For great security, go with a Phantom security setup. its like lojack, but not crap. as I understand their system, if the bike moves without the alarm deactivated, you are immediately notified, and they can track the bike's movement pretty accurately, which helps cops a good bit. but remember, like many other things, there are only so many places on your bike you can hide an alarm, and all of them are fairly easy to access.
For parking it somewhere, I'd go with a Kryptonite lock and cable setup, run through the FRAME, not a wheel, FRAME. the wheel, all a thief needs do, is remove that axle, and BAM they've got a bike with one wheel, not that htat one wheel is a big deal to them anyways. frame is much more of a bitch to get the cable off of.
I use mine for daily transit, but mine looks like shit, which makes it less appealing to a thief, because in a group of more appealing bikes, or newer and better looking, mine will probably be like the Yugo in the back corner of the parking lot. aint nobody gonna bother with it.
changing the fluids is a good idea. never hurts at the least.
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