Make Magazine has a special section in their Volume 11 issue about how to hack your expensive bike so that it’s not going to get pinched. Tips include choosing ugly colors like orange, using car wax as an undercoat to make the paint blister, or just adding a sprinkle of rust.
Core 77 comments that this activity might represent some sort of ‘Stealth Wealth’.

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This is very applicable to China where you come to expect a new bike getting stolen every 6 months.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 am