Originally Posted by cavernmech
All this recent bike theft has me diabolically thinking. Perhaps a street justice sting is in order? I will put up the bait...A few of us can wait, circling the block, until the unwitting thief makes his move. Gonna be terribly uncomfortable being locked to a bike ring, bleeding profusely. "Perhaps a demonstration of yer skill at breaking bike rings is in order eh scumbag?" I figure do this to 2 or 3 of em and the word will spread....maybe think twice before stealing someones pride and joy?
There are 2 ways of approaching the situation.
Firstly is the street style intervention. Intimidation and perhaps mild violence. The aforementioned "Kryptonite Necklace TM" The end result hopefully being that bikes will cease to be seen as an easy score and that retribution is harsh.
Secondly is the more complicated mission of trying to permit the theft and follow the perp....Mike Hammer Style! What I don't like about this plan is that the risk, however slight, of the guy making off with the bike outweighs the likelyhood of actually finding a bike chopshop...for lack of a better term. Also the place this guy leads us to may not be a place where we all want to tread. Not saying it couldn't be done with success, but would require more bodies and planning. I am down for either.