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echo park theives
Thread started by Lance K at 12.14.08 - 9:11 pm

A gang of the little fuckers (I recognized two of them) just rolled by the smokehouse about 6 deep...stopped and took a long look at my steelman (to see if anything wasn't locked up properly, i presume). I went outside and asked them what they were up to in a friendly way, they all just scattered.

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damn those lil bastards!!!



funanu
12.14.08 - 9:12 pm

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i'm glad you got that good view out that window



revolutionary
12.14.08 - 9:14 pm

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Lance keep your Camera Handy!!!! I'll punch one of these lil fuckers regardless of age or anything...



skano
12.14.08 - 9:27 pm

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Nice spray from a fire-hose will have them crying on a cold night.




bentstrider
12.15.08 - 2:44 am

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Damn they're working in the rain? They must be desperate. Lock your bikes!



skd
12.15.08 - 4:28 am

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LOL



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 6:19 am

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CAMERA PHONE JUSTICE!

if they haven't cut through your lock or removed your wheels yet, snap a picture and make them famous!



tortuga_veloce
12.15.08 - 10:18 am

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im down for handling things the ski-mask way


whos down

ski mask mob



1junes
12.15.08 - 10:19 am

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Lynch mob lets do the damn thing already.....



Debut213
12.15.08 - 10:47 am

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hey if someone gets me a clear picture of their faces

i will make t-shirts that have their picture and say BIKE THIEVES

and wear it rides in dtla yessir i will ummmmmhmmm



1junes
12.15.08 - 11:01 am

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ruinedbyidiots
12.15.08 - 11:10 am

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u know nothing is going to happen.

i wouldnt be surprised if all the cable lock users still havent gotten u locks yet.

we are a stubborn bunch.

what? ur srsly gonna form a mob to go bash in skulls?

everyone has to stop crying over all this shit.

for the exception of the two riders who literally got their shit ripped out of their hands, i think the rest were just being careless.

quit all the bullshit talking about ur gonna form a mob yada yada.

fucking grow up and look after ur belongings. all the cable lock users, idk how many more bikes need to be jacked before u realize ur the next one up.


we all have to realize that you can't trust anybody. ever.

this forum has turned into, wah fucking wah, i got my bike jacked, please be on the look out for it.

first off, NO ONE is gonna see it being ridden around.

second, do you fucking think someones really gonna confront some big ass thug over a bike?

fucking please, you guys cant confront each other over some asshole laughing in ur face doing wheelies unless its online.

the sense of bicycling community has gone down the drain people.

look out for yourselves and expect ur bike to be stolen on each ride. get off ur ass, save ur booze money for a u lock. thats really the best you can do.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 11:26 am

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you forgot to tell them to come to Tuesday Night Special



sexy
12.15.08 - 11:31 am

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YES DAVID

and yeah,

come to TNS

bring a u lock.

and maybe some gloves. its getting cold over here.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 11:32 am

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GOT SOME VALUE-ABLE INFO ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE MAIN CULPRIT'S APARTMENT. Tallish skinny kid. got his name too. what to do?



Roadblock
12.15.08 - 11:36 am

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btw, if u got ur bike stolen, i apologize for sounding so harsh.

but fucking come on people.

get a clue.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 11:36 am

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wah fucking wah





1junes
12.15.08 - 11:37 am

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we rob him.



1junes
12.15.08 - 11:38 am

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"GOT SOME VALUE-ABLE INFO ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE MAIN CULPRIT'S APARTMENT. Tallish skinny kid. got his name too. what to do?"

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let all the folks who talked about forming a mob and cracking skulls (whos the one that said they had a gun) go over to the apartment and have them fucking do what they said they were gonna do.

who was the person with the gun? are you srsly gonna point a pistol at some kid over a bike. get the fuck out of here.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 11:39 am

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well, what would you suggest would stop these little punks? how about we just call the cops?



Roadblock
12.15.08 - 11:50 am

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How reliable is this info? Talk to the cops first and see what they are going to do would be my guess. I wouldn't give them an address unless their going to do something. Then at least when you take matters in your own hands, you can say you gave the cops a chance to take care of this.



