I would be interested to see a more obvious approach to stealing the bike: Plant the bike, locked only by the front wheel, then take the bike by removing the front wheel and walking away with it.
Extra points: show up with a flat-bed truck full of bikes missing their front wheels, and carelessly throw the "stolen" bike on top of the heap and drive away. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bike Thief Video > From: "Mitchell Nussbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, July 19, 2006 4:43 pm > To: [email protected] > > I'm not sure what I would have done if I'd walked past this guy. If he > was cutting a chain in broad daylight on a busy New York sidewalk, I'd > probably assume the bike was his, that the lock was jammed, and that he > had nothing to hide. And if I noticed the camera, I'd probably conclude > that he was shooting a video (which he was, after all). > > And even if I did think someone funny was going on, like a stereotypical > New York, I probably "wouldn't want to get involved." (I wonder: would he > get a different reaction from passersby if he tried this on State St., or > in front of the Willy St. Co-op?) > > But I'm not sure what to say about the cop. His job is to intervene in > dubious situations, and he *did* get involved: he told the "thief" to stop > blocking traffic. Evidently, it's OK to steal a bike in NYC, as long as > you stay on the sidewalk. > > Jesse the K wrote: > > What's scarier? > > > > This bitterly funny video of several ways to steal a bike in plain > > daylight and nobody even comments: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNTq3nhuh0 > > > > or the fact that this video is one of hundreds available on the topic? > > > > -- > > Jesse the K -- Madison WI USA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'd rather be easily amused than impossible to please > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
