The only alarm I've found is by Ducharme: http://www.ducharmealarmsystems.com/ but I don't like the way it operates, turning itself on automatically. Yes I know that people ignore alarm sounds but I wouln't. My ears will be open when I duck into a small store for food. My Google searches found many mentions of alarms but they all seem to be out of business. Can anyone suggest a place to get a good motion sensing alarm? Thanks for your help. There are some listings on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/2q65wl I can't vouch for their effectiveness. I'm curious why you want an alarm. A thief who trips the alarm could just ride away from you, couldn't he? I imagine it wouldn't be hard to turn the alarm off with a good-sized rock. You might consider a cable lock that trips an alarm when the cable is cut. At least your bike would be immobilized, though not very securely. I found this one on google and I believe there are others: http://www.alarmlocks.com/cycling.htm Or this one from SJSCycles in Britain: http://tinyurl.com/vn4uw (I understand that SJSCycles will ship worldwide at reasonable shipping.) In your position, I wouldn't feel secure with anything less than a small u-lock to immobilize the rear wheel or drive-train (actually, I would want to lock the bike to something, but maybe that's because my years in NYC left me permanently paranoid). If that seems like too much trouble, you could try a lock that is permanently mounted to the seatstays and that immobilizes the rear wheel when you turn the key: http://tinyurl.com/3c6ysa Those are rare in the U.S., though I have seen them on imported "city" and "commuter" bikes. You could probably get one through a European MO store. Dear Gary, There have been even more impractical anti-theft devices, as this account of a trip to the Riviera in 1897 reveals: "My first stopping-place for déjeûner was to be at Pegli, and I was most anxious to arrive, in order to ascertain how the many appliances attached to my wheel, to prevent its being stolen, would work. These devices were a sprocket-lock, which was guaranteed to prevent any sprocket from revolving; secondly, a hinged-rod which, when it was unfolded, locked itself automatically as it fell to the ground, making a firm support for the wheel. This rod could be folded up only after being unlocked by a key. . . ." "With a confidence born of my trustfulness in my patent locks, I nonchalantly snapped in its place my sprocketguard, unfolded my patent rod-lock, and left my wheel supported by this device. I took two steps, and then, warned by a slight whirring noise, I turned back quickly and caught my wheel before it toppled over. . ." "After pointing out the many improvements in and on my wheel to this gentleman, he asked permission to try a short ride upon this infant phenomenon of American ingenuity. I unlocked the sprocket-lock. While doing this, I noticed he had innocently bent up my (supposedly) unbendable rod and pushed it back into its place. I didn’t remonstrate with him; as the rod had so signally and miserably failed to support the wheel, it was valueless to me." "Outing" magazine, 1897 Cheers, Carl Fogel Carl, Have you ever heard of Nietzsche's doctrine of The Eternal Recurrence of the Same? http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/5185.html I fear you are living it. Even so, keep the 19th Century coming. These excerpts are very entertaining. |
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On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:21:20 -0500, Gary Young
wrote: On Wed, 02 May 2007 21:11:33 -0600, carlfogel wrote: On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:03:44 -0500, Gary Young wrote: On Wed, 02 May 2007 22:27:15 +0000, Bruce W.1 wrote: I'm looking for a motion (vibration) detecting alarm system for my touring bike, preferably with a remote control. The only alarm I've found is by Ducharme: http://www.ducharmealarmsystems.com/ but I don't like the way it operates, turning itself on automatically. Yes I know that people ignore alarm sounds but I wouln't. My ears will be open when I duck into a small store for food. My Google searches found many mentions of alarms but they all seem to be out of business. Can anyone suggest a place to get a good motion sensing alarm? Thanks for your help. There are some listings on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/2q65wl I can't vouch for their effectiveness. I'm curious why you want an alarm. A thief who trips the alarm could just ride away from you, couldn't he? I imagine it wouldn't be hard to turn the alarm off with a good-sized rock. You might consider a cable lock that trips an alarm when the cable is cut. At least your bike would be immobilized, though not very securely. I found this one on google and I believe there are others: http://www.alarmlocks.com/cycling.htm Or this one from SJSCycles in Britain: http://tinyurl.com/vn4uw (I understand that SJSCycles will ship worldwide at reasonable shipping.) In your position, I wouldn't feel secure with anything less than a small u-lock to immobilize the rear wheel or drive-train (actually, I would want to lock the bike to something, but maybe that's because my years in NYC left me permanently paranoid). If that seems like too much trouble, you could try a lock that is permanently mounted to the seatstays and that immobilizes the rear wheel when you turn the key: http://tinyurl.com/3c6ysa Those are rare in the U.S., though I have seen them on imported "city" and "commuter" bikes. You could probably get one through a European MO store. Dear Gary, There have been even more impractical anti-theft devices, as this account of a trip to the Riviera in 1897 reveals: "My first stopping-place for déjeûner was to be at Pegli, and I was most anxious to arrive, in order to ascertain how the many appliances attached to my wheel, to prevent its being stolen, would work. These devices were a sprocket-lock, which was guaranteed to prevent any sprocket from revolving; secondly, a hinged-rod which, when it was unfolded, locked itself automatically as it fell to the ground, making a firm support for the wheel. This rod could be folded up only after being unlocked by a key. . . ." "With a confidence born of my trustfulness in my patent locks, I nonchalantly snapped in its place my sprocketguard, unfolded my patent rod-lock, and left my wheel supported by this device. I took two steps, and then, warned by a slight whirring noise, I turned back quickly and caught my wheel before it toppled over. . ." "After pointing out the many improvements in and on my wheel to this gentleman, he asked permission to try a short ride upon this infant phenomenon of American ingenuity. I unlocked the sprocket-lock. While doing this, I noticed he had innocently bent up my (supposedly) unbendable rod and pushed it back into its place. I didn?t remonstrate with him; as the rod had so signally and miserably failed to support the wheel, it was valueless to me." "Outing" magazine, 1897 Cheers, Carl Fogel Carl, Have you ever heard of Nietzsche's doctrine of The Eternal Recurrence of the Same? http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/5185.html I fear you are living it. Even so, keep the 19th Century coming. These excerpts are very entertaining. Dear Gary, Here's the Shimano outboard crank bearings from 1898: http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/O...outXXXI04w.pdf The 1898 Cleveland outboard crank bearing has the added advantage of an internal self-oiling mechanism that the modern Shimano lacks. ("The How of oil" is a scanning error for "the flow of oil", but should not bother anyone used to reading the First Folio.) Stuck somewhat awkwardly in the middle of the description of the crank are two sentences about the new-fangled Cleveland internal handlebar binder. (The "Bender" in the caption is a lamentable typo or else a foreshadowing of my favorite character in Futurama.) A technical tidbit follows about some weird chain improvement, with diagrams that probably show the beginnings of perpetual motion. (Or maybe we use the design today--I can't quite figure it out.) And here's a nice example of the eternal recurrence of the same: "On account of insubordination, the Irish Cyclists’ Association, which is the governing body of the sport of cycling in Ireland, has suspended its Ulster branch from the rights and privileges enjoyed, at home and abroad, by the parent organization." Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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