Ok, so maybe it isn't that rare ...

Someone just registered their stolen Canondale CAAD 8 on stolenbicycleregistry.com, and before I approved the listing I noticed that their entire description was a link to a YouTube video.

I have to admit it, I thought I was going to get Rickroll'd, but I clicked it anyway.

Turns out the YouTube video is some fantastic footage of the idiot that stole this bike. Check it out:



I'm guessing this idiot won't last that long ...

Here's another rarity

The ever-awesome atxbs.com posted this rarity: security camera images of two asshats stealing a bike.

See: Stolen bike at Annie and Congress, thieves captured on camera!

I was forwarded this craigslist posting by two of our readers. What makes it interesting is that it has a couple surveillance camera photos of the thieves in action to back it up. Read on for the details:

BIKE STOLEN/PICTURES OF THIEVES (Annie and Congress)
Date: 2009-08-25, 1:41PM CDT

My 2007 Red Trek 1500SL was stolen SUNDAY morning, August 23rd, around 10:40am. It was locked up in a covered/partially closed parking lot on the corner of South Congress and Annie. Below I have attached a picture of my bike and pictures of the TWO THIEVES.

Two interesting points about this:

a) These to asshats appear to be carrying a length of pipe, which can be used as a pry bar to pop U-locks, according to Wikipedia.

Heck, for that matter, here's some Dutch guy blowing through 8 locks in less then 90 seconds each, showing just how pointless some of those beefed up chains and U-locks really are.

b) Portland had a similar situation recently where one of these idiots got caught on camera. He pled guilty to three charges a while back. Yaaay for cameras actually making a difference.

Happy hunting, atxbs.



-bhance

Craigslist + bike thief. Again. And again. And again ...

Here's another one:

Menlo Park police said Thursday they arrested a suspect in connection with a string of high-end bicycle thefts over the past two weeks.

Officers believe 41-year-old James Barry Durr, of San Jose, stole two of the bikes and are investigating whether he participated in any of the other thefts, Menlo Park police spokeswoman Nicole Acker said.

Last month a woman found her stolen black-and-pink Specialized Ruby Comp bicycle, valued at $2,500, advertised on Craigslist and bought it back from a suspect, Acker said. The victim told police what happened but couldn't lead police to the man at that time.

When a second victim reported his Giant Boulder mountain bike stolen July 30, officers searched for it on Craigslist and arranged to meet Durr in a public library parking lot that evening, Acker said.

Once there, the undercover officers noted that a serial number on the merchandise matched that of the stolen bicycle and arrested Durr, she said. The female victim later picked Durr out of a lineup, Acker added.

Seriously. I'll say it again. If your bike gets stolen, keep an eye on Craigslist.

Also amusing: Christian Bradbury and John Price are FUCKING BIKE THIEVES over at atxbs.com. Two Austin-area bike thieves, caught red-handed, and the atxbs folks are giving them the humiliation treatment. Good times!