User1
12.15.08 - 11:56 am

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call the local police dept and see what type of info you need. do it this way.

dont go barging into someones residence demanding an answer.

ur not gonna get it.

dont go in there waving weapons.

all this will do is bring on more violence towards folks on bikes.

i never wanna hear about some other couple getting mugged. thats fucking awful.

my point earlier was for people to get their shit together and look out for themselves. do every possible thing to keep ur bike safe. and to also keep in mind, that this is los angeles. its a huge metropolitan city where robberies and stolen merchandise is common.

this isnt ur hometown or wherever ur from. i dont think many of these transplants have that instilled in their minds yet.

motherfuckers will steal ur shit.

theres a reason why kryptonite made some huge chain a product, branding it the NY fuggedaboutit, a place where motherfuckers will steal ur shit.


idk, just dont go around planning on beating people up. its just gonna lead to more shit.





KiMS1
12.15.08 - 12:04 pm

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Politely knock on there door and talk to his mother



Mook
12.15.08 - 12:12 pm

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Just please if any one knows who they are just tell SMASHEN247 I promise I will take care of things!!!!! i want the location to any of fuckers that jack good people!!! I will take care of this problem and i will go down fighting standing up!!!! You feel me, this is no joke Im tired of this shit we hear about this daily I got my bike jacked at the begianing of the year and i still have to settle the score!!!! I got mad love for all my biker family and if anyone fucks with them yo your fucking with me!!!! Let ROADBLOCK or LANCE K know the info!

I will get to the botom of this!!!!
THANKS!!!



smashen247
12.15.08 - 12:16 pm

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@mook

fucking there we go. exactly. im sure their parents will do the ass kicking for you.

im more afraid of my dad or my mom with a coat hanger and them telling me their disappointed than roadblocks size 96 foot flying towards my ass.

also, keep in mind,

we are all here to keep this community together,

after the parents are done with the kid, you can always offer to bring the kid the bike kitchen to work on his own bike.

we all have to understand that inner city kids do not have it easy.

these kids are stealing shit for a reason.

fcking show them they dont have to steal anything.

dont just assume its too late and their in for a life of crime and garbage.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 12:21 pm

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fucking please, you guys cant confront each other over some asshole laughing in ur face doing wheelies unless its online.

I DID, AND EVERY BODY ELSE WAS LIKE "FUCKIN EDDIEBOY WHY YOU STARTING TROUBLE ON OUR RIDE?"

FUCKIN PUSSY'S TALK LIKE THEY TOUGH, AND DONT DO SHIT.

LOL, KEEP USING CABLE LOCKS, SO I CAN LAUGH AT YOUR STUPID ASS CRYING ON THE INTERNETS.



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 12:30 pm

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NO XCUSES FOR THEM I KNOW PEOPLE WORK HARD TO GET THERE BIKES HOOKED UP TO GET THEM JACKED BY SOME LIL BITCH ASS FUCKS THAT ARE NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO BUY BEER FUCK THAT !!!! MY FIRST BIKE MENT EVERYTHING TO ME I HAVE HAD OTHER BIKES SCENCE THEN BUT THAT WAS MY FIRST AND I WANTED TO KEEP THAT TO GIVE MY KID HIS FIRST FIX GEAR SOME DAY!!! TEAH NO XCUSE THEY GOT SOMETHING COMIING FOR XMAS EVEN IF THEY BEEN BAD OR GOOD!!!!! TRUST!!



smashen247
12.15.08 - 12:32 pm

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I HOPE YOU AINT TALKING TO ME EDDIE!!!



smashen247
12.15.08 - 12:33 pm

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Hate to say it, but Information of a location isn't going to be enough for the cops to do anything. From the cops' point of view, you could be making it up for all they know.

You got to give them enough information and evidence to form the basis for a warrant (to search a house, apartment, garage, shack, car, etc.) or at least probable cause to arrest the guy if they spot him on the street somewhere.

There's no hard and fast rule on how much information/evidence is enough for a warrant or probable cause (especially in this type of situation where the cops didn't see a crime being committed.)....the more evidence you have the better your chances.

Catching them in the act would be the best.

If you have a picture of the thief with a wheel in his hand riding down the street...that might be a good start.

if you have a bunch of different pictures with him carrying a bunch of different wheels on separate occasions...well, now you're getting somewhere. They could justifiably stop the guy and start asking questions, if the cops happen to see him around town riding around carrying a wheel.

If you have a picture of him carrying wheels or bikes into a particular location like a house or a garage...that would be even better!




