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On Friday afternoon someone cut through my U-lock with an angle grinder!

In the middle of the afternoon!!  

 

Right after I got done warning someone about locking up with a cable lock.  

 

BYE BYE bike #2 to Chicago bike thieves. Great way to start the summer.

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I'm glad you're coming sir. Please encourage others. Hungover is okay. Nothing worse than apathy. Let's do this people.

notoriousDUG said:
I'll be there when ever and probably very hung over.

Someone should bring doughnuts.

Ron said:
Well we could leave at 7:30 meet at 7:15. Any earlier, I think we risk too many no shows.
what do ya think?

Laura said:
It was recommended earlier that we be at Swap-o-rama BY 7:30. what do you think about leaving a little earlier?

Ron said:
7:30 A.M. Hungover or not.

notoriousDUG said:
What is the meeting time?

Ron said:
Also, I was speaking of meeting at my shop. 1152 N. Milwaukee. We could buzz down to Halsted and be at 43rd street in 1/2hr? 35min?. I get coffee from Grinderman. He's a local cyclist that buy and roasts his own beans in his garage. Then delivers them by bicycle. Pretty tasty, I might add. Shameless plug here. You can read about him at my blog. www.lugschicago.blogspot.com
So it's a 7:15 meet; 7:30 departure? Is 8:00-ish too "late" to the event? Give me the time and I'll be there. Do we need an event posting?

Ron said:
I'm glad you're coming sir. Please encourage others. Hungover is okay. Nothing worse than apathy. Let's do this people.

notoriousDUG said:
I'll be there when ever and probably very hung over.

Someone should bring doughnuts.

Ron said:
Well we could leave at 7:30 meet at 7:15. Any earlier, I think we risk too many no shows.
what do ya think?

Laura said:
It was recommended earlier that we be at Swap-o-rama BY 7:30. what do you think about leaving a little earlier?

Ron said:
7:30 A.M. Hungover or not.

notoriousDUG said:
What is the meeting time?

Ron said:
Also, I was speaking of meeting at my shop. 1152 N. Milwaukee. We could buzz down to Halsted and be at 43rd street in 1/2hr? 35min?. I get coffee from Grinderman. He's a local cyclist that buy and roasts his own beans in his garage. Then delivers them by bicycle. Pretty tasty, I might add. Shameless plug here. You can read about him at my blog. www.lugschicago.blogspot.com
7:30 departure. 1152 N Milwaukee coffee and perhaps donuts. If it's 8 o'clock meet at the flea market as we should already be there or very nearby. There are 2 entrances to the market. Some should start at the rear entrance and some in front. Cameras and web phones will be a big help. As will some balls.

Kevin Conway said:
So it's a 7:15 meet; 7:30 departure? Is 8:00-ish too "late" to the event? Give me the time and I'll be there. Do we need an event posting?

Ron said:
I'm glad you're coming sir. Please encourage others. Hungover is okay. Nothing worse than apathy. Let's do this people.

notoriousDUG said:
I'll be there when ever and probably very hung over.

Someone should bring doughnuts.

Ron said:
Well we could leave at 7:30 meet at 7:15. Any earlier, I think we risk too many no shows.
what do ya think?

Laura said:
It was recommended earlier that we be at Swap-o-rama BY 7:30. what do you think about leaving a little earlier?

Ron said:
7:30 A.M. Hungover or not.

notoriousDUG said:
What is the meeting time?

Ron said:
Also, I was speaking of meeting at my shop. 1152 N. Milwaukee. We could buzz down to Halsted and be at 43rd street in 1/2hr? 35min?. I get coffee from Grinderman. He's a local cyclist that buy and roasts his own beans in his garage. Then delivers them by bicycle. Pretty tasty, I might add. Shameless plug here. You can read about him at my blog. www.lugschicago.blogspot.com
I added an event, so it will be up once approved.
Excellent. Can I suggest a photo for the event?

Dr. Doom said:
I added an event, so it will be up once approved.
ill be there...ill meet yall at the spot. ill have my car with a two-bike rack, in case anything is recovered. ill bring winston as 'intimidation' (if i can get him to look mean enough) as we walk through the swap meet.
i think the tv show "cops" should do a sting operation of bicycle thieves. write them a letter. i imagine a nice bike set up with cameras and cops watching.

or...what about planting a microchip in the bike and locating it via GPS? that would be cool.
Love the photo. Hopefully we'll at least that many people.

