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The sceond group looked because they saw the sparks and heard the grinding as they were approaching.
This thief doesn't leave the lock pieces behind.
More on these thieves:
http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/holy-fracking-cow-chicagos...
S.Presley said:
My God! It took they guy 1 min. from the time he pulled the angle grinder from it's bag to the time that he was riding off with the bike! I had no idea that they were so quick. Scary.
Bob,
I watched this "What Would You Do" episode and if I didn't see it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. Wow. Those people were absolutely bigoted. I can hardly believe it, even having seen it!
Bob A. said:
Love the stills that you made with the dotted lines of sight. One of the comments someone left on YouTube about it is absolutely true--people turn a blind eye because the bike thief is white. And that ABC series, "What Would You Do," proves this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0kV_b3IK9M
It's hard to guess what one would do if confronted by this situation. Calling the police would be a good first step, though they'd likely arrive several minutes after the thief had gotten away. And a thief who is holding a running angle grinder--if it cuts hardened steel that fast, how long would it take the thief to slice off your legs or arms or push the spinning grinder into your face if you confronted him?
I've watched the video several times, but can't really identify this thief as either Kenny (a big ugly bald African-American guy) or Gilberto (an even bigger, uglier latino mofo), though the "USAJ" t-shirt and logo baseball cap are distinctive in the video. I had the opportunity in court a couple weeks back to spend considerable time studying the both of them in person, and I don't think I'd last even a minute with either in a fist fight (I'm 5'8")--and Gilberto is in trouble right now for carrying a gun, so he may be deadly. The "grinder guy" in this video got out of a car down the block out of the PASSENGER side, which makes me think his pal was still sitting in the driver's seat, ready to lend a hand in a fight or a quick getaway car if necessary.
My bike isn't worth getting killed over, nor is a random stranger's bike.
I'm starting to think I'm going to have to take the quick release front wheel, the seat and the quick release pedals with me when I lock up, to completely disable the bike while I'm away. Since I can't prevent someone from chewing through my U-Lock, the best I can hope for is that he can't ride away on it--he'd have to carry it, slowing him down considerably.
It's hard to guess what one would do if confronted by this situation. Calling the police would be a good first step, though they'd likely arrive several minutes after the thief had gotten away. And a thief who is holding a running angle grinder--if it cuts hardened steel that fast, how long would it take the thief to slice off your legs or arms or push the spinning grinder into your face if you confronted him?
I've watched the video several times, but can't really identify this thief as either Kenny (a big ugly bald African-American guy) or Gilberto (an even bigger, uglier latino mofo), though the "USAJ" t-shirt and logo baseball cap are distinctive in the video. I had the opportunity in court a couple weeks back to spend considerable time studying the both of them in person, and I don't think I'd last even a minute with either in a fist fight (I'm 5'8")--and Gilberto is in trouble right now for carrying a gun, so he may be deadly. The "grinder guy" in this video got out of a car down the block out of the PASSENGER side, which makes me think his pal was still sitting in the driver's seat, ready to lend a hand in a fight or a quick getaway car if necessary.
My bike isn't worth getting killed over, nor is a random stranger's bike.
I'm starting to think I'm going to have to take the quick release front wheel, the seat and the quick release pedals with me when I lock up, to completely disable the bike while I'm away. Since I can't prevent someone from chewing through my U-Lock, the best I can hope for is that he can't ride away on it--he'd have to carry it, slowing him down considerably.
I wonder if putting a disc lock through the chainring and locking it to the downtube would be useful in preventing a thief from pedaling my bike away? And I wonder why bicycle manufacturers don't provide fork locks as motorcycles do? When you park a motorcycle, you turn the fork all the way to the left and press in the lock. That way, even if you try to walk the bike away, you can't straighten the fork, and the bike will just go in left-hand circles. It seems like it would be useful to bicycle security and the component already exists.
Thunder,
I think your idea of removing quick release parts is good. I have always worked towards setting my bikes up so they have no quick releases on them because I was afraid of someone stealing it too easy anything with a quick release. I had never even heard of quick release pedals. Pedals are easy to carry around and have you ever tried to ride your bike with out pedals?? lol. I have, it's hilarious!
Thunder Snow said:
It's hard to guess what one would do if confronted by this situation. Calling the police would be a good first step, though they'd likely arrive several minutes after the thief had gotten away. And a thief who is holding a running angle grinder--if it cuts hardened steel that fast, how long would it take the thief to slice off your legs or arms or push the spinning grinder into your face if you confronted him?
I've watched the video several times, but can't really identify this thief as either Kenny (a big ugly bald African-American guy) or Gilberto (an even bigger, uglier latino mofo), though the "USAJ" t-shirt and logo baseball cap are distinctive in the video. I had the opportunity in court a couple weeks back to spend considerable time studying the both of them in person, and I don't think I'd last even a minute with either in a fist fight (I'm 5'8")--and Gilberto is in trouble right now for carrying a gun, so he may be deadly. The "grinder guy" in this video got out of a car down the block out of the PASSENGER side, which makes me think his pal was still sitting in the driver's seat, ready to lend a hand in a fight or a quick getaway car if necessary.
My bike isn't worth getting killed over, nor is a random stranger's bike.
I'm starting to think I'm going to have to take the quick release front wheel, the seat and the quick release pedals with me when I lock up, to completely disable the bike while I'm away. Since I can't prevent someone from chewing through my U-Lock, the best I can hope for is that he can't ride away on it--he'd have to carry it, slowing him down considerably.
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