A funny thought...
#28
live free or die trying
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: where i lay my head is home.
Bikes: bianchi pista workhorse, cannondale r1000, mountain bike fixed conversion
ummm....i know someone who used to ride platforms, no brakes, and that's how he stopped.
he doesn't ride anymore after a car totalled his bike and nearly totalled him.
he doesn't ride anymore after a car totalled his bike and nearly totalled him.
#29
seriously.
nothing like time lapse video of a bike that gets stolen.
if you leave your bike unlocked in front of a store, i don't care for how long, it's your own ****ing fault and no one elses that it got stolen.
i've done it once in front of a store with tons of windows for 3 minutes at 6:00am and even then i was horribly paranoid, and the whole time i knew i had no one to blame for it but myself if it did somehow get stolen.
nothing like time lapse video of a bike that gets stolen.
if you leave your bike unlocked in front of a store, i don't care for how long, it's your own ****ing fault and no one elses that it got stolen.
i've done it once in front of a store with tons of windows for 3 minutes at 6:00am and even then i was horribly paranoid, and the whole time i knew i had no one to blame for it but myself if it did somehow get stolen.
After all, you have nobody else to blame but yourself.
#30
if you dont lock your front door, you're asking for it. your "why can't everyone be honest people?" attitude doesn't work in this world.
#31
More like this country, and even more like the particular city you're in. Compton may not be so great. A tight-knit town of 10,000... the odds are a better for sure. You have to realize there's still places even in America that don't necessarily have big city problems.
#32
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Everett, WA
i once had some really really drunk guy try to walk away with my bike that was sitting 5 feet in front of me. i was gonna let him try to get on it since he was definitely in zombie walk mode but my friend who was with me at the time gave him a firm 'what the **** do you think you're doing?' he kind of looked up at us, then continued on his zombie stumble down the sidewalk.
One afternoon back home in Scotland we were sat in the window seat of a bar as the evening wore on I saw a guy trying to get on a bike and ride it, he kept falling off and taking a piece of paper out of his pocket and unfolding it. He would then read it as if it was the instructions to the bike then put the paper back in his pocket, get on the bike and fall off. This went on for a few minute before he actually manged to turn the cranks a couple of times, he then crossed the street and crashed straight into a parked car!
Laugh? I nearly pissed my pants!
#33
Disgruntled Grad Student
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
Bikes: CAAD 10, Cross Pro, Cross Comp, TK2
that'd make an interesting court case... im sure that you could prove that you know how to handle and operate it... and given that it's your property, its not like anyone else should be riding it without your consent anyway.
buyer (or thief) beware.
#34
More like this country, and even more like the particular city you're in. Compton may not be so great. A tight-knit town of 10,000... the odds are a better for sure. You have to realize there's still places even in America that don't necessarily have big city problems.
#38
71 Peugeot. fixed.
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Twin Cities
i'm not saying you need to ny noose your bike to a pillar inside your home, but if you can't be bothered to lock you **** up in public, you obviously don't value your belongings very much.




