The old Italian classic movie “Bicycle Thieves” is almost 100 years old now. In many places (I’m most familiar with Seattle) the rate of bicycle theft is so hi

The old Italian classic movie “Bicycle Thieves” is almost 100 years old now. In many places (I’m most familiar with Seattle) the rate of bicycle theft is so high it has to be organized crime. I once saw (assumed “homeless”) people on Capitol Hill openly carry around bolt cutters while looking through bike racks and taking whatever they could. They had at least a dozen bike haul and it looked like the police didn’t stop them. There’s no way they are pawning off that many bikes. There are at least a handful of sophisticated fences and a real crime ring in the city targeting bikes, creating a huge incentive for addicts to steal them. And I don’t see much political will to take these down.