DJwheels
12.15.08 - 12:33 pm

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no, they know they dont have to steal it.

but they choose to

they do this shit for kicks nd ego so they need to be scared shit straight

but if i know anything, their parents probably wont do shit about it.

i myself was a former knucklehead (may still be, i dont know you tell me)



1junes
12.15.08 - 12:34 pm

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"this isnt ur hometown or wherever ur from. i dont think many of these transplants have that instilled in their minds yet. "

the transplants might not... but LA IS my hometown. I live exactly 2 blocks from where I was born into this world. this is MY city. fuck these punks. it's one thing to steal a bike off a light pole but quite another to be a complete pussy and gang up on someone to rob their shit!

I think in order to move forward and call the cops with the info we need the video tape from the building - what's the status of that?





Roadblock
12.15.08 - 12:35 pm

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Talking to the parents could work if the kids are young enough to still actually be afraid of their parents. Otherwise, high school level punk/thugs just don't care. If you know the kids parents are also Latino, you might need someone to speak to them in Spanish.

Here's a passive aggressive idea, you could post pics or flyers around the parents home to publicly embarrass and shame them into cooperating so that the cops don't have to get involved.

At the very least, you're putting them on notice that they may be aiding and abetting a criminal or may even be an accessory to the crime after the fact by allowing these kids to store stuff under their own roof.

If you're gonna talk to parents, try to convince them that you're not after their kid....you're actually after the scumbag who is corrupting their poor little child. You know parents will defend their kids even if they are being accused of a crime.





DJwheels
12.15.08 - 12:38 pm

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I JUNES ITS ULYE I WANT TO MET UP WITH YOU AN ROADBLOCK TO DISCUS THIS MATTER!!!! IM NOT STARTING THE NEW YEAR KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET BIKE STUFF FOR XMAS AN THEN GET THEM JACKED AFTER KIM YOU JUST DONT UNDERSTAND I SORRY TO SAY BUT YOU REALLY DONT



smashen247
12.15.08 - 12:38 pm

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I VOTE we roll hella deep to his apt. and talk to his Mama This will make them realize that we're not playing with lil stank ass....



skano
12.15.08 - 12:39 pm

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@eddieboy

right, ur the only one with the cajones that actually does something and yeah people gave you shit.

this bike scene is full of phonies.

maybe ur right, maybe they should just keep using their cable locks and get their shit jacked.

maybe we can weed out some of these idiots.

@smashen

"I WANTED TO KEEP THAT TO GIVE MY KID HIS FIRST FIX GEAR SOME DAY!!!"

are you kidding me?

look, im sorry that you lost ur bike. it sucks. but dont go in there trying to raise hell.

be reasonable. be rational. what? are u gonna ask his parents for u guys to have some time alone so u can tie him to a chair and beat him?

idk how old you are but violence only brings on more violence.

everyone talks about how the bikerowave and bike kitchen are great for poor kids to build up their own bikes. is it true? maybe it is, maybe it isnt, maybe these kids just dont know about these places.

get ur bike back and send the kid to one of those shops.





KiMS1
12.15.08 - 12:40 pm

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type his name into all the social networking sites (myspace, facebook, et al) and see what comes up.



ruinedbyidiots
12.15.08 - 12:44 pm

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kims is right, violence won't work. I want the cops involved. I dont care if it's snitching. I'm talkingg about the punks that drove up and robbed the two cyclists.



Roadblock
12.15.08 - 12:45 pm

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If you're gonna talk to parents, try to convince them that you're not after their kid....you're actually after the scumbag who is corrupting their poor little child. You know parents will defend their kids even if they are being accused of a crime.

If you let the parents know that your next stop is the police station where you'll be turning over their address etc, I think they'll be more interested in cooperating.



Eric Hair
12.15.08 - 12:49 pm

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FIRST OF ALL I DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

----I HOPE YOU AINT TALKING TO ME EDDIE!!!

smashen247----

AND TELLING ME THAT ABOVE DONT MEAN SHIT TO ME.

IF YOU FEEL GUILTY ABOUT SOMETHING, OR ARE JUST TIRED OF MY SHIT, THEN FINE, TELL ME THAT TO ME WHEN YOU SEE ME, FACE TO FACE, AND WE WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

LIKE I SAID, I DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE FROM YOUR SCREEN NAME, AND I DONT KNOW WHY YOUR TAKING OFFENSE TO WHAT I TYPED ABOVE,

UNLESS YOUR ONE OF THE ONE THAT WAS ON THE WEST SIDE RIDE THAT TOLD ME, :WHY YOU STARTING TROUBLE ON OUR RIDE, EDDIEBOY?""


