Re: [RBW] Re: Stolen S. Hillborne reunited with owner
Yeah, those leafblowers suck. Er, blow, Cheers, David it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:40 AM, sameness samen...@gmail.com wrote: Nah, it's LA we're talking about. The closest thing to public intervention on private property is the threat of a bad Yelp review or a scathing Facebook post. Maybe the formation of a Pilates Moms Against Bike Theft Leaf Blowers taskforce. Had I tried to sell some organic produce without the proper chain of custody, there'd be blood in the streets. Jeff Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA On Saturday, September 13, 2014 8:30:00 AM UTC-7, hangtownmatt wrote: Jeff - did anybody intervene or question you why you were walking away with a locked bike? After all, you could have been a thief! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Stolen S. Hillborne reunited with owner
This is slightly off topic, but I wish I could say that bike thieves in my area were mainly drug-needy. Unfortunately we have have had several rashes of high end bike thefts that generally occur in more upscale close-in neighbohoods. The thieves tend to hit several garages in the same neighborhoods until they either are stopped or decide to hit a different neighborhood. There was one series of thefts where the guy was actually a road biker and would befriend people on group rides with the most expensive bikes and later steal those same bikes! The police finally caught him though red handed and IIRC he was nabbed with several hundred thousand dollars worth of bikes in his possession. I'm not sure if many people who are focused on high end racing bikes would know what to think of a Rivendell, but an astute thief certainly would. It makes me sad that we even have to post about this stuff. Until we can send all the bike thieves to Jabba the Hut's Great *Pit* of Carkoon where they will be slowly digested over a thousand years, be careful of who's peeking in your garage. -Jim On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:42 AM, ascpgh asc@gmail.com wrote: I have no idea how the food chain of locks plays in the typical drug-needy bike thief, they are looking for items to sell fast, at a known price. Here the police responding to a friend's break-in said there are dealer of hot goods that frequent certain convenience store parking lots and have sort of a fixed price wholesale trade; CDs $3, DVDs $5, laptops $50, and bikes usually trade from junkie thieves for $20. I don't think the aforethought of a cordless angle grinder and ability to spot a secluded-enough bike to chop free occurs in this criminal subset. The good news about this tier of thief is that they are not discriminating, any bike will score them the same price. Someone willing to fight better security of location and locking is a bike-specific thief and those rings do move around regions to hit the value, fill their till and move on before their pattern is clear to enforcement. Info on the guy with Rusty Clicks Sam will be interesting to hear. one of those rings and individuals making contacts locally, establishing a background that built plausibility for higher volume of parts and frames for sale. They disappear when someone starts asking questions. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:00:15 PM UTC-4, Jim M. wrote: On Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:46:54 AM UTC-7, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro wrote: Which raises an interesting question, since many of us use U-locks-and-cable approaches. Are there ways of locking up with a U-lock (preferrably a smallish one) that defeat most methods of defeating the things? Simple answer: No. An angle grinder will cut through any u-lock pretty quickly. You can see videos on youtube of how fast it is. I've seen a titanium lock -- Tigr IIRC -- that will delay an angle grinder longer, but still isn't uncuttable. It sounds like the recovered Sam had it's lock picked or else not latched completely. jim m wc ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Stolen S. Hillborne reunited with owner
Sad but true. I can remember in Brooklyn if I was within 10 blocks of my place and someone asked me about the Bombadil I would just say it was some old steel bike I got from the shop that they had laying around. Didn't want to advertise I had a bike work a few grand sitting in my most of the day unoccupied apartment hallway. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote: This is slightly off topic, but I wish I could say that bike thieves in my area were mainly drug-needy. Unfortunately we have have had several rashes of high end bike thefts that generally occur in more upscale close-in neighbohoods. The thieves tend to hit several garages in the same neighborhoods until they either are stopped or decide to hit a different neighborhood. There was one series of thefts where the guy was actually a road biker and would befriend people on group rides with the most expensive bikes and later steal those same bikes! The police finally caught him though red handed and IIRC he was nabbed with several hundred thousand dollars worth of bikes in his possession. I'm not sure if many people who are focused on high end racing bikes would know what to think of a Rivendell, but an astute thief certainly would. It makes me sad that we even have to post about this stuff. Until we can send all the bike thieves to Jabba the Hut's Great *Pit* of Carkoon where they will be slowly digested over a thousand years, be careful of who's peeking in your garage. -Jim On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:42 AM, ascpgh asc@gmail.com wrote: I have no idea how the food chain of locks plays in the typical drug-needy bike thief, they are looking for items to sell fast, at a known price. Here the police responding to a friend's break-in said there are dealer of hot goods that frequent certain convenience store parking lots and have sort of a fixed price wholesale trade; CDs $3, DVDs $5, laptops $50, and bikes usually trade from junkie thieves for $20. I don't think the aforethought of a cordless angle grinder and ability to spot a secluded-enough bike to chop free occurs in this criminal subset. The good news about this tier of thief is that they are not discriminating, any bike will score them the same price. Someone willing to fight better security of location and locking is a bike-specific thief and those rings do move around regions to hit the value, fill their till and move on before their pattern is clear to enforcement. Info on the guy with Rusty Clicks Sam will be interesting to hear. one of those rings and individuals making contacts locally, establishing a background that built plausibility for higher volume of parts and frames for sale. They disappear when someone starts asking questions. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:00:15 PM UTC-4, Jim M. wrote: On Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:46:54 AM UTC-7, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro wrote: Which raises an interesting question, since many of us use U-locks-and-cable approaches. Are there ways of locking up with a U-lock (preferrably a smallish one) that defeat most methods of defeating the things? Simple answer: No. An angle grinder will cut through any u-lock pretty quickly. You can see videos on youtube of how fast it is. I've seen a titanium lock -- Tigr IIRC -- that will delay an angle grinder longer, but still isn't uncuttable. It sounds like the recovered Sam had it's lock picked or else not latched completely. jim m wc ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Stolen S. Hillborne reunited with owner
It's unfortunate to have a nice bike like a Rivendell that you can't take places and lock up. I would never entrust mine to a U-lock. I ride my junky old Nishiki if want to ride somewhere but have a need to lock up. On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Rusty Click click...@gmail.com wrote: Early on, cutting the tube was assumed on the BikePGH.org thread. After he recovered his Sam, with no damage to the tube, the owner now thinks the thief defeated the U-lock somehow. On Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:21:32 AM UTC-4, Shoji Takahashi wrote: wow! Happy ending, and thanks to a great LBS. Did the thief cut the under-tube? On Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:33:30 AM UTC-4, Rusty Click wrote: My favorite LBS in Pittsburgh is *Thick Bikes *. This is not the first time they have played a key role in recognizing a stolen bike, and while it's up on the rack, notify local police to come and nab the perp! I go out of my way to use them as my LBS when my Sam needs some attention. *Way to Go, Thick Bikes!* Stolen Rivendell recovered at Thick Bikes when thieves try to sell it. stolen bike report: http://bikepgh.org/mb/topic/bikes-reported-stolen-2014/ page/5/#post-301324 arrest photo: http://instagram.com/p/sx3E1CrKfu/ reunited: http://instagram.com/p/sx3OAyrKQH/ Rusty Click Pittsburgh, PA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
