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    when I see an unlocked bike that's not mine, should I deflate either or both tires to deter thieves? I'm sure thieves wouldn't bring around a pump to steal bikes. I'm sure the thieves would abandon the bike since they won't be able to ride it away and if they walk the bike, they may get seen and caught by the owner. I'm sure the thieves would abandon stealing that bike since it is an inconvenience and i'm sure this slight inconvenience won't discourage the owner to abandon their bike. Should I help?
    • CommentAuthorthe rabbi
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009
     
    leave it alone. if the owner didn't care about it enough to lock it up/bring it inside, then "too bad/so sad"
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    Have you ever thought of doing that “favor” for unlocked cars as well?

    If I came back to my bike and found some one doing that to my unlocked bike I don’t think I would be to appreciative to there efforts, even if they did get a chance to explain themselves.

    Please, just worry about your self lickedwicked...
    • CommentAuthornenn
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009
     
    a good deed never goes unpunished.
    • CommentAuthorwes m.
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009 edited
     
    If I run into the store and come outside to find flat tires on my beater I'd be pissed. Its a person right to leave their bike unlocked. Its not your right to let the air out of their tires.

    Heres a simple rule to follow: Never touch another persons bike without first having been invited to do so.
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    i'm sure that letting the air out of the tires from a bike cannot be evidence for thievery. It is an effort to stop thieves. I carry around a pump so I won't mind, but I'm sure anybody who has had their bike stolen would rather simply have their tires deflated instead of having their whole bike missing.
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    Posted By: stinky peteHave you ever thought of doing that “favor” for unlocked cars as well?

    If I came back to my bike and found some one doing that to my unlocked bike I don’t think I would be to appreciative to there efforts, even if they did get a chance to explain themselves.

    Please, just worry about your self lickedwicked...
    you need keys to even start the car. Cars are fine alone. They take experts to steal if no key is available.
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    Posted By: the rabbileave it alone. if the owner didn't care about it enough to lock it up/bring it inside, then "too bad/so sad"
    but this could easily be the arguement for stealing the bike.
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    Posted By: wes m.If I run into the store and come outside to find flat tires on my beater I'd be pissed. Its a person right to leave their bike unlocked. Its not your right to let the air out of their tires.

    Heres a simple rule to follow: Never touch another persons bike without first having been being invited to do so.
    not more pissed than you would be if the whole bike was missing.
    • CommentAuthorthe rabbi
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009 edited
     
    are you gonna wait till the person comes back to his/her bike and pump up their tires for them? if they're a messenger you may as well give them $20 for their time you've just wasted.

    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: the rabbileave it alone. if the owner didn't care about it enough to lock it up/bring it inside, then "too bad/so sad"
    but this could easily be the arguement for stealing the bike.
    and it's their fault the bike got stolen.

    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: stinky peteHave you ever thought of doing that “favor” for unlocked cars as well?

    If I came back to my bike and found some one doing that to my unlocked bike I don’t think I would be to appreciative to there efforts, even if they did get a chance to explain themselves.

    Please, just worry about your self lickedwicked...
    you need keys to even start the car. Cars are fine alone. They take experts to steal if no key is available.
    it doens't help what's inside the car.

    you're intentions are noble, but you should just worry about yourself.
    • CommentAuthorwes m.
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009
     
    LOL. People choose to not lock their bikes. Do you think youre the saftey police or something? You get to decide that unlocked bikes get flattened tires? Mind your own biz. If they wanted to use flattened tires as a safety measure theyd do it themselves.
    • CommentAuthorjayohachen
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009
     
    Just leave a note telling them that you will steal their bike next time you see it unlocked.
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    lol you should have NEVER made this form, it seems like nobody agrees with you. and that includes me.
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    Posted By: wes m.LOL. People choose to not lock their bikes. Do you think youre the saftey police or something? You get to decide that unlocked bikes get flattened tires? Mind your own biz. If they wanted to use flattened tires as a safety measure theyd do it themselves.


    you think I deflate tires for the reason of safety? Read again, but if you didn't know bicycles are the hardest thing to reobtain after being stolen. Today I watch justice being dispensed and I was in awe the whole time when this kid found his specialized bike back with all the scratches he made on it a year ago. He even had the scars to prove it. In Davis there are many bikes and there are many bike thefts. Safety is the wrong thing you found from my post, it's more like financial security
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    Posted By: jayohachenJust leave a note telling them that you will steal their bike next time you see it unlocked.
    This is awesome. My answer is found. For the rest of the thread, it probably won't matter to me what else is said. especially the post of :

