bike thief gets owned

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 20, 2012 at 11:08am

Not safe for work with sound on.

 

Sorry, I find these recovery stories where the victim has to take matters into their own hands and risk their physical safety to be disenheartening, not uplifting. Moral of the story- if you're not 27 years old and muscular, kiss it goodbye.

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Permalink Reply by Dragonborn on August 20, 2012 at 11:44am

Having your bike stolen is very disheartening. I commend anyone who actively protect their own rightful property and who also take tremendous action to recover such property when it is wrongfully taken away from them. There are those who would label such a person a hero. To me, an even greater hero is someone else helping the victim recover stolen property.

We can't rely on the police to recover our stolen bikes as evidenced by the millions of bicycles in the United States that have never been and may never will be recovered. Sitting in a corner and crying about your stolen bike won't bring it back.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on August 20, 2012 at 12:15pm

That guy in the video is a dumb ass.

I saw that video on BSNYC and you can just go read what he had to say there for the detailson why I think they guy is a douche-nozzle.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 20, 2012 at 12:36pm

Not sure why you're so critical of him. I shout "Citizen's Arrest" several times a week and I can't remember the last time the perp didn't just freeze in their tracks and await the police.

 

notoriousDUG said:

That guy in the video is a dumb ass.

I saw that video on BSNYC and you can just go read what he had to say there for the detailson why I think they guy is a douche-nozzle.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on August 20, 2012 at 1:21pm

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on August 20, 2012 at 1:29pm

Since when does BSNYC get to decide whether someone is douchey?

notoriousDUG said:

That guy in the video is a dumb ass.

I saw that video on BSNYC and you can just go read what he had to say there for the detailson why I think they guy is a douche-nozzle.

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Permalink Reply by jim m on August 20, 2012 at 1:31pm

yes, having a bike stolen is very disheartening and leaves one feeling helpless, knowing that there really isn't much to be done. 

aside from the dickishness of the guy in the video, i think it's pretty great that he had some friends that were willing to go to such great lengths with him to get the bike back.  i commend them for their efforts.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on August 20, 2012 at 3:27pm

I think it's his job...

Duppie said:

Since when does BSNYC get to decide whether someone is douchey?

notoriousDUG said:

That guy in the video is a dumb ass.

I saw that video on BSNYC and you can just go read what he had to say there for the detailson why I think they guy is a douche-nozzle.

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Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on August 20, 2012 at 3:46pm

It took guts to chase down one's own stolen bike 160 miles north.  I'd like to see more stolen bike databases around, not just in Chicago, but also up here in Milwaukee.  While Swap-o-Rama is the primary operation for fencing stolen bikes in Chicago, I wouldn't rule out Seven Mile Fair in Caledonia, just north of Racine.  I wouldn't be surprised if some of the fences fr4om Chicago are going there whenever they find things are getting too hot at Chicago's Swap-o-Rama.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 20, 2012 at 4:58pm

If you have someone who can commit to stewarding and maintaining it, we can get a milwaukee.stolenbike.org set up without too much trouble I think (that was the intent with the current subdomain setup.)

Barry Niel Stuart said:

It took guts to chase down one's own stolen bike 160 miles north.  I'd like to see more stolen bike databases around, not just in Chicago, but also up here in Milwaukee.  While Swap-o-Rama is the primary operation for fencing stolen bikes in Chicago, I wouldn't rule out Seven Mile Fair in Caledonia, just north of Racine.  I wouldn't be surprised if some of the fences fr4om Chicago are going there whenever they find things are getting too hot at Chicago's Swap-o-Rama.

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