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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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Very sorry this happened!

Please file 4 reports here (one for each)

http://stolenbike.org

 if you want a chance at getting them back, and also to help educate others on how to make the best choices on where and how to lock their bikes:

 

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.

No. It's not.

El Dorado said:

Chicago is the bike theft capital of the country. [snip]

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]

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.

I don't see how we can draw any conclusions as to what lesson is to be learned here or what sort of locking technique would help if all we know about the theft is the general location.

 

 

What are you basing this on? There is no record of how many bikes get stolen in Chicago.

 
El Dorado said:

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kevin and I want Chicago cyclists to be successful.  Part of that success relies on keeping their bikes.

Key to helping people keep their bikes is fostering a well-informed cycling community.

At this point nobody's sure whether you're a real person or just someone trying to amuse yourself by anonymously mucking up this forum with misinformation, but I gotta tell you that much as we wish it wasn't necessary, we're going to keep speaking up as long as you keep posting random nonsense.



El Dorado said:

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.

And on a positive note, Swap-O-Rama is closed for Dia de Pavo.

So if Theresa can take a few minutes to get her reports up at http://stolenbike.org before the weekend, someone may spot one or more of her bikes this Saturday or Sunday and be able to get in touch with her.

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