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Bike recovered but situation stinks

Listing and recovery story:

http://chicago.stolenbike.org/node/193546

Theft in action:

Craigslist ad:

Seller info as per victim:

Name: Kirk Gxxxxxx
Phone:             773-621-5936      
Address: xxxxxxxx, Chicago, IL
Description: white male, approx 6'0'', approx 40 YO, pony tail
(edit-- info removed-- contact me if you need it.)
My guess is that the seller hits our favorite cesspool at 41st/Ashland early and often and keeps the thieves/fences in business.
Seller gets his money, victim ends up paying buyer, no legal consequences to anyone.
Stinks to high heaven.

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 19, 2012 at 10:03pm

The whole story is here at your fingertips, but if you'd rather just stare at the image and not read any of the text or follow the link I could see how that might be entertaining for you.

Zoetrope said:

It looks like he might be trying to steal the pink bike while the "Masi" is, to my eye, completely unidentifiable.  This is one strange thread...

Permalink Reply by prof.gfr on November 20, 2012 at 12:31am

Wow. Has Dug completed his studies of how long it takes to defeat various locks with an angle grinder? Wasn't he collecting old bike locks as some part of experiment? Looks like this took ~5 min to defeat a Krypto Evolution from the stolen bike registry report. Yikes! 

Permalink Reply by Cameron 7.5 mi on November 20, 2012 at 4:54am

The results of Doug's tests completed so far are here:

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/i-want-your-busted-or-unwa...

 

Looks like it took Doug 27 seconds to cut a Kyrptonite Evo (I believe that Evos were the orange style Kyptonites).

prof.gfr said:

Wow. Has Dug completed his studies of how long it takes to defeat various locks with an angle grinder? Wasn't he collecting old bike locks as some part of experiment? Looks like this took ~5 min to defeat a Krypto Evolution from the stolen bike registry report. Yikes! 

Permalink Reply by notoriousDUG on November 20, 2012 at 8:16am

I have not gotten any new locks lately.

I very much doubt it took 5 minutes to defeat the lock but it does take longer to defeat a lock 'in the wild' because it is harder to hold it steady.


prof.gfr said:

Wow. Has Dug completed his studies of how long it takes to defeat various locks with an angle grinder? Wasn't he collecting old bike locks as some part of experiment? Looks like this took ~5 min to defeat a Krypto Evolution from the stolen bike registry report. Yikes! 

Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on November 20, 2012 at 8:24am

I wouldn't make fun of someone for watching their bike get stolen.  Some people freeze, some are anti-confrontational.

let's just say if you have never been in the situation, you may react differently the first time around.  I may react differently today than I would have a few years ago now that I've been in some situations that taught me a few things.  

I agree, some people may be wondering if the guy has a gun, knife, or friends waiting for him nearby. 

Many of us would scream, yell, make a scene, but don't put down those who won't or can't think clearly in that sort of situation. 

Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on November 20, 2012 at 11:23am

It looks like me and that NYC person are in the same boat.  I thought I understood the story, but the 'theft in action' picture threw everything off for me.  Thanks for your helpful clarification, though.  

I guess you're just such a bike theft crime fighting super savant that you can't understand how someone else might be confused about how this operation works?

;)



h' said:

The whole story is here at your fingertips, but if you'd rather just stare at the image and not read any of the text or follow the link I could see how that might be entertaining for you.

Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 20, 2012 at 12:15pm

Too lazy to click a link and expecting everyone else to do all the work for you?
I don't know if we know enough about "that NYC person" to fairly make such a statement.


Zoetrope said:

It looks like me and that NYC person are in the same boat. 

Permalink Reply by notoriousDUG on November 20, 2012 at 12:36pm

Howard probably does more than any two people on this sight when it comes to helping recover bikes and stop theft; maybe remember that fact before you make fun of how much effort he puts into helping other people get bikes back...

Zoetrope said:

I guess you're just such a bike theft crime fighting super savant that you can't understand how someone else might be confused about how this operation works?



h' said:

The whole story is here at your fingertips, but if you'd rather just stare at the image and not read any of the text or follow the link I could see how that might be entertaining for you.

Permalink Reply by NYC (7.0 mi) on November 20, 2012 at 2:08pm

Moment of naivety for me to not think of swapping out parts.

h' said:

Read the recovery description.

NYC said:

Not saying that this Kirk dude isn't knowingly flipping stolen bikes; but take a look at the pics of the Masi in the stolen registry, and compare to the CL pics. They don't seem to me to be the same bike.

Permalink Reply by Michael B on November 20, 2012 at 2:11pm
Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 20, 2012 at 4:53pm

Actually I don't know if parts were swapped or maybe the only picture the victim had was from before the bike was accessorized.  Or for all we know there was an interim owner who then also had it stolen.
In any event, it came down to serial number match as noted.


NYC said:

Moment of naivety for me to not think of swapping out parts.

h' said:

Read the recovery description.

NYC said:

Not saying that this Kirk dude isn't knowingly flipping stolen bikes; but take a look at the pics of the Masi in the stolen registry, and compare to the CL pics. They don't seem to me to be the same bike.

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