, BUT YOUR WORDS THAT YOU TYPED SOUND LIKE A THREAT TO ME " I HOPE YOU AINT TALKING TO ME EDDIE!!!".






eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 12:49 pm

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in the (altered) words of Talib Kweli, in the manifesto...

" Kids don't steal ridas' track bikes 'cause they need another spoke. They steal track bikes cause they broke..."

don't get me wrong. i'm not giving them an excuse. stealing is unacceptable whether its white collar crime or a gas station hold up. just putting things into context, cause this stuff happens every day, not just with bikes.

its a sad commentary about our society that we have to look straight in the face.





sciencefriction
12.15.08 - 12:51 pm

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by the way, the thieves definitely do read this forum.



Roadblock
12.15.08 - 12:54 pm

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HAY GAIZ

NO LIKE CRIME???

THEN MOVE TO SOME PLACE IN OREGON

OR CANADA

OR ALASKA



go ride your fixies with polar bears and see how the aerospokes handle artic winds.



1junes
12.15.08 - 12:57 pm

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----I JUNES ITS ULYE I WANT TO MET UP ----

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE NOW. I THOUGHT WE WAS GOOD ULYE.

I GOT ONE OF YOUR DECALS ON MY FRONT WINDOW AT MY APPARTMENT.

WE SMOKE TOGETHER,

DRINK TOGETHER.

RIDE TOGETHER.

I DONT KNOW WHY YOU THREATEN ME.



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 12:57 pm

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@smashen

i dont know what it feels like?

yeah, i do know what it feels like.

i do know what it feels like when my one and only form of transportation gets jacked.

look kiddo,

you have to understand that its just a fucking bike.

get over it.

it fucking sucks. but to go after them with a fist cocked back is not the smartest way to go about doing it.

if u get the info, go report it.

im sure they'll be more afraid of having something on their record rather than a broken nose or a black eye.




KiMS1
12.15.08 - 12:57 pm

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eddie you smoke too much. no one is threatening you. it's only voices.



Roadblock
12.15.08 - 12:58 pm

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or a drumstick in the spoke. Maybe just walk outside with a video camera in your hand as you walk up to them. Get them on tape before you confront them.





stevo4
12.15.08 - 12:58 pm

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we gotta set up a bike, with a loooooooose ass headset, and leave it unlocked, break the chain on purpose, brake cables leading nowhere, check someone trying to ride off with it, and when they get on

BAM SUWHOOP AND BANG ON EM



1junes
12.15.08 - 12:59 pm

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Wonderful, so they know we're disorganized, at odds with each other about stupid shit, and have a hyper-opinionated chick named Kim that may, or may not, want to beat them with a coathanger.

I doubt if they're worried; they may even be arroused.



Eric Hair
12.15.08 - 1:00 pm

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@roadblock

i agree that the thieves do read this forum.

you guys should exchange email addresses and talk about a plan that way and destroy this thread.





KiMS1
12.15.08 - 1:01 pm

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"Wonderful, so they know we're disorganized, at odds with each other about stupid shit, and have a hyper-opinionated chick named Kim that may, or may not, want to beat them with a coathanger.

I doubt if they're worried; they may even be arroused."

HAHAHAHAHAHA

+1

and im a hyperopinionated dude.

i gots a dick yo.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 1:02 pm

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ROADBLOCK, IS THIS A THREAT?----->

I HOPE YOU AINT TALKING TO ME EDDIE!!!

<-----?????



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 1:05 pm

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Gas prices are half of what they used to be...no one wants bikes anymore..GET WITH THE PROGRAM THIEVES!!!! go back to stealing cars



la duderina
12.15.08 - 1:06 pm

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eddie im gonna eat ur brains.

and thats a threat.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 1:06 pm

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kim got his korean license revoked and traded it for some tampons!



1junes
12.15.08 - 1:06 pm

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I'M ARROUSED NOW.



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 1:06 pm

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YOUR GOING TO SUCK MY DI.....NEVER MIND.



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 1:08 pm

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YOU GUYZ ARE SAD, I'M GONE.



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 1:08 pm

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@junu

i dont get it.

btw, u never answered my short ribs marinating question.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 1:08 pm

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same here

gone to class.

u locks motherfuckers!



