While they’re busy loading your bike, hop into their driver’s seat. If you’re lucky, maybe they left the keys in the ignition, free car! If not, either surprise the fuck out of them and ask “Where are we going?”, or call the law, or just beat the shit out of them, your choice.
Lay in their back seat and jump out and say surprise at a fun moment.
Alternate idea: Lay down in the back seat, and once they get going, call emergency services and say “Help, I’ve been kidnapped!”, and try to describe their vehicle.
How do they know how the hell you got in their car? And stick with it too, you know that thief is gonna be shitting bricks and trying to get you to shut up and get out of their car or something, go ahead and let 911 hear their bullshit.
Note: If there’s even the slightest chance there are any cameras around, you probably shouldn’t do that, it’ll catch up with you…
I like the way you think! 😂🤣
This is why I put 6 pounds of C4 on my bike at all times
According to someone I knew in intelligence, a bicycle was used in a successful assassination by utilizing the tubing as a shaped charge that was detonated as the targets vehicle passed. Could be effective.
I think you are referring to this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Herrhausen
Not the framing itself, but the bicycle was the decoy for the shaped charge
Quite possibly! He told me this twenty years ago when I asked him why he was telling me to vary my route. I told him I’m not a target for assassination, though 🤣
Always be unpredictable. It could save you from getting robbed or mugged.
That’s what he hit back with! Including kidnapping! I was 16 at the time, and he was a family friend. He was having drinks with my folks and told me he had seen me three times that week at the same place and time. I still think his work made him a bit paranoid, though.
It’s hard to get out of that mindset once you’re in it and you see what people are capable of.
Only 6?
Don’t wanna make the frame too heavy during the commute
Colonel O’Neill?
I had my bike stolen and saw someone riding it the next day. I chased him down and grabbed my bike and cops showed up and handled the situation, but it was a dumb idea because I had no idea what state of mind the guy was in and if he was carrying any weapons.
What made you that sure it was yours?
Paint a stripe or two on your crossbar with distinctive colors. Easy to do, easy to notice & document, hard to duplicate, and hard to remove.
It still had my bike bag on it, which moved it from “pretty sure” to “certain enough to chase that fucker down”. I was told after that the guy was well-known to the cops and had done this before but it’s hard to prove that the guy riding a new bike every day is stealing them. Something you can do is register your bike’s serial number to make it easier to tell if a bike is stolen.
True that. Not only do I remember my bike’s serial number, I’ve also registered it with the BMX Museum.
I caught a bike thief taking one of my roommates’ bikes from the side of our house. He dropped it and walked quickly toward the street. I chased him down and he made some excuse, “oh I thought this was my house” or something. I said, “Ok I trust you.” and let him.
Years later I wish I had hit him
You really dont.
At the point where he is leaving, unarmed and off the property. You’re pretty much 100% in the wrong and in this day and age catching an assault charge means you’re disadvantaged heavily for the rest of your adult life.
You let a petty theif get away with some petty shit for your own good.
OP here, and I hear ya.
Still, if it was me, and I actually wanted to hurt them (if they were riding off and not loading it in their trunk as my post regards)…
I (probably) wouldn’t hurt them directly, I’d probably jam a stick or pipe in the spokes. Like fuckit, it’s my bike, I installed all the spokes myself and can install more later if necessary. And I know my bike’s serial number by heart.
I can’t help it if the thief busts his face on the pavement because I damaged my own property…
Good perspective, thanks
I always found it weird bicycles don’t have proper lockers for them.
I bought a folding lock.
Nothing is impregnable but this is pretty tough.
https://www.abus.com/int/Consumer/Bicycle-locks/Folding-Locks/BORDO-6000K
True, that’s not exactly a common built in feature.
Mine is made of almost pure chrome plated metal, maybe I should electrify it… ⚡
You could also train a dog to guard it.
