That strongly depends on the city and the places you park your bike. I've never needed to chain my bike, although I do it for new bikes because insurance demands it.
There are neighborhoods in cities like Amsterdam where bicycle theft is pretty much expected to happen no matter how many locks you buy, but in smaller towns there's barely a need to lock your bike at all during the day.
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In the Netherlands you just chain it to something then you’re fine. Otherwise it’s gone in 60 seconds.
That strongly depends on the city and the places you park your bike. I've never needed to chain my bike, although I do it for new bikes because insurance demands it.
There are neighborhoods in cities like Amsterdam where bicycle theft is pretty much expected to happen no matter how many locks you buy, but in smaller towns there's barely a need to lock your bike at all during the day.
Pro tip: just ride an old and rusty omafiets that nobody wants, no need for a chain.
Is it really so binary? Locked bikes don't get stolen?
just a lot less, because there are so many bikes