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I have an AirZounds horn on my commuter bike. Very lightweight, piercing and annoyingly loud. In fact, it's SO loud that I use it as sparingly as possible.
As an anti-theft device, one could discretely run the tubing to a hidden switch under the seat. Anyone sitting on the bike without knowing
to reset that switch would set off the horn until they dismounted (or the bottle runs out of air).
The thing is so loud that it's unlikely the owner of the bike would forget to turn off more than once -- or that a thief would stick around for even the few seconds it might take to find the switch or cut the air hoses.
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A security system should work even when a thief expects it. It's quite possible to take a bike without sitting on it, and possible even to ride it away. |
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However you could create a bike lock which set one off if you tried to cut it. That way the bottle/horn combination could be properly armoured and the thief would have pick the lock to take the bike. |
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I'n going to bone this as long as it's ass activated, as only an ass would get caught by it. But I do see potential. . . |
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Bad Jim- Instead of putting the trigger under the seat as I originally suggested, or into a lock you offered - how about something that would go off if the bike was rolled more than a few feet? |
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I don't think it's needful to armor the bottle or the horn, but it would probably make sense to hide it. It might be best to have a standard looking AirZounds setup that would function as a normal horn -- but have the same bottle also feed a separate, hidden hose and horn assembly for the alarm. |
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