bike theft little village
between sunday 5pm and tuesday 3am 4 bicycles were stolen on trumbull half a block north of 26th. one 2009 Kona smoke with a sticker on it saying it came from a shop at five points on the eastside of nashville, tn , one 1980s lady's schwinn tour, one raleigh with expensive wheels, and one fuji with a large basket.
my fiance almost did not make it to his first day of work...he had been out of work for 6 months and this was his first day and if he did not show up he was going to lose his spot. the pink line was not running and if he tried to take the bus he would have been late and lost the job. we were lucky to get a taxi in time.
i want to say to the a_____e/s that stole our bikes and almost made us lose one of our jobs and then not be able to pay our rent and eat....f____ you!
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Permalink Reply by El Dorado on
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Chicago is the bike theft capital of the country. The thefts don't stop because of the colder weather. The best defense is a NYC Kryptonite U-Lock AND a bikeregistry.com type of harden chain with a monster padlock. I'll keep my eye out for those bikes as I ride through that area on occasion.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on
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No. It's not.
El Dorado said:Chicago is the bike theft capital of the country. [snip]
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Permalink Reply by Vondo on
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I don't think Little Village is even that high up on the list of thefts in the city, I (probably very naively) feel less nervous leaving my nicer bicycles locked around here than i do when I lock up around wicker park.
Sorry this happened, serves as a reminder to me that I need to double lock EVERYWHERE.
Kevin C said:No. It's not.
El Dorado said:Chicago is the bike theft capital of the country. [snip]
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Statistically NYC has more bike thefts than Chicago. However, NYC is 3X the population of Chicago. Portland, San Francisco, LA and Seattle are also high theft city but don't surprise Chicago.
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Several experts agree that Chicago bike theft happens so often because the police do not take the reports seriously. As I stated before, bikes parked downtown are generally locked up pretty good. Home Depot/Menards need to start keeping records of those who purchase cordless angle grinders. That could reduce a large amount of thefts.
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And here I was starting to think you didn't have any facts to support your assertions. Are you at liberty to divulge the identities of your anonymous experts?
El Dorado said:Several experts agree that Chicago bike theft happens so often because the police do not take the reports seriously. As I stated before, bikes parked downtown are generally locked up pretty good. Home Depot/Menards need to start keeping records of those who purchase cordless angle grinders. That could reduce a large amount of thefts.
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Kevin, I recall reading it in a old British bike magazine. I'm too lazy to dig it out right now. You sound almost like the current police commissioner. Always downplaying the actual crime. I believe in making your bike ugly technique. While it's true they can chop up the parts, it will make it a bit harder to pawn or sell at the Swap O Rama.
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Permalink Reply by Josh L. on
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I know we've had this debate ten million times but I've just browsed through the first few pages of the stolenbike.orgsite. A few notes about the most recent theft reports:
1) The three most prevalent theft types are cut cables (#1), not locked, and moved pole. I too leave my bike unlocked on my condo deck and from now on will stop this. On the moved pole issue, I was not aware how often this "sucker threat" approach is used. I rarely lock to poles but may try to avoid it entirely.
2) Cut ulocks are rare but I was surprised it was done twice in the 30 or so reports I read. Wonder how accurate those reports are but if true concerning. Surprised someone did it at a green line stop.
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The Chicago Stolen Bike Registry was contacted by Paul Biasco of DNAinfo on October 30th. Howard and I both spoke to him on the same day. As is usually the case, we spoke to him about prevention and locking methods, but the hook for the story, and the resulting article was all about a witnessed event of a bike being stolen by removing a signpost from the base. While the resulting article may not have been as helpful as we may have liked in the broader objective of theft prevention, I give the writer credit for finding a hook that resonated with the local media. The inclusion of "gangs" in his headline probably contributed to this phenomenon, but within the next 3 days, the CSBR was contacted by FoxNews, CBSTV, WGN radio, and Brandmeier's producer about the marauding gangs of sucker pole thieves terrorizing the City.
The fact of the matter is, defeated sign poles are a comparatively small percentage of reports to the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. The CSBR received 1099 theft reports for 2013 (as of 11/18). Of that number, 83 (7.6%) were locked to a sign pole. A total of 23 (2%) were identified as having been stolen by defeating the object that the bike was locked to. The sucker pole is little more than an issue du jour.The bump you observed may have had something to do with the DNA article, the CSBR being mentioned in the article, and the increased awareness on the part of the general public of bikes being stolen by removing sign poles.
jolondon30 said:I know we've had this debate ten million times but I've just browsed through the first few pages of the stolenbike.orgsite. A few notes about the most recent theft reports:
1) The three most prevalent theft types are cut cables (#1), not locked, and moved pole. I too leave my bike unlocked on my condo deck and from now on will stop this. On the moved pole issue, I was not aware how often this "sucker threat" approach is used. I rarely lock to poles but may try to avoid it entirely.
2) Cut ulocks are rare but I was surprised it was done twice in the 30 or so reports I read. Wonder how accurate those reports are but if true concerning. Surprised someone did it at a green line stop.
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I suppose it's not impossible, but it would be a pretty sorry commentary on the quality of Chicago bike thieves if they're getting their ideas from a newspaper.
h' 1.0 said:[snip]
Another thought though... do you think there's a chance that all the attention to sign poles motivated a few people who otherwise would have stuck to garage break-ins and CPS thefts to join the party?
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Well if there cutting through the citys signs then the police may be more interested. As that would be criminal damage to city property.
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thanks Kevin for clarifying.
Kevin C said:The Chicago Stolen Bike Registry was contacted by Paul Biasco of DNAinfo on October 30th. Howard and I both spoke to him on the same day. As is usually the case, we spoke to him about prevention and locking methods, but the hook for the story, and the resulting article was all about a witnessed event of a bike being stolen by removing a signpost from the base. While the resulting article may not have been as helpful as we may have liked in the broader objective of theft prevention, I give the writer credit for finding a hook that resonated with the local media. The inclusion of "gangs" in his headline probably contributed to this phenomenon, but within the next 3 days, the CSBR was contacted by FoxNews, CBSTV, WGN radio, and Brandmeier's producer about the marauding gangs of sucker pole thieves terrorizing the City.
The fact of the matter is, defeated sign poles are a comparatively small percentage of reports to the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. The CSBR received 1099 theft reports for 2013 (as of 11/18). Of that number, 83 (7.6%) were locked to a sign pole. A total of 23 (2%) were identified as having been stolen by defeating the object that the bike was locked to. The sucker pole is little more than an issue du jour.The bump you observed may have had something to do with the DNA article, the CSBR being mentioned in the article, and the increased awareness on the part of the general public of bikes being stolen by removing sign poles.
jolondon30 said:I know we've had this debate ten million times but I've just browsed through the first few pages of the stolenbike.orgsite. A few notes about the most recent theft reports:
1) The three most prevalent theft types are cut cables (#1), not locked, and moved pole. I too leave my bike unlocked on my condo deck and from now on will stop this. On the moved pole issue, I was not aware how often this "sucker threat" approach is used. I rarely lock to poles but may try to avoid it entirely.
2) Cut ulocks are rare but I was surprised it was done twice in the 30 or so reports I read. Wonder how accurate those reports are but if true concerning. Surprised someone did it at a green line stop.
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