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I don't know much about the relative importance. But here in Norway lots of bike thefts are from professionals. Someone broke into our apartment complex last ye
by matsemann 6y ago
I don't know much about the relative importance. But here in Norway lots of bike thefts are from professionals. Someone broke into our apartment complex last year and emptied all valuable bikes into a van and shipped off. So this is organized crime but sadly still swept under the rug by the police. The police here is in general very anti-bike and pro-car, so not surprised they don't care that much.
When parking outside when commuting and stuff, it's mostly homeless people nicking a wheel or a seatpost or bike lights. Still annoying and somewhat expensive, but I can understand that this type of crime is hard to do something about / investigate. But it could be "solved" by helping those in these situations better so they don't feel the need to do these petty-crimes (prevention rather than punishment).
- ruined 6y agoyou don't need a gang to load bikes into a van. one person can do that
- matsemann 6y agoPoint is that it's organized, not just opportunistic. It's people breaking in, stealing and then having a network to distribute and sell the bikes without getting caught.
- mrweasel 6y agoI worked at a company, an office in the middle of Copenhagen, in the middle of day a truck pulled up to the bike rack and maybe five guy just loaded the whole thing in the back of the truck. No reason to deal with locks or chains. Nope just stole the entire rack in one swoop. Sometimes it's quicker to be a gang
- pmontra 6y agoIf you want to do it fast you need many people. Check this https://youtu.be/asajgBRa9nE https://youtu.be/asajgBRa9nE Note the time in the top right. 2 minutes.
- doikor 6y agoBest one of these I've seen (security video of) is some thieves renting/stealing (don't know which) a flatbed truck with a grabbing arm thing. They just lifted the whole bike rack which everyone locks their bikes into onto the flatbed and drove away. Obviously well planned.