Thieves getting nailed left and right, part 1
This has been a fantastic week for fighting bike theft :)Case in point - SeattleCrime: Cops catch alleged thieves they say responsible for at least 30 Cap Hill bike thefts - there is so much awesome in...
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Thieves getting nailed left and right, part 2
Continuing an awesome week of bike thieves getting smacked around - local bike shop recovers bike, gets photos of the alleged thieves, now asking community to find these guys on Facebook, Myspace, etc....
View ArticleA non theft-related post for once
Posting it because it brings up a recent conversation:The "Hindsight 30" is a "tiny rear-view camera linked to a handlebar-mounted 3.5-inch LCD video screen. The Hindsight 30 is aimed at racing...
View ArticleBehavior of a bike theft ring
I've written about this before, but I thought I'd post this here because it reinforces the fact that organized bike thieves often steal from one city and then sell the stolen bikes several cities away...
View ArticleThis is how you do it: WiFi tracking in the PiCycle
Just ran into this blip about the PiCycle, which has some integrated WiFi baked into it for 'systems monitoring' as well as theft tracking. Combining an electric motor with a form factor that has...
View ArticleOne weekend: two excellent recoveries
The SBR had a good weekend, with two recoveries coming in.Hi - We had two bikes stolen in May and promptly registered them on the stolenbicycleregistry.com Someone bought one of the bikes, looked up...
View ArticleSeattle Police tweeting stolen cars, @getyourcarback
I had no idea, but I like it, as it is exactly what I've been doing with all the Stolen Bike Twitter feeds - Seattle Police are tweeting stolen car info over @...
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Quick look at bike thief's kit from the UK, Thieves bringing their A-game in PDX
Just a quick note from Sting results in five month sentence for cycle thief, from the UK:A covert operation by the Metropolitan Police's Cycle Task Force has resulted in a man being jailed for five...
View ArticleSo here's a new one: bike rack theft
Here's one you don't hear every day: thieves have stolen a bike rack. A bike rack that is shaped ... like a bike.From:...
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A successful 1 year recovery out of Chicago, IL
Just passing along the notes on a 1-year recovery of a Cannondale Six13 from Chicago, IL:Person: hey there my name is [redacted]. I work at [redacted] and a customer came in with your bike and didn't...
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Wow! 5.5 year bike recovery sets a new SBR record!
The luckiest Seven, everCheck this out! The SBR just helped recover a bike that has been missing since 2006! This is officially a new SBR record: Thanks, but you can take bicycle listing #521 off of...
View ArticleThe SBR is just killing it with recoveries lately
Stolenbicycleregistry.com is killing it with the recoveries lately. These are just three of about five recoveries in the last week, but I'm highlighting them here for their sheer awesomeness:04/16/2011...
View ArticleMore success in Portland, OR
Life has conspired to keep me chained to a desk (and away from this blog) for too long, however here's a recent success out of Portland OR:So a guy buys a bike off of craigslist last week, figures out...
View ArticleResidential/High-End Bike Thief caught in UT
Documenting here because it illustrates a very common bike theft methodology - theft from garages:From Cottonwood Heights police bust burglary ring By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune First...
View ArticleBicycle thefts increasing every year in Portland
Some local coverage on the bike theft problem:
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"Self-Destructing Bike Lock Gives Thieves the Ultimate Disincentive"
From Wired.com: Self-Destructing Bike Lock Gives Thieves the Ultimate DisincentiveThe StayLocked secures the bike by making the lock part of the bike. If it’s broken, the bike is unridable and, parts...
View ArticleSame story, round 2: Portland bicycle thefts on the rise
Props to BikePortland.org's Jonathan Maus as always:
View ArticleSF voting on safe biking storage
Glad to see SF following in NY's footsteps -- from "Curbing bicycle thefts in San Francisco"Curbing bicycle thefts in San FranciscoBy:Joshua Sabatini | 09/21/11 4:00 AMExaminer Staff WriterCommuting to...
View ArticlePortland Police Boost Craigslist 'Stings' For Stolen Goods
You must watch this - GREAT coverage of the huge problem Craigslist is causing, and the response by Portland police to the...
View ArticleYet Another Craigslist Sting
Stop me if you've heard this one before ...http://sfappeal.com/news/2011/10/stolen-1200-bike-found-on-craigslist.phpStolen $1200 Bike Found On CraigslistA theft victim whose bicycle was stolen at San...
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