They tried to steal my bike In Koreatown. Fuckin assholes!
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Tyrito at 05.15.10 - 1:25 am
I work in K-town off of Wilshire and Catalina. I was super stoked about going on the birthday ride but when I got off work I went downstairs to see my back wheel had been stolen. I locked my shit up right in front of my job. They took my spoke cards (most importantly my first Taco Tuesday spoke card). Someone saw them and chased them down. It was 2 hispanics and a black dude. Makes me sad to see my own people doing this shit. They only got away with my back wheel. My buddy just built this bike for me on Tuesday. We were able to recover my front wheel and they didn't have time to strip it for parts (all new components). Fuck you K-town pieces of shit doing this. It's not the first time I hear of shit like this happening there. We really don't need riders like you around. This is meant to be a positive thing. I don't just ride to go on group rides. I ride daily from Sherman Oaks to K-town. Get a fucking job and buy your shit like the rest of the decent riders out there.
Glad I had an extra set of wheels at home.
Also my friends Black Centurion Lemans was stolen on taco Tuesday #100 it had pink pedals. Please keep an eye out.
Fuck this whole stealing from other riders bullshit!
-Tyrone.
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The bigger this whole things gets the more the dark underbelly of humanity sneaks in. In most bike friendly cities bike thefts are on epidemic proportions.
I am happy you got your wheels back! Name and shame the kids that stole them.
ubrayj0205.15.10 - 1:38 am
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they may be targeting you and your friend. it's not that far fetched that people are being scoped out for their rides. I would say to you take whatever you can in with you into your job.
theft knows no ethnicity.
check out the thread "stolen bike@TT100" mind the bullshit on that post. i suspect that it may be the same guy but this time he has accomplices. the guy who filmed the event is looking through the footage for the guy who stole your friends bike.
mechazawa05.15.10 - 1:45 am
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The patrol guys only recovered the front wheel. I was lucky I had an extra set of wheels at home. But yeah I know what you mean, man. To me it's all part of riding. I just need three U-locks instead on one and a cable lock.
Tyrito responding to a
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05.15.10 - 1:56 am
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Fook man, that is shitty.
I am betting they just dumped the spoke cards.
I will keep an eye out for your stuff.
TheDude responding to a
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05.15.10 - 3:06 am
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Thanks dude!
Hey I think I met you a while back at bike polo in NoHo through this chick named Leslie. This was last year sometime... Good looking out dude! Maybe I'll catch you on one of the rides. Might be starting something up in the valley soon.
Tyrito responding to a
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05.15.10 - 3:28 am
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In the old days, horse thieves would dangling at the end of a rope!
ToddAlmighty05.15.10 - 7:47 am
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It's the same little fuckers you see on bikes that look way too nice for them to have. I know that sounds fucked up but it's true. How does a teenage son of a bitch have a sick ass bike with no job... Think about it. Hope those assholes get doored at the very least!
Tyrito responding to a
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05.15.10 - 11:06 am
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Yeah that is pretty suspicious, but some are spoiled little kids who get their parents to buy them brand new everything.
BoneCrush responding to a
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05.15.10 - 11:30 am
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We should have a ride where we get to the first location and some LAPD units are waiting to check serial numbers and such, I think that would really stop some of these thieves from coming on rides..... just a thought.
X-Large responding to a
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05.15.10 - 12:41 pm
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Cops should do a sting operation, and lock up a nice fixie in K-town with a crappy lock and see who steals it. Goto their address and I bet some ppl will get their rides back.
ToddAlmighty05.15.10 - 1:44 pm
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Don't confuse thieves with a bike riders. This is a business for them, their income!!!
Limeyfly05.15.10 - 10:47 pm
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XL they are not stealing for a ride, they are stealing for bread!
Limeyfly responding to a
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05.15.10 - 10:49 pm
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So many other ways to make "bread" these days. Sell some fuckin weed like the decent people do! The sad thing is that one part of L.A. is known for this type of shit and that's K-Town. It's fucked up. I noticed a little while ago my cranks were loosened up... Those fuckin bitches were trying to steal those too. It's like you can't fix up a bike without having to worry about your shit getting stolen.
I would probably beat the living shit out of one of those fucks with my U-lock and then maybe carve thief on their forehead with my knife. Just saying... People need to start standing up and making a statement about bike theft in our city. I think having the police work together with riders would be a start. We also need to get rid of the fucks who yell out "fuck the police" every time they see a cop on a ride. It makes things worse for everyone. .
Tyrito05.15.10 - 11:57 pm
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Really? Bread? Or maybe more minutes on their cell phones? Priorities these days are very messed up, to eat and not starve YES! to have the latest shoes, NO! Which do YOU think is REALLY true and why they really do it?