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 1:09 pm

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look kiddo,

you have to understand that its just a fucking bike.



ever heard of sentimental value? Not one of the bikes I own is 'just a fucking bike'

and when its your only mode of transportation its definitely no longer "just a fucking bike"

hipster!



la duderina
12.15.08 - 1:10 pm

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"you have to understand that its just a fucking bike.

get over it."


dude really? people work hard to fix up their bikes. and ur saying its just a bike? its more than that. its hours of working jobs we dont fuckin like so we can have a means of transportation. we can just get over it. ofcourse people wanna find out who stole their bike.

and btw, i hate this whole "inner city kids have it tough". bullshit. I grew up in echo park my whole life. with diamond st gang right up the street. living with just my mom and sis and I dont steal. its not the paretns faults. those kids know what they are doing.



funanu
12.15.08 - 1:11 pm

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@duderina and funanu

ah,

well i guess im wrong. i apologize for that statement.

i was in rant mode.

but i still stand behind the fact that we dont need to get violent on these kids.

getting the cops involved in something like this is still probably the best way to go.



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 1:14 pm

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no need to say sorry. everybody here has the right to voice their opinion. but yes i dont agree with violence. what they need is a weekend in juvi. a wake up call or something.



funanu
12.15.08 - 1:17 pm

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"what they need is a weekend in juvi. a wake up call or something."

+1 totally



KiMS1
12.15.08 - 1:18 pm

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im surprised chicken leather doesnt have anything accidentally caught on tape . . .



jchungerford
12.15.08 - 1:20 pm

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a weekend in juvi won't do shit. All a weekend in juvi does is make kids think that they are hard.





la duderina
12.15.08 - 1:26 pm

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@la duderina

ever been to juvi?



funanu
12.15.08 - 1:29 pm

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Kids going into "juvi" will NOT WORK.

Going through the system like that only makes you hate more and more, it doesn't teach you anything except that you don't wanna get caught again.

I'm sorry but if I found out my bike was stolen and I knew the dude who did it, I would totally hurt them. I'm not a violent person, I hate fighting. I've just put too much time and money into my bike and when things go wrong (hopefully they don't) I want to make these kids UNDERSTAND (that doesn't mean physically hurting them) that what they are doing is wrong.




Graham
12.15.08 - 1:29 pm

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knuckleheadism mentality.
bike thieves ride huffys in hell.



ruinedbyidiots
12.15.08 - 1:33 pm

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I think a good old fashion ass whippen would serve everybody (the kid, you, society and the kids victim) much better then anytime in Juvi. Of all the institutions I had been to, juvenile hall is the scariest I have ever seen. Those probation officers are mean.



sexy
12.15.08 - 1:34 pm

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and while violence may not be the answer, some of the dtla messengers have been doling out beatdowns as well as stealing stolen parts back from these idiots for some time now. someone got ulocked to a pole, too. but he was crying for his mommy with a bloody nose and someone said the cops had been called or something and they let him go.


its a great story and all, but i dont like "street" justice.



ruinedbyidiots
12.15.08 - 1:35 pm

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Well, I'm new to this forum but not new to getting my bikes / part jacked and I'm fucking tired of it.

The police will NOT do shit for you or your stolen bike.

In two separate cases they weren't the LEAST bit helpful in getting my bike back.

I've had 6 different bikes stolen / mutilated during the past 3-4 years, most recently my sadlle/carbon stem stolen right outside of Gold Room, while the security guard was still there, me drinking inside...

Shit is ridiculous, and (it's baad in the hollywood area too).
There's NO EXCUSE for stealing people's private property.
Anyone who defends bike thieves a single bit is a fucking moron.
They no what the're doing is wrong, they should have to deal with the circumstances.
(You know, in certain parts of the world you get your fucking hands chopped off for stealing, no less...)


My idea is roughly this:

1. Form a BIKE THIEF ELIMINATOR CREW
2. Set up bait bikes overnight in key locations
3. Hide away, take turns observing the bike from a distance
4. If / when the thief comes and tries to take it
5. Attack, apprehend them, put them in citizens' arrest or at least roughen them up and take their picture (and potentially turn them over to the police)
6. Best would be to get handcuffs and handcuff the motheruckers up to a fence in a public area - public humiliation is the greatest deterrent.

Something like this would take time and effort, but I've been entertaining this idea for a while, and would carry it out with
NO REMORSE and NO MERCY.

discuss



andorkappen
12.15.08 - 1:35 pm

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no disrespect, but good luck discussing your eliminator crew plan on a public forum that the bike jackers already read...




sciencefriction
12.15.08 - 2:07 pm

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so you assume (know?) that some the thieves are active on this forum???

