elyob wrote:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police. The youths will receive no criminal record or become known to
the police and will just go and pinch someone else's bike to make up for the
loss of this one. They will most probably take a can of spray to the next
one to make it less recognisable.

I can't see this as a win-win situation.

It's not perfect, but I'd say it was at least a win on points compared
to not having a bike at all...

Pete.
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