look dood.
it's not your stuff, don't **** with it!! it's that simple.
i carry a small U lock, and i don't lock the front wheel. if i took a road bike out and you stole* my front wheel i'd be pissed. if you were stupid enough to leave your number i'd probably **** you up for the huge inconvenience you caused me.
furthermore, i ride my bike to make it to places on time. if i were on my lunch break and eating and come out to find my wheel gone because you wanted me to know how a quick release mechanism works. i'd want to kill you. i know how a QR mechanism works.
don't **** with other people's **** even if you have rationalized some situation in your brain where you think you doing a good deed.

*stealing is what????
taking something that doesn't belong to you. are you old enough to understand that?
don't touch stuff that does not belong to you.

the only thing you need to know. Some idiot shaking my bike gently by the bars and seat to see if it was locked securely was surprised when he found me standing beside him. He said "Oh! I didn't know it was yours!" I said "Did you know it wasn't yours, ****tard?" and we knew where we stood.

You didn't do it, but came here looking for justification to do it the next day.

Also, you didn't say anything about leaving a phone number in your original post. You, correctly, classified your desired action as "stealing".

People do what they feel to be safe on any given day. As someone mentioned earlier, do you *always* lock up everything completely? Seat? What kind of locks do you use? How many? If I can defeat your locks, should I do so to teach you the lesson that you should take your bike inside with you wherever you go?

Do you lock up your bike inside your house? If not, should I break in and steal your bike to show you how careless that is? I imagine you don't have bulletproof glass on your house windows, so really I'd be teaching you two lessons for the price of one...

what if someone already stole the rear wheel? is it okay to steal the brakes?
Just Kidding....

i think buddha said- treat peoples bikes the way you want them to treat yours.

Sorry. I don't think anyone realized this was your `stock time interval.' (????:))

anyway dude just shut up & go home now, you just sound worse every minute

If the point you were trying to make is that you are a ****** and need a good thumping then I believe you already know the answer.

its probably been beat to death in 3 pages but:

if the persons riding their bike and locking it up wrong why would you disable them from riding their bike? that guy would then be using his car for the next however long till he buys a new front wheel.

i've thought about taking bikes off my campus but thats only after i see a couple things, the main one being a rusted chain on a bike that hasn't moved in at least 3 weeks. but even then i leave a note offering to buy the bike first to give it a better home.

i think even taking his wheel off is kinda crappy for a first move- i would say, leave him a note, that says 'lock your bike or it will get stolen' in a place he won't miss (like taped to his seat) and leave it at that. if after he gets the note he's still not locking up right, he doesn't care so you shouldn't either but that doesnt mean his **** is yours.


as far as leaving your number... you were kidding right?

i almost feel bad about how your threads turn into slugfests with pretty much everyone against you (skid salute, anyone?), but then i think about it for about 20 minutes and don't feel bad at all. i don't claim to know the "fixed gear mentality", or even if there is such a thing, but it seems to me that whatever it is, you've got it wrong. your threads don't have to be helpful, most aren't, just try to keep from posting about things that would make other cyclists think "****, those fixed gear guys are ******bags, i'll continue giving them no respect." if you can't do this, maybe someone should steal your computer to teach you a lesson.

You're an idiot and it's dumb@sses like you who deserve to get hit with a blade

I would recommend against it.


PS. where's the poll?

If I caught someone trying to steal my bike to teach me a lesson would it be wrong of me to beat them until they bled to teach them a lesson about teaching lessons?

http://the-op.com/images/contrib/Pier_Pressure59.jpg

And that's why you don't steal people's wheel to teach them a lesson!

Has anyone bothered to point out that mavic askiums are absolute **** wheels?

Either way you are an ass for considering stealing someone wheel to teach them a lesson.

Imagine if this guy showed up to your doorstep after you taught him a lesson?

http://blogs.cisco.com/gov/angry%20man.jpg

that is clearly not a cyclist! : )

What does the fact that the bikes are freewheels have anything to do with the story?

You mean you taught me a lesson not to teach lessons?

I think you misunderstood. The OP meant "free" wheels ...as in no cost to him. Thieves apparently think of other people's **** as free to them if its not welded, chained or anchored down.

Does anyone think there should be a sub subforum for these discussions? Like a culture/ethics of fixed gear and singlespeed bikes? Maybe I'm just bitter because no one responded to my request for user reports of Level components hubs....

It's not **** if she blinks twice for yes. ;)


I wouldn't go around stealing things to make a point. That's just asking to get arrested, or beaten up if you get caught in the act. "I was just trying to make a point." isn't going to hold up too well. More like "I was just trying to make a buck."

if somebody stole my bike last week to make a point...they will never be able to ride a bike again when I'm through with them...

yeah OK that is excellent

a subforum for 'people who think like a crook but wouldn't go through
with it unless it is a lesson...'

and dingledorfs

and dipsh*ts

and ....lamalex

my friend just got is fork stolen!! just the fork and brake, nothing else.
probably someone was trying to make a point about unlock fork

well, taht's what he gets for not tack welding his headset locknut on...that'll learn 'em.

OH! I did misunderstand. Thanks for explaining!

dag, i'm just gonna weld my bike to the bike rack and start driving everywhere.

Why not just lock your bike in the back of your car?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ted/sor3-9.gif this guy took my bike.

dude all these people hatin... ANYONE HEARD OF ROBIN HOOD. nuff said, however i will elaborate; if you were to see a small puppy wandering the streets aimlessly with a pouty face and no collar would you want to give it a better home and take care of it??

In conclusion, the wheels are the puppies, they need real love - not pseudo ownership. Take pride in your bike, lock that shattuck up, and moral of the story is.....

It's cool to steal people's shattuck if they askin for it OH OHHHHHH

I didn't know J. Walter Weatherman rode fixed!