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simple ways to keep your bike from getting jacked
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That bike has been up there for months. not moved
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm surprised it took this long. I've seen that bike outside of cheapside for months and the chain has been completely rusted for a long time.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

went by today and the wheel, handlebar & stem, brake lever are all gone too. it's been there, complete, for months. either the guy that got the wheel came back for more, or he started the feeding frenzy
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Broken window theory at work.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've seen a lot of lock fails this week...including a bike secured with a 1/8" steel cable, with a U lock through the loops at the end but not touching the frame and another bike with only the quick release front wheel chained to a rack.

And this today on MLK: (wish I had gotten a picture)
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't get what the picture has to do with the lock fails....
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not security related, he just looked dumb.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm getting the impression that a lot of the bike thefts recently have been the result of people leaving their bikes unattended in open garages, backyard sheds and carports. You know, the kind where the front is always open so people who are lurking around can see everything of value that you may have in there?

I think some people have this false sense of security that because they have a nice home, or live in a relatively crime-free area that simply stashing their bike in the back where it is out of plain sight will keep it safe. Perhaps just the fact that a shed or other detached structure provides some degree of shelter, so therefore it must also give some security as well.

Even if they are locked up, the best option is always to bring those bikes inside somewhere safe so people do not have access to them. Even if I was living in a cramped apartment with three roommates and had to walk up a flight of stairs... you better believe I would still find a way to bring my bike(s) inside.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

does anybody know who makes those keyed quick releases? i'm not referring to 10-5mm ones, but the ones with individually coded locks. they make seatpost bolts too.
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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lockfail last night at Cheapside:


note: I might have stolen this bike for 30 seconds, but only because Tiff made me.
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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you know this person, smack them upside the head with that dinky cable lock next time you see them.

as an added bonus I will pay you with an undersized, red SE Draft if you get it on video.
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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bet you'd be more forgiving if his tires and bar tape were also red, to match the cable, lock, frame and seat.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don’t give up. Sometimes it takes quite a while for a stolen bicycle to surface. Be patient and tenacious in your searching, and you just might be rewarded as my 14-year-old daughter was. It took her two years, but she kept looking, and one day got her bicycle back by asking for it from the boy she saw riding it.
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