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• unitedwithme@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Duh, he’s got another stolen bike ready to go to chase after you just in case…

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  • rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s bikes all the way down

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  • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Steal that one back as well

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bike thieves aren’t usually as fast as regular cyclists.

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    • bilb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes we are! >:(

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• Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Something similar happened to me. When my bike was stolen, I notified all of my local bike shops with pics of my bike, and a detailed description about where damage to the frame was, and the numbers stamped on the bottom of the frame. Also filed a police report. I was devastated because this was a bike I built, and therefore custom. (I bought the frame, fork, derailers, chain, rims, tires, handlebar ect as separate components and put it together myself.)

  The thief brought the bike into one of the local shops because he couldn’t figure out how to inflate the tires through the presta valves. The bike shop recognized it, told him to wait while they took care of things, called the police and stalled long enough for the police to show up and arrest the guy.

  I eventually got my bike back after it was done being evidence. Fuck bike thieves.

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  • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When was this that the police cared about a petty burglary?

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    • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      if you basically solve the case for them and all they have to do is to come, pick up the thief and improve their statistics, they might be more eager than if you want them to work.

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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think “where” is the more relevant question

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    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not all cops in all places are all bad all the time. They’re always part of a deeply broken system and all the other parts of the usual rant about cops, but that doesn’t mean they never do a good thing.

      Most cynically: it’s basically a free bump to their performance numbers.
      Most leftishly: a business called, which is closer to who they work for.
      Most probably: theif was still there and someone was close enough that they’d be doing more than taking a meaningless report to file.

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    • Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      25 years ago. Not sure if the shop called 911 or the local PD.

      I recently had a bike stolen from where I work. I happen to work for the state government so the theft was caught on multiple cameras. State police found the guy 2 weeks later after issuing a BOLO, arrested him, and since he was already out on parole due to a previous record, the thief went straight to prison. This last incident was 2 years ago.

      ACAB, but despite that some actually enjoy solving crimes.

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    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A custom bike is valuable enough to meet the definition of grand larceny in many jurisdictions.

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    • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just about in any civilized country.

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s too bad you had to do the jobs that we pay cops to do, but they were too busy sitting on the side of the road pulling people over, and making the roadways less safe.

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• KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This happened to me except that straight up told them that was my bike and said I’m taking it now. I did verify that they weren’t in a dire financial state before I left though because if it meant they were not going to eat tonight, I wanted to make sure they were taken care of.

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  • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This reminds me of my favorite scene from the movie Slacker.

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• MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  VKLVL7fpIx5jyQb.jpg

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  • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can hear this image, and it’s glorious.

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• Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had a friend in Philly who had his bike stolen. Custom paint job, BMX, it was his bike, no doubt about it. He knows who stole it too, sees a shady character every day, and eventually sees him riding it. He yells at the dude, that’s my bike, and I’m going to get it back.

  One day he sees it chained up to a sign. Happens to be right near a hardware store, and goes in, gives the worker his phone as collateral for some bolt cutters, goes out, cuts the chain off, and takes his bike back.

  This all happened while we were at a party at his house, and he walks in all triumphant, it was pretty spectacular shit.

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• PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just pictured a movie scene in my head where she narrowly escapes the guy, riding the bike like a bat out of hell. He pulls out a gun, starts shooting as she disappears in the distance. A cop car arrives, lights flashing. She’s forced to take narrow and hazardous back alleys. Cut to police dogs barking. She fords a river while carrying the bike over her shoulder to erase the scent.
  Late at night, still riding the bike, she arrives at her home, totally exhausted, covered with dirt and leeches, hair disheveled, only to find her actual bike - that looks exactly like the one she just stole from the guy, who is really poor and had to sell the bike to pay for his divorce - chained to the lamp post in front of her house, the same place where she had left it.

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  • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Could make a decent short film yeah.

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  • Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    22:41
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    ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ $ 230
    ★★★☆☆

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  • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like to think that whole epic popped into your head in complete form in a quarter of a second upon seeing this.

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  • softwarist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Found Christopher Nolan

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  • BlackPenguins@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also known as Premium Rush with JGL.

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• bryophile@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Funny that this bicycle thief still has such faith in humanity that he trusts you to not ride off with the bike

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well it didn’t cost him anything.

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• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• Tuxman@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Obligatory plug for 529 Garage which is a community led database for stolen bikes. Police usually know about it so if they bust a fencing warehouse and see the sticker, they will be able to find the owner.

  project529.com

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  • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol people would just peel the sticker off, no?

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    • Tuxman@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My bad 🤣 calling it a sticker is a bit reductive. It takes time and effort to remove without damaging the bike, and it’s a sign for thieves that this bike is in a prevention database.

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    • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      While the stickers are one option, you can also enter the bike’s serial, which is etched on at manufacture time. It’s a little less likely they’ll check, but good to have a record especially for anyone buying a bike used.

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• theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Two wrongs don’t make a right. /s

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  • PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Two wheels don’t make a bike.

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  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You say /s but I vaguely remember someone being arrested for something similar in the US. Because I guess justice without the approval of a judge is illegal over there.

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    • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I vaguely remember someone being arrested for something similar in the US

      arrested for what. riding your own bike?

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• JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Technically not stealing if you’re just… reclaiming your own property 😭 brilliant move.

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• stupidcasey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Aren’t bikes mass produced? Like it could be anyone’s.

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  • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    things change with time, little bumps, little scratches, even if you don’t use something for a while and just leave it out in a room with access to sunlight it will change. maybe striaght out of the facotry they were all identical but your item can become unique literally the second you touch it, if you touch it hard enough

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• vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  related song

  Rabbit Junk - Death Of A Bike Thief

  rabbitjunk.bandcamp.com/…/death-of-a-bike-thief

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