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Subject: Re: Suggestions on protecting Dynamo light from theft?
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Torx safety bolts would work well too.  odds are hardly anyone is going to 
have a tool for those and someone couldn't make an allen wrench "work" like 
they might be able to with a standard torx.   To Peter's point, it won't 
matter if the bike is in the same place every day.

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On Monday, November 12, 2012 9:27:04 AM UTC-7, Ty Smith wrote:
>
> Hey Everyone! 
>
> Just got my lighting set-up running perfectly on my Brevet bike, which 
> is a Salsa Casseroll. Edelux light up front and B&M Seculite in the 
> rear. Absolutely love it, and now want to have this same set up on my 
> main commuter, a Bike Friday Tikit, as well as my shopping/Cargo bike, 
> which is a converted Specialized mountain bike. 
>
> Though I never leave my folding bike outside, and my rando bike only 
> with a group of other rando bikes at a control on a brevet. I do lock 
> up my shopping bike. It was my first commuter bike and I have locking 
> skewers on everything. But there are no locking skewers for the 
> mountain bolts for a dynamo headlight, at least none that I know of. 
>
>  So I am worried that if I put a nice Edelux on the front of that 
> bike, it would be easy to steal. 
>
> On of the local bike shops I go to suggested putting silicone caulking 
> in the bolt hole once I have secured the light. I can see how that 
> would work, but it would be very difficult to adjust that light, 
> should I hit a bump and it move, or I need to remove it for service. 
>
> Any suggestions out there? 
>
> Thanks, 
>
> Ty 
> -- 
> http://thecrazyrandonneur.wordpress.com/ 
>

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Torx safety bolts would work well too. &nbsp;odds are hardly anyone is going to have a tool for those and someone couldn't make an allen wrench "work" like they might be able to with a standard torx. &nbsp; To Peter's point, it won't matter if the bike is in the same place every day.<div><br></div><p class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both; "><a imageanchor="1" href="http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJ4/GUA4/G7DYYIJB/FJ4GUA4G7DYYIJB.MEDIUM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img style="" src="http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJ4/GUA4/G7DYYIJB/FJ4GUA4G7DYYIJB.MEDIUM.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="247"></a></p><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJ4/GUA4/G7DYYIJB/FJ4GUA4G7DYYIJB.MEDIUM.jpg<br><br>On Monday, November 12, 2012 9:27:04 AM UTC-7, Ty Smith wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">Hey Everyone!
<br>
<br>Just got my lighting set-up running perfectly on my Brevet bike, which
<br>is a Salsa Casseroll. Edelux light up front and B&amp;M Seculite in the
<br>rear. Absolutely love it, and now want to have this same set up on my
<br>main commuter, a Bike Friday Tikit, as well as my shopping/Cargo bike,
<br>which is a converted Specialized mountain bike.
<br>
<br>Though I never leave my folding bike outside, and my rando bike only
<br>with a group of other rando bikes at a control on a brevet. I do lock
<br>up my shopping bike. It was my first commuter bike and I have locking
<br>skewers on everything. But there are no locking skewers for the
<br>mountain bolts for a dynamo headlight, at least none that I know of.
<br>
<br>&nbsp;So I am worried that if I put a nice Edelux on the front of that
<br>bike, it would be easy to steal.
<br>
<br>On of the local bike shops I go to suggested putting silicone caulking
<br>in the bolt hole once I have secured the light. I can see how that
<br>would work, but it would be very difficult to adjust that light,
<br>should I hit a bump and it move, or I need to remove it for service.
<br>
<br>Any suggestions out there?
<br>
<br>Thanks,
<br>
<br>Ty
<br>-- 
<br><a href="http://thecrazyrandonneur.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://thecrazyrandonneur.<wbr>wordpress.com/</a>
<br></blockquote></div></div>
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