Comment Re:What about thieves? (Score 1) 136
I've been there [...]
You mean you're the one who stole my bike!? You bastard!
I've heard that bikes get stolen all the time so it is not worth putting too much money into them.
This sort of depends. I've yet to have a bike stolen, but I tend to ride to places where I know my bike will be safe. If I'm going somewhere where I don't know that my bike will be safe (like to the local mall), I'll ride my cheap bike.
The nice thing about something like this is that since it's pretty much self-contained, you can take it with you. So I could attach this $800 wheel to my $150 Huffy and ride 30 miles or so. When I get to my destination, I'd detach the $800 wheel and take it with me and use a simple lock on the Huffy. If somebody really wants my Huffy, they can have it (though they'll need to get a new wheel).