I made another thread about this, but might as well post it again.
My roof rack was stolen about a week ago. It consisted of 4 of the older style Yakima Q-towers. Each tower had a lock from SKS. I also had a Yakima Sprocket Rocket, with yet another SKS lock on it. Luckily my road bike wasn't on the rack, but still... the rack is gone. All the locks were locked by the way. The way the thief stole it was... He either used a screw driver or pry bar, and bent the clips out. After bending out clips on the rack say, on both towers on the driver's side, the rack apparently will just come off. What pisses me off more than anything is that the thief won't even be able to sell it or use it, so he probably just threw it away. If you guys know how the Sprocket Rocket locks, then you'll know what I mean.
http://yakima.com/shop/bike/top/sprocketrocket
Reason why I'm telling you guys this is, that I kept my rack on ALL THE TIME. My car was parked in a fairly wealthy neighborhood. Even with 5 SKS locks that were LOCKED, my shit still got jacked. For me, it was laziness, that's the only reason that I never took it off. If I ever get a rack again, it's not going to be on top of my car regularly... Unless it's the kind that locks into the rain gutter area on the roof.
Just saying, careful guys.
Bookmarks