When do you take the battery with you?
Posted by Kakairo@reddit | ebikes | View on Reddit | 19 comments
I've never been in the habit of taking my battery with me when I lock up in public. With my previous jobs, I could bring my bike into the office, but now I'm locking up on Chicago's Michigan Ave, a very busy street with a lot of foot traffic, for 8 hours a day. Do you think I should be taking my battery with me inside each day?
MeanOldFart-dcca@reddit
When would you not like it drained or stolen?
FluffyReflection3847@reddit
You don't have a built in lock in your battery to lock it to your bike frame
Kakairo@reddit (OP)
I do, but I worry that it's easier to pick. Way easier than my bike lock, for sure.
TopRepulsive4766@reddit
I only take it when I'm gonna be quite a distance from the ebike for a longer period of time. My battery is really heavy and barely fits in my backpack.
If I'm just going in a store for a bit, I don't take it. If anyone touches the ebike, I can easily hear the alarm inside a store.
If I'm gonna be at someone's house that is quite a distance from me, I will bring the battery and the charger inside with me and do some charging while I'm visiting.
toaster404@reddit
Backpack. I'd really take it on Michigan! I've seen a goodly number of predators there.
JonboatJohn@reddit
Dude. That bike will be gone in a week.
Objective_Put_1565@reddit
I lock my bike outside for 8 hours everyday in a heavy foot traffic area. My battery is 50+lbs, and I would NEVER dream about leaving my battery attactched to my bike. Most of these ebike batteries can be dismounted with a few strong, well placed kicks to the battery mounting.
Massive-Technician74@reddit
Yes...and seat too
o_Divine_o@reddit
Did it one time, then never again.
Now that I have an eride pro, I don't even lock up the bike when I shop. I go to places where there's less foot traffic.
speculator100k@reddit
Always, except for home in the garage.
Ok-Type-8917@reddit
I do on rare occasions when I'm somewhere for more than a few minutes. I also realize that many thieves may not know that the battery has been removed so I hang a sign that says "Battery Removed".
Kakairo@reddit (OP)
Mine is "semi-integrated", so it's very obvious to see.
Ok-Type-8917@reddit
Yeah, one of my bikes it's obvious the other two are folders so it's inside.
Vivid_Ad_1458@reddit
Even the downtube bosch locks can be bypassed rather fast. Make your bike unattractive. Who wants to steal an ebike without a battery.
Fetz-@reddit
I've got my DIY battery stolen on my university campus.
Now I use a battery that needs a key to remove from the bike and otherwise can't be removed without damaging the battery.
But I never remove it from the bike.
Kakairo@reddit (OP)
I do have a lock, I just worry that it's not very good.
APisAccounting@reddit
I take my battery inside because of extra cold or extra hot weather, I dont want my battery getting destroyed from that. Although I bring it inside of a backpack and dont tell anyone, and leave the zippers open a bit so it can breathe. Mine is UL certified and I bought my bike brand new from Lectric so its safe.
General_Worth7466@reddit
For sure if not for the sake of charging for the peace of mind that cheap ass lock is only slowing someone that wants it down and short of a u lock you should be using cut proof chain cause regular chain someone can cut with no noise and a pair of 2fters
Scavenge101@reddit
If you can, may as well. Batteries are usually the 1st or 2nd most expensive part of the bike and also tend to use cheap locks that can be raked pretty easily. I dunno if they can be easily enough hocked to justify bothering to steal them but no point in taking the risk.