• walden@sub.wetshaving.social
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    20 hours ago

    About 16 years ago my bicycle got stolen from the bike rack at my apartment, lock and all.

    6 or 7 months passed and one day something caught my eye as I was getting home. It was my bike, returned to the same rack. The lock was missing, but otherwise it was in good shape.

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      18 hours ago

      This just happened to me. I can not fathom how they stole it with my big chain lock through the bike frame and the wall mount. Guess I’ll wait a few months for it to return. But I can’t explain how they took it.

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        11 hours ago

        If I’ve learned anything from the Lockpicking Lawyer, it’s that most locks are pretty easy to defeat. Bike locks are just increase how long it takes to steal a bike.

      • toadjones79@lemm.ee
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        11 hours ago

        Chains are easy. A simple pair of bolt cutters can get through fairly thick chains. A parent of wiser care giver is often the reason they get returned.