
It seems that bike thefts are on the rise in Champaign-Urbana. Just in the last week, a fairly expensive bike was stolen (
and recovered a couple of days later) from the Bike Project co-op, and I've heard a couple of stories of people who had their bikes stolen after the thief cut their locks off. There's no airtight plan that will prevent someone from stealing your bike, but there are some steps to take to make that less likely, and also things you can do to make it more likely that your bike will be recovered if it is stolen.