[BikeLongmont] City of Longmont Bike Registration

[Mike Dodge]

Craig,

I'm sure they meant to say seat tube, not seat post.

>From: "Craig D. Smith" <craig at powersmith.net>
>Reply-To: craig at powersmith.net
>To: <bike at bicyclelongmont.org>
>Subject: [BikeLongmont] City of Longmont Bike Registration
>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:43:03 -0700
>
>I got a new road bike this year and decided to register it with the City 
of
>Longmont.  It is a free service and is supposed to help the recovery 
rate in
>the event of theft.  Went to the police station and gave them the
>particulars on the bike and my contact info and they gave me a numbered
>sticker for the bike in return.  So far, so good.  The woman there told 
me
>to attach the sticker to the seatpost of the bike.  That is their 
preferred
>position.  I told her that I change seatposts from time to time and that 
a
>thief can EASILY remove the seatpost from the bike leaving it without 
any
>registration ID.  Instead, I attached the sticker to the back of the 
seat
>tube right below the seatpost, which seemed much more sensible to me.  
Am I
>missing something or is there a good reason for putting it on the 
seatpost?
>If there is consensus, perhaps Bike Longmont can suggest that the City
>change their preferred location for the sticker.
>
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