Originally Posted by
Koyote
When you define "productive" as "agrees with me," you've kind of rigged the game,
The line I missed in the OP was
What does everyone else think? Any bike thieves or recovering bike thieves who can comment? Clearly the overwhelming majority of BF members are not in the target audience hence why we don't get it.
I have no idea if I agree or disagree with the OP, I just don't see this as something I would do. I just know I have a four year old aluminum Trek that I think the MSRP was about $1800. The Trek is far from a high end CF bike with electronic shifting but nicely maintained and a handsome bike IMHO and something I think would be attractive to a thief if I didn't take normal precautions again theft. I also regularly ride a 42 year old Takara worth about $75 to $125 that doesn't look a day over 41 that I would hate to lose more than the Trek and I like the way it looks, so it is a hard no on camouflaging it too.