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Friday, February 22, 2013

Bay Area Bike Theft Victims Band Together

This one from a story by KPIX Channel 5 -

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8386459

One slightly "optimistic" bike owner (at least as far as a rack which "can't be moved"), and there's no way that a 12 year old Bianchi CDI (which sold for under a grand when new) is worth "several thousand dollars" - honestly, $300 would be about right for one.

I wish they had given a bit more detail about the bike theft reporting websites. So, here's that info:

bikesheapherd.org
http://www.bikeshepherd.org/stolen-bike-recovery.html

google groups Bay Area Stolen Bikes
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/stolen-bicycles-bay-area

flickr pool - "Bikes at Bay Area Flea Markets"
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bicyclesatbayareafleamarkets/

east bay bicycle coalition's theft page
http://www.ebbc.org/theft_prevention

plattyjo's good blog post with more info
http://www.plattyjo.com/2012/12/cracking-down-on-cycling-crime-the-san-francisco-police-departments-bicycle-theft-workshop/

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