What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?

Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by slurgfest on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @01:45PM (#4444925)

If the price of bikes hadn't gone through the roof within the last 20 years there wouldn't be so much incentive to steal them. As it is you can hardly buy a new bike for less than $800 at most shops.

Even if I could attach a weatherproofed Macbook to a pole with a U-lock, it would still be really unwise to do so. This is a pitiful commentary on our society and law enforcement

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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by lambda on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @02:24PM (#4445102)

Really? I just went to a shop to look at bikes (and a real bike shop, not Wal-Mart), and there were options in the $300-$400 range. At Wal-Mart and Target and the like, you can get bikes in the $100-$200 range (or really crappy ones for even cheaper).

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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by phishphood on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @02:44PM (#4445200)

That's not true. I bought a brand new Schwinn at Walmart for $140 after taxes. Its not a very good bike but its good for what I bought it for, i.e. trips to coffee shop without worrying for it to be stolen. My other bike is a $2.5k Specialized Tarmac which I don't use casually

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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @02:29PM (#4445129)

Hmm, as a dedicated bike commuter I am almost inclined to agree, but I can't really get that excited about property crimes when rates of violent crime have been decreasing.

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