Kevin Conway said:
Excellent. Can I suggest a photo for the event?

Dr. Doom said:
I added an event, so it will be up once approved.
7:30 there would definitely be better. I've not seen much of interest inside the swap, and all the info I've received suggest that you have to look for bikes being sold outside the flea market area before things get set up.
Has anyone confirmed that someone will be on hand with mobile web capability?

Kevin Conway said:
So it's a 7:15 meet; 7:30 departure? Is 8:00-ish too "late" to the event? Give me the time and I'll be there. Do we need an event posting?

Ron said:
I'm glad you're coming sir. Please encourage others. Hungover is okay. Nothing worse than apathy. Let's do this people.

notoriousDUG said:
I'll be there when ever and probably very hung over.

Someone should bring doughnuts.

Ron said:
Well we could leave at 7:30 meet at 7:15. Any earlier, I think we risk too many no shows.
what do ya think?

Laura said:
It was recommended earlier that we be at Swap-o-rama BY 7:30. what do you think about leaving a little earlier?

Ron said:
7:30 A.M. Hungover or not.

notoriousDUG said:
What is the meeting time?

Ron said:
Also, I was speaking of meeting at my shop. 1152 N. Milwaukee. We could buzz down to Halsted and be at 43rd street in 1/2hr? 35min?. I get coffee from Grinderman. He's a local cyclist that buy and roasts his own beans in his garage. Then delivers them by bicycle. Pretty tasty, I might add. Shameless plug here. You can read about him at my blog. www.lugschicago.blogspot.com
They did, more than once I think. In the one I've seen rerun several times they used a lojack type device and tracked the bike into a closet where they found a bunch of other stolen stuff.
That bike was locked to a lamp pole and several guys stood on top of each-other to hoist it all the way up and off the lamppost.

Mark Kenseth said:
i think the tv show "cops" should do a sting operation of bicycle thieves. write them a letter. i imagine a nice bike set up with cameras and cops watching.

or...what about planting a microchip in the bike and locating it via GPS? that would be cool.
My phone is web enabled. I've been to this market a ton of times and it really does not matter how early you we there. Stolen bikes are there from start to finish.
What we are doing is letting these shitheads know that we are aware, watching, and willing to reclaim OPS. If there are some who would like us to keep an eye out for a certain bike, please, feel free to let me know. (Photos helpful) I have done this before, and recovered bikes that I personally built for people. No thief wants attention. Lets bring it!

H3N3 said:
They did, more than once I think. In the one I've seen rerun several times they used a lojack type device and tracked the bike into a closet where they found a bunch of other stolen stuff.
That bike was locked to a lamp pole and several guys stood on top of each-other to hoist it all the way up and off the lamppost.

Mark Kenseth said:
i think the tv show "cops" should do a sting operation of bicycle thieves. write them a letter. i imagine a nice bike set up with cameras and cops watching.

or...what about planting a microchip in the bike and locating it via GPS? that would be cool.
Some company needs to design a glass encased u-lock that will shatter and spray glass fragments if cut with an angle grinder. Or one that releases a nerve toxin (I recommended this to an On Guard rep, but I'm not holding my breath.) The problem has moved beyond locks now, unless someone creates a new compound or alloy that cannot be cut with a grinder. So the solution has to be something other than locks. I think the thread about parking infrastructure for cyclists is interesting and necessary. Stopping the supply chain at Swap-o-rama will eventually just move it somewhere else. The smarter and more adventurous thieves already know to hold onto bikes for a while, or move them to other cities. I have helped people reclaim bikes from Swap-o-rama also, and sometimes it works. But the fact will remain that cyclists are still expected to leave their property vulnerable in the city if they wish to park a bike there, and that our supposedly "bike-friendly" city can't really be bothered with the comparatively minor crime of a bike theft. I confess that a part of me would like to see a few of the thieves come to a bad end or at least meet with some u-lock justice, but I'd much rather see Chicago take the problem of bike theft more seriously, both in prevention and in enforcement and recovery. Good luck, right?

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