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Originally Posted by Adastra
Ironically I had my tank bag stolen while on the bike in traffic just near where the picture of the car in this thread was taken in Esfahan, Iran! But there were warnings that I just didn't pickup on.
I road with soft panniers (had things in there that didn't matter if they got stolen) and a locked old top box for more important things. I would definitely do the same again (just attach my tank bag in a better way!!!) I used smaller lightweight waterproof bags to put my stuff in soft bags so just grabbed what I needed for the night from my bike and put an old cover over the rest. No problems at all but I was also in countries that I think are relatively low risk.
Cheers
Adastra
Ride Pray Laugh....... the not so MiddleEast Adventures (now)
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Sorry to hear that. Iran is in general an extremely safe country, although bad luck may happen to all of us. We actually "adopted" one British guy who got robbed (knife at hand at 4am in Tehran; passport, cash, Ipod, etc) so he could save a bunch in transport and others. Very rare case, though. Hope you enjoyed it anyway (and still have nice souvenir of Esfahan).
Pacsafe had a tankbag with a steel cable lockable to the front.
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Originally Posted by houltmac
Not only is it waterproof, very easy to unpack and versatile (as all the bags can easily be swapped for different sizes) but it looks too complex to steal.
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Don't count on that complexness in Spanish cities on the Mediterranean coast, I am sorry/ashamed to say  . In my hometown, Seville, they may last less than 5 min unattended (not exaggerating); we locals get robbed as well! Your Kriegas, they may look fancier, nice looking, so straps cut (no more complexness); and when profis show up, your lock nicely opened overnight in the place of your bike meaning "find something more difficult to open, pls". Sad to say: always attach to a solid anchor, vans are big enough for bikes sometimes...
Anywhere else (where robbery is not fierce), as Ted said: crap looking (and some common sense) is a great "deterrent".
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