How easy is it to steal a bike in public? (Vid)

[DingoZ]

Just thier hands?

Okay cut off all their toes as well......Then let em try and walk let alone steal something else

[Oakie]

That is exactly what happened to Mrs Oakie's old bike back in September.

[Mikkel]

Bloody bastards blocking a lane for that long!

But seriously - that's gotta be hot lifting a bike while wearing black polyprops and balaclavas...

[Padmei]

That was one of the most boring videos ive ever seen. Somebody please cut the 1st 10minutes out of it

[Dave-]

@ OP

ahh...but they clearly got caught....sure any dick can steal bike, but only these morons can do it infront of a security camera.

[Coyote]

Argh, that angers me so much

[TOTO]

@ OP

ahh...but they clearly got caught....sure any dick can steal bike, but only these morons can do it infront of a security camera.

did you see the plate on the van ? I couldn't.

[Soul.Trader]

There's some pretty good motorcycle thief vids on YouTube. This one is pretty classic.

[No FX]

That was one of the most boring videos ive ever seen. Somebody please cut the 1st 10minutes out of it

the first 3mins would be better.

[onearmedbandit]

@ OP

ahh...but they clearly got caught....sure any dick can steal bike, but only these morons can do it infront of a security camera.

How did they clearly get caught? Couldn't see a license plate on that minivan, and chances are it was stolen as well.

[Trouser]

what was that little thing rolling between van and bike around 1:10. Remote controlled something.

[SlashWylde]

A hoofin great chain around a lamppost will be a bit better..... someone using boltcutters in the street is likely to be noticed....

Yeah, they will be noticed. but if the thief is big and scary, who's gonna try and stop him?

I had a bicycle stolen at 2pm on a busy Saturday afternoon in a town shopping center. The bike had been cable locked to a bench seat which was itself bolted to the pavement.

I went into the library for 10 mins, and when I came out, the bike was gone.
The thief must have simply waltzed-up with a pair of bolt cutters, snipped the cable and made-off with the bike.

This was in Glen Innes Auckland, so I can guess the kind of person who would have knicked my bike.

[Thunder 8]

The raving homo's in that van need squashing and re squashing and squashing again just to make sure. Fuckin theives...... scum of the earth.nuff said.

[PrincessBandit]

what was that little thing rolling between van and bike around 1:10. Remote controlled something.

I wondered that too, but doubt it was of any significance to the theft.
Thieves seldom have any concern about interference from normal law-abiding citizens (which is why i luuuurved scumdogs recounting of his recent nighttime pursuit). As was already mentioned, if you have something they want there is sweet s all you can do about it - they see it, they want it, they take it. Will always be that way. One of the reasons i loved owning our old '69 beaten up bluebird - cos you could leave it anywhere and no one would have wanted to steal it! (In fact we used to put a sign on the dash telling the inorganic collections guys that the car wasn't out there for removal )

[hang0ver]

I saw a scooter get lifted into the back of a ute a couple of months back in Welly.

It was middle of the day Saturday beside the Old Bank bike park (near lambton).
I didn't click for a while, thought it had probably crapped out or sumthing, it happened in front of a bunch of traffic and peds, but when they just dropped it on its side in the tray and sped through a red it became pretty clear.
Its a good thing they probably cant lift a coupla hundred kg's.

Parked up after that and my 4WD got broken into.

It was a shit day. I never got the plate of the ute, and I felt guilty about it.
I'd be ripped in two if that happened to me.