Comment on Anon makes money

herrwoland@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ll take $75 of my profits and buy a shit new bike whenever someone I can’t beat up takes it

  (I cannot beat up many people. I would not profit from this model.)

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And they’re not going to steal a $75 bike, they steal nice bikes that have resell value.

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    • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s just not true sadly

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      • Kalothar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah the people that steal bikes and the people that know a lot about bike values are probably not usually the same guys

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    • JDubbleu@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There’s two things that will get your bike stolen. Having a shitter lock than everyone else or a nicer bike. I’d heavily recommend having a better lock

      I have an ebike worth about $2k given it’s range and top speed. However, I only lock it to extremely secure objects, and use a 10lb, 14 mm chain to secure it. So you’ve either gotta pick the lock which took LockPickingLawyer 2 minutes to do in a vice, cut whatever it’s attached to with an angle grinder, or cut through the chain.

      I doubt anyone is picking the lock, so they have to get through whatever it’s attached to, at which point the chain is still locking the awkward to carry, 100lb bike stationary. If they go for the chain I figure they’ll likely misalign the cutoff wheel at least once and it’ll explode in their face. Needless to say I don’t worry about my bike for day to day use, and if you get a similar lock setup you won’t have to either.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Sure. My area has low crime, my bike isn’t worth a ton (was $500-600 new), and I use a well-regarded u-lock. Never had it stolen.

        But OP is talking about trying to get the bike stolen so they can jump the thief and steal their money. That doesn’t seem very effective with a $75 bike, which is going to be some big-box hand-me-down pile of crap that most homeless people are going to ignore, much less motivated bike thieves. If you want your bike stolen, it needs to be worth the time to bring it to the pawn shop.

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      • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Thays why you need an ebike, to carry the chain to lock it :)

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      • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The average Joe won’t bother stealing your bike, but the pros will simply take a bolt cutter and remove your chain or lock.

        A good bolt cutter is a small investment for people who do this for a living.

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    • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Plot twist: it’s actually a nice, stolen bike that I buy for $75.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Plot twist: you stole it yourself

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    • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Depends on who’s stealing it/ why. Could be stealing it purely for means of transportation.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The type of people willing to ride, much less steal, a $75 bike aren’t going to be carrying much cash. So you’re not really attracting the right targets.

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