Originally Posted by
cocoabeachcrab
there was a guy in north myrtle where i lived that spray painted day glo orange and green all over his bike... he even paint the tires. and it wasn't a nice paintjob... it was done graffiti style. he installed a big ass basket over the handlebars with a dirty rag tied to the basket and bars, and in the 2 years that i lived there, it was everywhere.. the grocery store, post office, beach bar, never locked and just tossed on the ground or left leaning against the side of the building. 3 speed and coaster brake, so pretty much not theft worthy i guess.
possibly the reason the bike was never stolen was because it was so notorious and “everybody” knew how it belonged to.
Here we have a huge problem with bike theft… and the thieves don’t discriminate about the bikes they are snagging. Since most people around here leave their clunkers laying around town, or even unsecured on their own property more so than the high end bikes, the clunkers end up in the chop shop.