I'm skeptical of that.

but if in fact that's the case, this is quite the rotten egg of a situation,

no disrespect.



andorkappen
12.15.08 - 2:12 pm

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@la duderina

ever been to juvi?

funanu
12.15.08 - 4:29 pm


Maybe I have, maybe I haven't, but I know what I am talking about. They don't call my hometown mo-ghetto valley for nothin' homeboy.

It just makes them think that they are hard. and I know this, man.





la duderina
12.15.08 - 2:17 pm

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this and many other forums on this board have already discussed this issue.
its obvious they know, because they know when to come to the rides, which rides to come to. people have seen them in action.



sciencefriction
12.15.08 - 2:19 pm

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This is really easy. I saw a video of some bicycle gents who did this in NY.

1. Bait Bike
2. Wait for thief
3. Attack theif
4. Duct tape theif to bike rack with sign around neck that says "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO STEAL A BICYCLE"
5. Leave or video tape from a distance
6. Call Police

Watch home video about 4000230898923570234 times and it will never get old!!!!!

I used to glue quarters to the floor in the mall, still fun, but not as much.





parlorbikes
12.15.08 - 3:48 pm

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Lets set up a bait bike in front of the smokehouse. Andrew lives accross the street. Maybe we could set up a cheap video camera on the bike and leave it out overnight. Might get lucky.





stillline
12.15.08 - 5:05 pm

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SO THEY COME TO THIS WEBSITE, AND YOUR TELLING THEM YOUR PLANS, YOU GUYZ ARE SO FUCKING STUPID,

NO WONDER BIKES ARE STILL GETTING STOLEN.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 5:10 pm

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A credible someone on another site said they already ulocked one of these kids to a telephone pole until a passerby called the cops. Doesn't seem to have changed these kids ways in the least.



toweliesbong
12.15.08 - 5:14 pm

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YOUU LESTEN TO EDDIE!!

HE SMARTS!!! HE WOOD TEL THE TRUFT.

EDDIE IS OL SKOOL! OL SKOOL NO WAHT TIM IT IS!!!



User1
12.15.08 - 5:24 pm

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Hey every1,

my name is July... and I'm an alco... oh wait. So again, I'm July and I don't want anyone mistaking me for someone else with what I'm about to say.

We have circled this conversation time and time again and yet nothing has been done, save for wasting keystrokes.

What I don't understand is how some of you tape/record entire rides, snap a thousand pictures (I'm not making this up, ya'll know who you are, lol) but yet no one can follow some of these kids from a distance and maybe just record them? I know there's a lot of riders with a lot of free time on their hands. Instead of riding just for the sake of riding, why don't you ride down to the location and just record or keep an eye out. I don't condone violence... against anyone, but specially kids.

With so many capable minds it's shocking to see that no one has come up with something yet. Bikes will continue to get stolen and we will continue to cry about it on the forums. Let's do something.

And if you don't want to do anything, then get the people that do involved - the cops. If you have information share it. But do something with it. Otherwise, what's the point?

I have yet to get my bike stolen... but I take a ton of precautions and believe it or not, I still only have cable lock (it's about to change once I get paid) but yet nothing's happened. I am never too far from my bike and when I get fucked up, as a lot of us do on a lot of the rides, I make sure I either move my bike within arms distance or have someone who I trust who I know is sober keep an eye on it along with their own.

The only good excuse should be what happened to that poor girl and her friend with those cats jumping out of the car. And even then, there are precautions. Mace/pepper spray being one of them.

But come on... don't turn on each other. You guys all ride together whether you know the face behind the online name or not... formulate and come together.



Jazzy Phat Nastee
12.15.08 - 5:43 pm

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DO I HEAR THE MAKING OF A GOOGLE GROUP?



eddieboyinla
12.15.08 - 6:10 pm

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@july

this is a good point. next time i gots nothing to do i might just do that. itll be fun like cat and mouse.. you can make a ride of it, go to a spot lay some bikes togeather with one lock and watch with some beers a distance away and pull some quick flicks..

cmon itll be funnn.



theshues
12.15.08 - 8:20 pm

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If you're going to go through all that trouble, you might as well make it entertaining. I would like to suggest a 12 volt battery that's hooked up to give a bad ass shock to the person that grabs it. Make sure the cameras are rolling too!



User1
12.15.08 - 8:42 pm

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