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Kbin_space_program@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The most likely answer is crime. Steal a bike, use it for a while, then dump it in a creek/river/ canal.

Happened all the time in Vancouver until the police stopped investigating pretty crime. Now the homeless thieves just have open chop shops for the stolen bikes out in public.

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scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I considered that… but thought that crime is probably pretty low in Amsterdam. Maybe it’s not.

But why would you need to hide a stolen bike after using it for a while? Why not just walk away from it?

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- Summzashi@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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  - Kbin_space_program@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It was an estimation. Petty crime used to pretty low in Vancouver too, but you could still find abandoned bikes in the wild.
    
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