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Campus Safety
OPS offers tips to prevent bike theft
Public safety officers
recommend against
using bike U-Iocks
By Michael Hines
Student Activities Reporter
An off-duty Office of Public
Safety student patroller became
suspicious of a man eying some
bikes Monday.
When the patroller ap
proached the man and asked
what he was doing, the man
jumped on a bike and rode off
with a bike tire in his hand.
OPS did not catch the suspi
cious man, but the situation in
dicates the need for bike safety
on campus.
Many students are uneducat
ed about bike safety and thieves
prey on the uninformed, OPS
officer Bob Guse said.
For instance, many people
simply lock their tires to a rack,
but the tires may be quick-re
lease. This allows the thief to
take the entire bike except for
the single tire still safely locked
to the rack.
Thieves have many other
ways of taking bikes, including
picking locks and breaking
them, Guse said. OPS has spe
cific recommendations for
keeping bikes safe.
First, the office recommends
students use a combination of
locks. The main lock, Guse said,
is the Bike Club Jr. Ultra, which
is made by the same company
that makes the Club for automo
biles. The Ultra is carried at the
University Bookstore and is cur
rently on sale for $35.
In conjunction with the Ultra,
OPS recommends a cable to se
cure both tires and the seat.
This recommendation is a
change: OPS used to recom
mend U-Locks.
“The reason we do not sug
gest U-Locks is that it is your re
sponsibility to fill the space,”
Guse said.
WENDY FULLER/Emerald
Officer Robert Guse demonstrates the most effective way to secure
a bicycle utilizing both a cable and a U-lock.
U-Locks don’t adjust, leaving
space a thief could use to jack
open the lock. A thief needs
only two inches of space to fit in
a jack and force the lock open,
Guse said. The U-Lock also has
a weak locking device and can
be wrenched or struck off.
If students do use the U
Locks, OPS recommends a de
vice called Bad Bones, which
costs about $10. It helps fill the
space and strengthens the lock.
Many companies guarantee
their locks will work. Blue
Heron Bicycles owner Susan
Kelley recommends a $30 Kryp
tonite U-Lock and said the com
To reduce the risk
of bike theft:
■ Record the serial number
of your bike.
■Always lock your bike to a
fixed object.
■ Leave your bike in a well tit
area.
■ Don't leave your bike out
side overnight.
■ Report bike thefts to the
police as soon as possible.
■ Register your bike with
OPS if you’re a University stu
dent.
SOURCE: Eugene Depart
ment of Public Safety.
pany is helpful to its customers.
Kelley said the company even
sent people to Eugene to study
bike thefts.
“I don’t think you can ever
trust your bike to one single
lock,” Kelley said.
Since Sept. 15, the University
has had eight reported bike
thefts. During the 1996 calendar
year, OPS had 188 reported bike
thefts, which was down from
302 the year before.
Several factors caused the de
cline in campus bike theft, Guse
said. Eugene police have made
several key arrests, and student
patrols are watching out for
thieves.
“The student patrol has been
given the task of observing bike
racks,” Guse said.
OPS also is willing to send
representatives to residence
halls, greek houses and co-ops
to educate students on how to
keep their bikes safe.
Guse said one thing that nev
er fails to surprise him is when
he sees a $2,000 bike improper
ly locked to a rack.
Imagine what a thief feels.
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