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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by ams6110 on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @09:50PM (#8818044)
Ride bikes that aren't worth stealing. When I used to bike to the train station in suburban chicago, I used an old single-speed no-name coaster-brake bike bought at a garage sale for almost nothing. I locked it with a very simple cable and padlock and nobody ever bothered it.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by kalleboo on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @11:26PM (#8818247)
This may be true in the US but definitely not in Europe. I guess here they get hauled off to Poland where there's still some value in them.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by mobiplayer on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @06:43AM (#8818996)
That's just plain stupid and tad racist. You'd be extremely surprised to learn that these are sold for £10 or £20 not far from when they've been stolen.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by collyw on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @12:25PM (#8820148)
Can you explain the racism part to me as I fail to see it. It's racist to say that bike prices are higher in Poland?
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by mobiplayer on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @02:40PM (#8820762)
It is racist to imply bikes are stolen by Poles and probably also to say that a shitty bike not worth selling round the corner for £20 is worth hauling all the way to Poland.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by collyw on Thursday January 01, 2015 @01:06PM (#8823645)
There was no implication that Poles were doing the stealing.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by mobiplayer on Friday January 02, 2015 @03:53AM (#8826096)
No, of course. That's why he had to specify a country. :-)

Sometimes we're being racist even though it's not on purpose. Unfortunately we're all racist up to some extent; myself included.

// Unrelated fun fact after checking your profile (I was trying to get some context for the discussion): If I'm not mistaken you're a Brit living and working in Barcelona. I'm from Barcelona, but living and working in Britain :-D

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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by aceperry on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @11:08PM (#8818213)
I'm tempted to do something like that. One thing you should be wary of is not leaving anything that can be taken off easily. If they don't take the bike, they might steal your lights or something small instead. Make sure that easily removable items are not left on the bike.
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