Pacific Northwest - new thief tactic - just take the whole bike rack
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looks like some crazy thieves are stealing whole bike racks (w/ bikes attached!) from downtown seattle, in mid-day no less!!
http://www.point83.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5017
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/2110457901_fd6e5a3695.jpg
ouch.
East Hill
12-14-07, 08:24 PM
Incredible. I can't believe the thieves had the nerve to do that in front of all those people.
Really, truly, incredible.
East Hill
donnamb
12-14-07, 09:36 PM
:eek: :mad:
Does the city of Seattle install racks with the locking nuts that need a special key-socket to remove?
East Hill
12-15-07, 08:12 AM
:eek: :mad:
Does the city of Seattle install racks with the locking nuts that need a special key-socket to remove?
I don't think that would have helped in this instance. The impression I got was that the thieves drove up in a truck, and simply levered the bike rack out of the fastenings :eek: .
This is not the only time it's happened, either :mad: .
East Hill
2wheeled
12-15-07, 05:38 PM
I can't believe nobody saw or did anything about this :mad:
Tourmalet
12-16-07, 01:35 AM
Unbelievable. So many big city folk are such goddamned sheep. They are trained to ignore anything that scares them.