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Bicycle theft
SF Channel 7 had a disturbing story on biycle theft this evening, which I
find very disturbing. The thieves are using an approach to stealing high end bikes that I had not heard of before. Lets say you are out riding your expensive bike. Someone follows you home and writes down your address. Later on someone breaks into your place and steals the bike. The actual burglarly may be committed by still a third person. I don't know how you can be safe against this. I suppose if you have an attractive, expensive bike, you need to use a heavy chain even inside your home. |
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Leo Lichtman wrote:
SF Channel 7 had a disturbing story on biycle theft this evening, which I find very disturbing. The thieves are using an approach to stealing high end bikes that I had not heard of before. Lets say you are out riding your expensive bike. Someone follows you home and writes down your address. Later on someone breaks into your place and steals the bike. The actual burglarly may be committed by still a third person. I don't know how you can be safe against this. I suppose if you have an attractive, expensive bike, you need to use a heavy chain even inside your home. I'm so fast they'll never stick with me. Bill "or I'll bore 'em to death" S. |
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Leo Lichtman wrote:
SF Channel 7 had a disturbing story on biycle theft this evening, which I find very disturbing. The thieves are using an approach to stealing high end bikes that I had not heard of before. Lets say you are out riding your expensive bike. Someone follows you home and writes down your address. Later on someone breaks into your place and steals the bike. The actual burglarly may be committed by still a third person. I don't know how you can be safe against this. I suppose if you have an attractive, expensive bike, you need to use a heavy chain even inside your home. It's possible of course that there's some truth to the report- there really are burglars that plan their burglaries- but unless these burglars are being caught and confessing to the details of their crimes I'd take such media exposes with a very large grain of salt. On slow news days especially the media has been known to manufacture "new trends" from two similar but unrelated incidents. When it's pointed out to them that similar events have been occurring for years (in this case, burglars scouting possible targets in advance), they just change their description to a "growing trend". Regards, Bob Hunt |
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"Bob" wrote in message ups.com... Leo Lichtman wrote: SF Channel 7 had a disturbing story on bicycle theft this evening, which I find very disturbing. The thieves are using an approach to stealing high end bikes that I had not heard of before. Lets say you are out riding your expensive bike. Someone follows you home and writes down your address. Later on someone breaks into your place and steals the bike. The actual burglary may be committed by still a third person. I don't know how you can be safe against this. I suppose if you have an attractive, expensive bike, you need to use a heavy chain even inside your home. It's possible of course that there's some truth to the report- there really are burglars that plan their burglaries- but unless these burglars are being caught and confessing to the details of their crimes I'd take such media exposes with a very large grain of salt. On slow news days especially the media has been known to manufacture "new trends" from two similar but unrelated incidents. When it's pointed out to them that similar events have been occurring for years (in this case, burglars scouting possible targets in advance), they just change their description to a "growing trend". I'm wondering why burglars would decide to target bikes? Are they elitist green liberal snob thieves? Why follow someone riding and expensive bike - and how they'd know what an expensive bike looks like - instead of someone driving an expensive car. Hell, why not just case expensive homes? This has the whiff of urban legend. |
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"recycled-one" wrote in message
... "Bob" wrote in message ups.com... ... the media has been known to manufacture "new trends" from two similar but unrelated incidents. When it's pointed out to them that similar events have been occurring for years (in this case, burglars scouting possible targets in advance), they just change their description to a "growing trend". Why follow someone riding and expensive bike ... instead of someone driving an expensive car. Hell, why not just case expensive homes? Casing expensive homes occurs in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X": a woman would come into your home for a "marketing research interview" and case the joint (perhaps on her way to the bathroom). Malcolm would break in a few days later. This was before Malcolm got religion, so this is probably from the 1950's. Is the value of a fenced bicycle sufficiently high to justify this sort of attention? I'm not saying bicycles can't be stolen from inside dwellings (my daughter's junker was, although it was the least valuable of the 4 bicycles there). Planning bike theft in advance seems like poor time allocation relative to other criminal opportunities, like stealing cars. But maybe bike thieves don't use six sigma processes. |
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"Mike Kruger" wrote in message et... "recycled-one" wrote in message ... "Bob" wrote in message ups.com... ... the media has been known to manufacture "new trends" from two similar but unrelated incidents. When it's pointed out to them that similar events have been occurring for years (in this case, burglars scouting possible targets in advance), they just change their description to a "growing trend". Why follow someone riding and expensive bike ... instead of someone driving an expensive car. Hell, why not just case expensive homes? Casing expensive homes occurs in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X": a woman would come into your home for a "marketing research interview" and case the joint (perhaps on her way to the bathroom). Malcolm would break in a few days later. This was before Malcolm got religion, so this is probably from the 1950's. Is the value of a fenced bicycle sufficiently high to justify this sort of attention? I'm not saying bicycles can't be stolen from inside dwellings (my daughter's junker was, although it was the least valuable of the 4 bicycles there). Planning bike theft in advance seems like poor time allocation relative to other criminal opportunities, like stealing cars. But maybe bike thieves don't use six sigma processes. I doubt thieves specialize so. If they are going to burgle a house they are going to carry away everything they can easily carry and fence. Bikes, sure, but notebook computers, golf clubs, etc. It just seems that burglar would be so selective and thorough in their targeting as the OP suggests. I'm guessing most bike thefts are crimes of opportunity: a deserted location, an unlocked bike. I seriously doubt that thieves would put that much effort _just_ to steal a bike, even an expensive one. |
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recycled-one wrote:
This has the whiff of urban legend. It sure does. Did the news story say HOW the thieves follow the cyclist home? I would certainly notice either a car or a bike following me for any length of time. |
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On Thu, 25 May 2006 10:24:59 -0700, Diablo Scott
wrote: recycled-one wrote: This has the whiff of urban legend. It sure does. Did the news story say HOW the thieves follow the cyclist home? I would certainly notice either a car or a bike following me for any length of time. There is a good chance that the person who owns a very expensive bike most likely has some other very expensive toys at home as well. |
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"justin david smith" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 May 2006 10:24:59 -0700, Diablo Scott wrote: recycled-one wrote: This has the whiff of urban legend. It sure does. Did the news story say HOW the thieves follow the cyclist home? I would certainly notice either a car or a bike following me for any length of time. There is a good chance that the person who owns a very expensive bike most likely has some other very expensive toys at home as well. So does the guy driving a Ferrari. The problem with the story is why focus on expensive bikes both for selection and theft? The vast majority of people will recognize a luxury car more easily than an expensive bike. |
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