    Posted By: carbon fiber15lol you should have NEVER made this form, it seems like nobody agrees with you. and that includes me.
    I found an answer and it's all I look for. I don't care what you or others that differ may think from now on since my answer has been found.
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    Posted By: the rabbiare you gonna wait till the person comes back to his/her bike and pump up their tires for them? if they're a messenger you may as well give them $20 for their time you've just wasted.
    or maybe I should tell them how easily I could have jacked their ride and they'd lose more than $20 for the few seconds they saved from not locking their bike.
    • CommentAuthorwes m.
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009
     
    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: wes m. LOL. People choose to not lock their bikes. Do you think youre the saftey police or something? You get to decide that unlocked bikes get flattened tires? Mind your own biz. If they wanted to use flattened tires as a safety measure theyd do it themselves.


    you think I deflate tires for the reason of safety? Read again, but if you didn't know bicycles are the hardest thing to reobtain after being stolen. Today I watch justice being dispensed and I was in awe the whole time when this kid found his specialized bike back with all the scratches he made on it a year ago. He even had the scars to prove it. In Davis there are many bikes and there are many bike thefts. Safety is the wrong thing you found from my post, it's more like financial security


    Yeah I totally didnt mean safety as in keeping bikes safe from thieves. That just wouldnt make nearly as much sense.
    • CommentAuthorwes m.
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009
     
    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: wes m. LOL. People choose to not lock their bikes. Do you think youre the saftey police or something? You get to decide that unlocked bikes get flattened tires? Mind your own biz. If they wanted to use flattened tires as a safety measure theyd do it themselves.


    you think I deflate tires for the reason of safety? Read again, but if you didn't know bicycles are the hardest thing to reobtain after being stolen. Today I watch justice being dispensed and I was in awe the whole time when this kid found his specialized bike back with all the scratches he made on it a year ago. He even had the scars to prove it. In Davis there are many bikes and there are many bike thefts. Safety is the wrong thing you found from my post, it's more like financial security


    Yeah I totally didnt mean safety as in keeping bikes safe from thieves. That just wouldnt make nearly as much sense.
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    You should remove the back brake, only a jerk would steal a bike without a back brake!

    If I was stealing a bike I wouldn't care if there were air in the tires. I'd just ride home on flat tires, and if I destroyed the wheels in the mean time, I'd still have a whole bike left.
    • CommentAuthorstinky pete
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009 edited
     
    Posted By: upthemaidenYou should remove the back brake, only a jerk would steal a bike without a back brake!



    LMFAO!!
    • CommentAuthorstinky pete
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2009 edited
     
    Lickedwicked, because of your state of mind shown through your questions and replies I can no longer tolerate your postings.

    I for one will not waste my time reading or responding to your tripe again...
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    Posted By: stinky peteLickedwicked, because of your state of mind shown through your questions and replies I can no longer tolerate your postings.

    I for one will not waste my time reading or responding to your tripe again...
    I ask nothing of you.
    • CommentAuthorjam guy
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    haha the guy made a valid point. Cut him a break he was only asking a logical question. I guess this question deterred all of you from answering the ever so important which frames are better threads.
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    Posted By: jam guyhaha the guy made a valid point. Cut him a break he was only asking a logical question. I guess this question deterred all of you from answering the ever so important which frames are better threads.