X-Large responding to a
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05.16.10 - 3:27 am
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I think its to sell parts if not the whole bike itself. They probably go to school and look around for people that need parts. One thing thieves used to do when they jacked whips when the street races were hot, is they would go to businesses that were down to strip cars to the bone like repair shops, chop shops, or junkyards. All they did was pay a little fee to the owners and it was all good. If they couldn't get any of them to do it they would randomly look around places like DTLA and ask people/store owners if they needed rims or what not. If that didn't work they would start networking, asking friends of friends if they needed certain parts. I suspect its the same way with bikes but a whole lot easier to do. I recall a guy who used to steal rides and part them out in his own garage and store parts in his attic until he eventually found a buyer to sell to weeks, months, or even years later. Its true, a lot of thieves don't have a job, money, or family to help support themselves so they resort to stealing for parts but I also remember a particular story about someone that was working 2 jobs, had different cars that he owned but the dude still had an itch for stealing motorcycles that were randomly parked in the open. All the dude needed was 2 minutes and pickup truck to pull it off. The guy sold it for parts or sometimes he would get a shop owner to buy the whole bike and the shop owner would part it himself and sell the parts individually to whoever and it wasn't a surprise parts would end up in different countries sometimes. Networking is a criminals best friend because if he/she couldn't do that they would just be jacking for nothing. They would be running the risk of getting caught for nothing. The cream is all they care about nothing more, nothing less. They don't care about riding your stolen bike, they only want to find a way to make money off of it and I know for a fact that some of these low lives have business partners, which brings me to my last speculation. When jacking cars was hot back in the early '00 sometimes the people that actually did the stealing were just the small frys, i.e. collateral damage. The real heads that were calling the shots were business/shop owners that knew the risk takers and would ask them to get cars for the certain parts they needed. They worked in unison to make money and would split the cash however they saw fit for the occasion. It really came down to this, the jackers could work for themselves, stealing and selling the parts solo and making all the profit which takes time or if they really needed the money they would work with somebody and split the cash and let the shop owner deal with selling the parts. There are different risk factors to both and its up to the criminal to decide what risk he or she wants to take and how badly they need the money at that moment.
Will you ever find your bike? Probably not... you might find some parts but that's about it. If the person that stole your shit is a stupid enough to ride your bike around LA then just maybe but for most of them this most likely isn't their first time doing something like this and they know what's up. No thief rode a g-ride for an extended period of time unless they were retarded and the same thing goes for bicycles.
BTW, car jackers normally never stole in mid-day light, the stupid ones, definitely but the veterans always invaded your shit after midnight or in the rain. They also didn't go to places like Beverly Hills or Palos Verdes to jack the cars or parts they wanted. They always went to where the scene was like SFV or Riverside County. In the case of bicycles thefts, that's why these bastards creep around Venice Blvd or any other rider meet up or hang out because they know when they see us. When 5 dudes cramped up in car are driving around late at night they only have one mission in mind when they left the house and that is to creep on a come up at your expense. Whether they only got 1 bike or 5 bikes that night it doesn't really matter to them as long as they got something to sell on the black market in which they can go ahead and buy whatever they want, like drugs, weapons, or to plain party with the females. This is where the money for your stolen bike is going, so other people can have a good time at your expense.
The best advice I can offer is to not ride what everybody else is into, i.e. fixed gear not because the thieves have bicycle envy but because they are widely available just like Integras, Civics, and Dodge Neons back in the day, and because they probably already got buyers for your expensive fixed gear parts. Before they even steal your bike they are already promising somebody else that they can get the part they need for cheaper than retail. These thieves already have a large invoice, the only thing they need is the product to go with it.
BWiize responding to a
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05.16.10 - 5:20 am
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i'm not siding with k-town ever but don't just go off pointing fingers at them. thats too easy. it could've just as easily been 3 knuckle heads without shit to do and they saw a 'fixie'.
gears - the best thief deterrent on bikes
_iJunes05.16.10 - 10:07 am
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BTW OP i am no photog but i'm positive thats not how you 'tilt-shift'
_iJunes05.16.10 - 10:10 am
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Yea totally. When Limefly said "bread" I thought it was more of a stealing to survive type of thing, but it makes more sense now that "bread" was meant to be money. Yes, scumbag thieves are just stealing our stuff to make money and nothing more.
X-Large responding to a
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05.16.10 - 1:49 pm
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dude I work on 6th/berendo. two fools tried to jack my bike right outside my work last summer. thank god i chased him down
aksendz responding to a
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05.16.10 - 3:37 pm
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there is a nice bike, properly locked in the neighborhood (1-2 blocks from the spots mentioned), but the seat is missing. wonder if the rider look it with, or if it got boosted...
nolikedrive responding to a
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05.16.10 - 3:46 pm
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All I know is that I just had an awesome time with three other riders tonight. We drank beer and kicked it ar a few rooftops. I'm ok with my wheels getting jacked. Serves me right... I was an evil little bastard back in the day. Maybe I really did have it coming to me. Fuck...
Tyrito05.17.10 - 3:23 am
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A couple weeks ago, I walked instead of rode from the Wilshire/Western Metro because I had a a couple phone calls to make and while I was walking along 8th street, a semi shady Latino dude on a Nishiki that was a few sizes to big for him rolled up and asked me if I needed any bike parts.
Definitely a sketchy scene. Maybe if you guys posted up around the area he'll pop up. He had a pretty good sized gut and a buzz cut.
chunk05.17.10 - 5:08 pm
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