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Well, not you? The receipt typically has the frame number and it's your proof of ownership. You should keep it just so you can get your money back from insuran

Well, not you? The receipt typically has the frame number and it's your proof of ownership. You should keep it just so you can get your money back from insurance if it is stolen..

dpark 10y ago
I never even registered my bike for insurance. It didn't occur to me and I'm not sure it really crosses the threshold of value/hassle for me. The bigger point is that it's unreasonable to paint all people who buy used bikes without papers as supporting bike thieves. Anyone buying my bike would not get paperwork with the sale, but the bike is not stolen.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > The bigger point is that it's unreasonable to paint all people who buy used bikes without papers as supporting bike thieves. It's absolutely accurate to portray them that way; sure, there are some used, no-papers bikes that are not stolen, but people willing to buy such bikes are what creates financial support for bike thieves, since all stolen bikes sold meet that description, and if people weren't willing to buy bikes in that condition stolen bikes couldn't be sold.
  - revelation 10y ago
    I've had a bike stolen where the frame manufacturer offers a simple online service to report a bike as stolen. There is zero excuse for anyone buying it to not check the number that is engraved onto the frame, not to mention with police who similarly have the serial number in a database. Imagine if people had to drive around in creaking beater cars with leaking roofs because you couldn't store anything nicer anywhere but a garage with surveillance, and even then if someone finds out you have a nice car in a garage, there will be a breakin. That's pretty much the situation with bikes, and police simply shrug at what in most cities is very much organized crime and a huge quality of life issue.
  - dpark 10y ago
    > but people willing to buy such bikes are what creates financial support for bike thieves, since all stolen bikes sold meet that description All stolen bikes also have two wheels. I guess buying a bike with two wheels also creates a market for stolen bikes? This is ridiculous. No one without papers can sell a bike according to you. I get that bike theft is a problem but you don't solve it by blaming innocent people. A lot of legitimate bikes are sold without papers.
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Well, not you? The receipt typically has the frame number and it's your proof of ownership. You should keep it just so you can get your money back from insurance if it is stolen..

dpark 10y ago

I never even registered my bike for insurance. It didn't occur to me and I'm not sure it really crosses the threshold of value/hassle for me. The bigger point is that it's unreasonable to paint all people who buy used bikes without papers as supporting bike thieves. Anyone buying my bike would not get paperwork with the sale, but the bike is not stolen.

dragonwriter 10y ago
> The bigger point is that it's unreasonable to paint all people who buy used bikes without papers as supporting bike thieves. It's absolutely accurate to portray them that way; sure, there are some used, no-papers bikes that are not stolen, but people willing to buy such bikes are what creates financial support for bike thieves, since all stolen bikes sold meet that description, and if people weren't willing to buy bikes in that condition stolen bikes couldn't be sold.
- revelation 10y ago
  I've had a bike stolen where the frame manufacturer offers a simple online service to report a bike as stolen. There is zero excuse for anyone buying it to not check the number that is engraved onto the frame, not to mention with police who similarly have the serial number in a database. Imagine if people had to drive around in creaking beater cars with leaking roofs because you couldn't store anything nicer anywhere but a garage with surveillance, and even then if someone finds out you have a nice car in a garage, there will be a breakin. That's pretty much the situation with bikes, and police simply shrug at what in most cities is very much organized crime and a huge quality of life issue.
- dpark 10y ago
  > but people willing to buy such bikes are what creates financial support for bike thieves, since all stolen bikes sold meet that description All stolen bikes also have two wheels. I guess buying a bike with two wheels also creates a market for stolen bikes? This is ridiculous. No one without papers can sell a bike according to you. I get that bike theft is a problem but you don't solve it by blaming innocent people. A lot of legitimate bikes are sold without papers.
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