    I caught your pun, but the other proper way would also be a pun. Give him a brake would be an allusion.
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    The whole idea you propose here seems kinda silly to me and I'm not 100% sure this is something you really thought out much.
    But it's cool, you asked, people answered. Probably not how you wanted them to but they did.
    I'll be honest with you if I tossed my bike down in the grass real quick while I ran in the co-op to grab a drink and I looked outside and saw some kid letting the air out of my tires he'd be swallowing his pearly beiges. That's no lie. You really don't touch other people's shit unless they tell you it's ok to do. Especially someone's bike.
    I've left my bike unlocked outside of a store every so often because I'm really just running inside for two seconds and I can see it out the window. On the off chance an opportunistic crackhead sees my unlocked bike and tries to take off on it I won't even have to chase the dude down. He'll get about three or four rotations in and most certainly eat shit when his body realizes he's riding a track bike for the first time.
    If you're really concerned about that kinda stuff the right thing to do is just poke your head into whatever establishment the bike is in front of and say "hey fools one of you left a bike out here just beggin to get stolen! hit that up before some juggalo sees it". You're in the right and you might have done someone a favor.
    Heh, you kids sometimes. "so if I see someone riding a road bike conversion without a brake should I put silly putty in the brake holes so they know they need to get a track bike?"
    • CommentAuthorjam guy
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: jam guyhaha the guy made a valid point. Cut him a break he was only asking a logical question. I guess this question deterred all of you from answering the ever so important which frames are better threads.

    I caught your pun, but the other proper way would also be a pun. Give him a brake would be an allusion.


    Actually, fuck this guy.
    • CommentAuthorthe rabbi
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: the rabbiare you gonna wait till the person comes back to his/her bike and pump up their tires for them? if they're a messenger you may as well give them $20 for their time you've just wasted.
    or maybe I should tell them how easily I could have jacked their ride and they'd lose more than $20 for the few seconds they saved from not locking their bike.
    then he proceeds to smash your face in for the money he's losing because you're doing a "good deed." you just don't get it, man.
    • CommentAuthoryoxscotty
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    wow. this thread is really stressful.
    • CommentAuthormdillon
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: jam guyhaha the guy made a valid point. Cut him a break he was only asking a logical question. I guess this question deterred all of you from answering the ever so important which frames are better threads.

    I caught your pun, but the other proper way would also be a pun. Give him a brake would be an allusion.


    Do you know what an allusion is?
    • CommentAuthorNash
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    yet another GREAT thread started by licked wicked! if I ran into a store for a min and didnt lock, came out to see you doing that, you would catch a u-lock to the face... you seemed to be so worried about other people and how they do things, DONT BE!
    • CommentAuthorNash
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    can someone do us all a favor and revoke his posting rights. Please and thank you!
    • CommentAuthorThomWarr
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009 edited
     
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    • CommentAuthorThomWarr
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    Posted By: lickedwickedi'm sure that letting the air out of the tires from a bike cannot be evidence for thievery. It is an effort to stop thieves. I carry around a pump so I won't mind, but I'm sure anybody who has had their bike stolen would rather simply have their tires deflated instead of having their whole bike missing.



    alot of people, like myself, dont carry pumps. if i walked out of a store and saw anyone deflating my tires they would get the shit beat out of them. end of story.


    just quit worrying about everyone elses mistakes/carelessness so much.
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    Posted By: mdillon
    Posted By: lickedwicked
    Posted By: jam guyhaha the guy made a valid point. Cut him a break he was only asking a logical question. I guess this question deterred all of you from answering the ever so important which frames are better threads.

    I caught your pun, but the other proper way would also be a pun. Give him a brake would be an allusion.


    Do you know what an allusion is?
    reference to another thread.
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    I was very interested in the fact that he pulled out the 9th grade word of the day, and yet clearly pays so little attention in his english/grammar class. Your teacher would fire you if she saw the comments you left on here and how poorly constructed they are.

    If you see a bike outside not locked up, why don't you just take it? that way no one can steal it. Better yet, stay with the bike until the owner comes back, and then charge him for your guardian services, and don't let him have his bike back until he pays.
    • CommentAuthorgreg
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    Its not a magic trick, its an illusion!
    • CommentAuthorjam guy
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    Posted By: gregIts not a magic trick, its an illusion!


    Arrested Development quote! Finally this thread has turned for the good.
    • CommentAuthorAaron C
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2009
     
    i really wanted to say something clever or witty but you guys already covered most of the bases.
    touche, touche. i love you all. even lickmewicked whose sophomore-esque posts continue to amaze me.
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    Posted By: Aaron C ......all. even lickmewicked whose sophomore-esque posts continue to amaze me.


    I can tell! you're starting to copy his writing style. That last one isn't even a whole sentence.
    • CommentAuthorheadydude
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2009
     
    Carry around a spanner and crank puller and remove the bikes crankset. That way, crackheads will be too confused to steal it. The owner will be sure to thank you.

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