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Walking around Lakeview with an angle grinder

On Friday afternoon someone cut through my U-lock with an angle grinder!

In the middle of the afternoon!!  

 

Right after I got done warning someone about locking up with a cable lock.  

 

BYE BYE bike #2 to Chicago bike thieves. Great way to start the summer.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on May 9, 2010 at 6:39pm
I've never seen this, huge thanks for posting.
Sadly it's almost more about white privilege than about bike theft . . .

Not Nathan Fillion (aka Paul) said:
I apologize if this has been posted already but didnt see it when I did a search...

Here's some interesting insight into why so many bikes get stolen...

ABC's What would you do?

Episode one

Episode two
Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on May 9, 2010 at 7:12pm
That and a whole lot of apathy...

I personally feel that this is one of the root causes of the issue and if this is address effectively we would see a difference.

H3N3 said:
I've never seen this, huge thanks for posting.
Sadly it's almost more about white privilege than about bike theft . . .

Not Nathan Fillion (aka Paul) said:
I apologize if this has been posted already but didnt see it when I did a search...

Here's some interesting insight into why so many bikes get stolen...

ABC's What would you do?

Episode one

Episode two
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on May 9, 2010 at 7:16pm
Agreed . . . the "MYOB" mindset is dragging our society down the tubes.

I'm a huge sucker for this stuff . . . got through the drunk girl in the bar and now I'm on "shopping while black."
Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on May 9, 2010 at 7:27pm
If it is stolen inside chicago, we cant rely on the police to help get it back. With people going down to the swap meet yesterday they did the same leg work that the Evanston police did to find these bikes.

H3N3 said:
Here's a bike theft story with an extremely unusual twist:

http://chicago.stolenbike.org/node/184297

(moral of the story-- if you want a stolen bike back, get it stolen outside of Chicago city limits)
Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on May 10, 2010 at 11:07am
Not everyone would just walk past a bike theft in progress without
intervening.

Check out this crazy story from my pal T.C. O'Rourke,
a true American bike-theft prevention hero:


John Greenfield
Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on May 10, 2010 at 11:08am
Sorry, here's the link to T.C.'s tale:
http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/the-bike-thief-chapter-1-its

John Greenfield said:
Not everyone would just walk past a bike theft in progress without
intervening.

Check out this crazy story from my pal T.C. O'Rourke,
a true American bike-theft prevention hero:


John Greenfield
Permalink Reply by steve rulz on May 22, 2010 at 4:28am
OK so yes drunk what ever but do you have the serial number or any sort of way to identify the bike that you had stolen? Unfortunately I do not have a formal police report or anything directly connecting me to the arrest of the guy cutting the lock with a grinder tonight in lake view. If I can some how sort out if this is the guy that stole your bike I will do my best. Get a hold of me.

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/lakeview-bike-thief-arrested

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