Originally Posted by Tyestick
(Post 16391541)
;)
At that size, I'll only need one link. LOL Research chains a little before buying one. Some are hardened and some big ones that are not can be cut by a huge bolt cutter. The large Kryptonite chains are pretty strong. Keep the chain and the lock high and wrapped so one can not get a link on the ground. If a link can be put on the ground a huge bolt cutter and all one's body weight pushing the bolt cutter handle down against the ground can cut many chains. Nice bike, did it get damaged? |
Good job!
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Congratulations on saving both bikes and hopefully convincing the perpetrator to take up a different profession (after he gets out of jail).
Wish more stores would install some video security for the bike rack area - too often it's around the corner and out of sight where bike thieves figure they won't get caught. Glad this one figured wrong. |
Originally Posted by muzpuf
(Post 16391468)
subdued with extreme prejudice ....grin ....nice job
here is some theft proof chain for you http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=358558 |
Nicely done! Moral of the story, "Don't Steal Bikes Bro!"
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I just wish you had a helmet camera on you that filmed the whole episode.
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One more scumbag recognized for his efforts at keeping Craigslist in business. Yay!
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Here's a future theft deterrent - use just one link of this chain as leg shackles, then take him swimming about a mile offshore... No repeat offender!
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nice.
that dude doesn't look in the 20s. |
You locked that....bike....with just a cable lock? At a Walmart?
*Picks up jaw off the floor* I'm sorry but you deserved to have it stolen, even POS bikes around here have U-Locks, the hipsters attach them to their paints! That thief must have thought it was Christmas morning. :crash: Buena Park isn't exactly the nicest part of the OC...... like someone said I would have walked inside with it, if they have a problem shop somewhere else!! I once saw a kid with a red Cannondale road bike walking around a mall :lol:I was like "that'll work!" there's really no difference between the rubber of the tires and our shoes, if the bike is clean, if someone has a problem tell um to shove it. Glad everyone is ok |
Congratulations and thank you.
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Well done, sir.
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Originally Posted by Astrozombie
(Post 16394889)
You locked that....bike....with just a cable lock? At a Walmart?
*Picks up jaw off the floor* I'm sorry but you deserved to have it stolen, even POS bikes around here have U-Locks, the hipsters attach them to their paints! That thief must have thought it was Christmas morning. :crash: Buena Park isn't exactly the nicest part of the OC...... like someone said I would have walked inside with it, if they have a problem shop somewhere else!! I once saw a kid with a red Cannondale road bike walking around a mall :lol:I was like "that'll work!" there's really no difference between the rubber of the tires and our shoes, if the bike is clean, if someone has a problem tell um to shove it. Glad everyone is ok I locked the bike to the bike rack, in front of 24hr fitness. From there, I walked to Walmart. I deserve to have my bike stolen? LOL. Okay. If that thief thought that day was Christmas, he might want to think again next time he's lurking about looking for a bike. You're right though, I should have just used my U-lock; which I did today. I don't have anything negative to say about Buena Park. I certainly don't think it's a rough area by any means. There's sharks in the water, no matter where you go.
Originally Posted by KlibanQat
(Post 16395283)
Congratulations and thank you.
Thanks!
Originally Posted by jon c.
(Post 16395298)
Well done, sir.
Thanks chief. |
Originally Posted by MonkeyBiker
(Post 16392618)
nice.
that dude doesn't look in the 20s. |
Originally Posted by Tyestick
(Post 16395377)
Mid 30's. :)
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Jane and I ride $5000 - $6000 worth of bikes between us. Abhoring the additional weight, we never lock them to anything. Instead, we just lean them on a tree or a light pole and take turns keeping them in sight. Touch wood - never a problem in 4 years. I always smile at the $300 bikes with U-locks, while ours rest unsecured. And they probably laugh at us, leaving our bikes loose. To each his/her own. . .
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flashy bike gets unwanted attention. shock. glad it worked out. you're more than a little lucky.
get a beater for your china-mart slumming trips
Originally Posted by Astrozombie
(Post 16394889)
You locked that....bike....with just a cable lock? At a Walmart?
*Picks up jaw off the floor* Buena Park isn't exactly the nicest part of the OC...... like someone said I would have walked inside with it, if they have a problem shop somewhere else! If someone has a problem tell um to shove it. |
Originally Posted by Duane Behrens
(Post 16395455)
take turns keeping them in sight.
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Originally Posted by Duane Behrens
(Post 16395455)
Jane and I ride $5000 - $6000 worth of bikes between us. Abhoring the additional weight, we never lock them to anything. Instead, we just lean them on a tree or a light pole and take turns keeping them in sight. Touch wood - never a problem in 4 years. I always smile at the $300 bikes with U-locks, while ours rest unsecured. And they probably laugh at us, leaving our bikes loose. To each his/her own. . .
Aaron :) |
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Originally Posted by vol
(Post 16395613)
Well, in other words, you wouldn't even leave it out of sight! :)
None of them locked to anything. Like everyone else, I go inside and order, and perhaps use the restroom. During that brief period the bike is out of my sight. But I think there's a silent sorting and cataloging going on out there. I know I do it . . . that is, marking the appearance of each newly-arriving cyclist, then matching them to their bike. So there's that. Or maybe it's just that tennis shoes don't work well with Speedplays . . . http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=358801 |
Originally Posted by Duane Behrens
(Post 16395824)
Like everyone else, I go inside and order, and perhaps use the restroom. During that brief period the bike is out of my sight.
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Originally Posted by vol
(Post 16396963)
I remember reading an angry victim's post on stolenbicycleregistry. He left his bike unlocked by the window outside a restaurant or coffee shop. He sat inside next to the window and just watched his bike being taken. He ran out to chase and yell, but the thief got away. You could be safe for 365x days but for one lucky thief.
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Originally Posted by dynaryder
(Post 16397612)
Thing is,the cafe is on the second level
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Let's just say that I subdued him until the police arrived. Nothing gets my blood up like bike theft. |
Seriously, I am so glad another one of those scum got caught! A car thief is a car thief but a BIKE THIEF? Ohhh yes, do not be mistaken world, us cyclists have a passion for our "whips" and our hard-earned lifestyles. */#%;! you bike thieves!!! To quote another's term use, I would use "extreme prejudice" in the reacquisition of my "whip" ...or anyone's bike for that matter! Big props to you man, hero stuff.
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