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pinkmaggit
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PostPosted: Tue 2nd Sep 11:06pm    Post subject: World's Most Prolific Cycle Thief Reply with quote Report Abuse
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Canadian police have caught the man believed to be the world's most prolific bike thief, after they recovered 2,865 stolen bicycles from the owner of a Toronto bike shop
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The sparc metal market has meant that the fastest growing area of bike theft is the 'parcpy bicycle that nobody would want to steal'. These are generally unlocked or locked with a equally cheap lock.

Basically, when the sparc value of a junk bike hits the price of a hit of heroin, a brand new market opportunity is born.
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dienamics
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PostPosted: Wed 3rd Sep 1:27am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
what a basdrat.

But man I wish NZ police would take cycle thieft as seriously as that! So sick of the "its just a bike".

Yeah just a bike worth 4k. nice one.
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PostPosted: Wed 3rd Sep 9:43am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
Bitd some shop owner fron chch was getting hot bikes from auck and selling them in his shop.
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PostPosted: Wed 3rd Sep 10:09pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
thats probably the jerk who stole my bike before i left toronto Sad

glad to see some justice being served. Double Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: Wed 3rd Sep 11:34pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
weerider wrote:
thats probably the jerk who stole my bike before i left toronto Sad

glad to see some justice being served. Double Thumbs Up


In some Karma sort of thing you would hope these guys were there to lay down the law www.vorb.org.nz/ftopict-84785.html
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 5:51am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
That's what I actually do for a job.
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 6:21am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
that guy had two wharehouse full of bikes. the cops started removing them from one place and it started caving in, they had to stop and get engineers in to hold the place together. most of the bikes were all in parts apparently. one guy on our tour last week went to find his bike in the police RCMP lot and it took him a day with no luck.....
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 8:28am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
Bigfoot wrote:
That's what I actually do for a job.
Steal bikes to sell for sparc?
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 9:09am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
No I use the metal to construct a giant weather controlling machine/bong.
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 9:20am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
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No I use the metal to construct a giant weather controlling machine/bong.
Have you worked out which volcano you're going to hollow out for a secret base yet? I think your first choice of Mount St Helens was a bad idea Huh
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 9:24am    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
That's because my lowly subordinate ordered the wrong sized Johnson Rod for the Barometric Pressure Flange unit - he was punished severely...
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 8:43pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
did you feed him to the giant robot killer whale out the back?
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PostPosted: Thu 4th Sep 9:02pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
wish i had enough bikes so that i had to rent out garages to put them in... Huh
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PostPosted: Fri 5th Sep 9:12pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Report Abuse
Fraser wrote:
weerider wrote:
thats probably the jerk who stole my bike before i left toronto Sad

glad to see some justice being served. Double Thumbs Up


In some Karma sort of thing you would hope these guys were there to lay down the law www.vorb.org.nz/ftopict-84785.html



lol, love it!
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