Bike theives.

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Eli

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Well I just had another bike of mine stolen. I tell yah in my books bike theives are lowly scum. I use my bike for gettin around Wasaga Beach and so stealing it robs me of more than just recreational activities. Doesn't seem to matter where you live you always gotta lock up your bike with 5lbs of expenisive hardware to keep it safe (and hope the thieves haven't figured a way to get your bike anyways). It's near impossible to catch a bicycle theif too so basically you get your bike swiped your shit outta luck.

Meh...I'm pissed :mad: .
 
Maybe its best to own two bikes.

A real cheap one that nobody would bother stealing if you plan to lock it up and stuff and a more expensive one to only ride around in with no need to park it.
 
Esco! said:
Start stealing other people's bikes :D
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Think of it as a public bike exchange
 
Eli said:
Well I just had another bike of mine stolen. I tell yah in my books bike theives are lowly scum. I use my bike for gettin around Wasaga Beach and so stealing it robs me of more than just recreational activities. Doesn't seem to matter where you live you always gotta lock up your bike with 5lbs of expenisive hardware to keep it safe (and hope the thieves haven't figured a way to get your bike anyways). It's near impossible to catch a bicycle theif too so basically you get your bike swiped your shit outta luck.

Meh...I'm pissed :mad: .
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I guess it wa not properly secured?
 
Thing is I use to have nice bikes. Then they either got stolen or parts off them taken off. I got sick of it so I now only own cheap bikes, but even they are not safe. I'm not sure if they picked the lock or if I forgot to secure it properly. Took it right off my porch in middle of the night. It's these yahoos who come up to Wasaga to party. People round here get stuff stolen off the property all the time.

I was thinking it be cool if there was a GPS tracking service for bikes. Or better yet remember that booby-trapped handle on Blade's sword?
 
a friend had her bike stolen few weeks ago. Was at 1 of those banking machines on the street on queen near bathurst. Bike was right beside her, then some guy just came and grabbed it.
She told me some stories about a "Bike Pirate", not sure if thats an actual store name or just what she calls it. But basically she said this guy sells bikes etc, but lots of bikes are just stolen off the streets. He has ppl stealing bikes for him.
She even knew a friend that went in that store right after his bike was stolen and saw his bike in there. And apparantly ppl know about this operation and even had called cops in the past.
Gotta be extra careful these days!
 
I'm still pissed that my nice bike was stolen about 10 years ago. It was only out of my sight for a moment, he must have been watching me.
Last year the cops had a sting operation in my area, they left bikes out as bait hoping to lure thieves. They caught a few people, even better it made others realize someone could always be watching. :p
 
File a report with the wasaga police, ya never know.
I grew up in Collingwood and had the same bike stolen 4 times, I got it back twice from the cops and twice myself. If you don't file the report and they happen to find it they will never know it is yours.

BTW, combination locks aren't worth $hit either, the last time I got my bike back I was walking home from school about a year after it had been stolen and just happened to see it in a bike rack in front of an apartment building, I almost $hit my pants, I couldn't beleive that I had actually found my bike again after all this time and it looked exactly the same as the day it was stolen, they didn't try to repaint it or anything. I walked over and saw that it was locked and thought what the hell am I gonna do? I oculd be waiting all day for theperson to come out and still not get my bike back if he felt like being a creep.
Until I remembered that one of my friends had explained to me how to pick those combination locks, I had never done it before or even been physically shown how, so I calmed myself down and started the process and low and behold within about 2 mins I had my bike back!
 
Check with Hock King and the Swap Shop in Wasaga, and make them aware of the bike being stolen. They colaborated in an arrest of a bicycle thief about a month ago.
 
1) You are not shit outta luck, if you have home insurance, it is covered.
2) Why wasn't it inside if it was such an expensive bike? I can understand it if you were at a store, but off your porch overnight? It shoulda been inside bud....
3) If you're going to invest $300.00 + in a bike, why not invest $75.00 in a decent lock for those times you stop off at a store? Nothing will prevent a pro from taking it but a good lock will slow them down enough so that you might catch them in the act....
4) Did you record the serial number? If no, on your next bike do it and like the other poster said, you can forward the info to the cops.

Unfortunately regarding bike thefts, everyone knows that most have home insurance that covers it and everyone knows that when a $200.00 bike gets stolen, everyone says it was worth $400.00....In my old neighbourhood it was a common practise to go back to the house a month later and find a new better bike. I know someone who did this 4 times and finally ended up with an $800.00 bike....(which he pawned for $100.00)
 
Well it wasn't an expensive bike. The cabin I got here doesn't really fit a bike inside and I've had it locked to my porch for months with no incident. No insurance either as this is just a summer deal. Maybe I got insurance on my CC, I'll check. At any rate theivery is bad and I don't think anyone is walking round the beach tryin to score for a crack hit. I don't think it was locals so much as the morons who come up here to drink themselves into a coma and shoot off fireworks at 1 AM.

I know bike crime is really prolific in Toronto. It's organized crime there.
 
tboy said:
1) You are not shit outta luck, if you have home insurance, it is covered.
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3) If you're going to invest $300.00 + in a bike, why not invest $75.00 in a decent lock for those times you stop off at a store? Nothing will prevent a pro from taking it but a good lock will slow them down enough so that you might catch them in the act....
4) Did you record the serial number? If no, on your next bike do it and like the other poster said, you can forward the info to the cops.
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1) Depends on your deductable. Check the policy can be $300 or $500 & up. Higher than cost of my cheap bike.
3) Locks merely slows them down for mins. The high-end locks claim to be indestructible but once dry-freezed with spray, it shatters. Found one outside of mall today. Few high-end locks come with it's own ins. policy, if bike get stolen while lock in use, keep receipt for the claim.
4) Old advice, too many bike theft at least in T.O., MTP merely file a report. BTW, MTP holds big bike auction every year, last one was a month ago.

Montreal is the bike theft capital of Canada.

In Amsterdam, they have public bikes you can rent, it's in ugly yellow or green, bulky & heavy. People don't bother keeping them, practical jokers throw them in the river instead. They fish up from bottom of river many every few month.
 
Eli said:
........I don't think anyone is walking round the beach tryin to score for a crack hit. I don't think it was locals .............
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I know the area very well as I said I grew up there, and I think you would be very surpised on both counts I quoted above.
It ain't Toronto but it certainly isn't oblivious to this type of behaviour either.
 
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