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Nov 22, 2016 9:42 PM
spiritualbeingonahumanjourney
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steelinmyhead
My mint green Bianchi racer disappeared from the rack in front of Posvar Hall on 6/17/81. If you see it, message me.
strawhousepig
Celeste.
SurrealGorilla
WhiteCheddarCheeto
Had something similar happen with a motorcycle helmet when I was in college.
WhiteCheddarCheeto
Only I beat his ass with the helmet before I left.
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
Still a better love story than Twilight
dude1990
Would so like to see the face of the dude at McDonald's.
Palfrost
Probably
TheSublimelyMagnificentJechtUsernameMarkIII
Necronox
"Pirates..."
Akxvc
Also it is dumb to show ur face even if u stole ur own bike back.
NotoriousChoctaw
You'd have to wonder how long the dude waited around till he realized she wasn't coming back.
talkingtothepast
I don't have to do shit, bro!
Orwellwasright1984
Is Choctaw notorious because someone threw a body off the ridge?
H31PeR
Some say he's still waiting.
DadddyWarlord
So the legend is true
EDWARDMACARONlFORK
All we know is he's called the stig
wizardglickwi
You'd think you could get a good distance away before vamoosing and you couldn't be caught. Seems kind of a dangerous manuever, though.
goofyfoot2010
No it's called not taking any shit. You should try it sometime.
speedman
Calm down there, Mr. Harry.
RonBurgundysGuns
Guys, I've found the bad ass
5NoteHalf
Well if Mr. Thief decides to follow her in his truck and become Mr. Assault With A Metal Pipe, it could be bad.
schwanzwurst
What's he gonna do? Call the cops?
wizardglickwi
Jump in his car, run you down and beat the hell out of you would beat the scenario I would be concerned about.
JadeNB1729
Sure …? There's no proof of ownership.
tornbetweenscyllaandcovfefe
Could use reciepts or it might be listed under the house insurance.
Derakor
in the post it says she could tell it was 100% her bike, maybe there was markings or her name or something
mellowdrama
But he knows where to go get it again...
DrJackBright
That's assuming that he knew it was the girl he stole it from. For all he knows, it was just some other bike theif like him
InvadingYourSpaces
Probably didn't steal it from her house. Probably from a public place she left it.
Aoron
It's said they met at McDonald's.
InvadingYourSpaces
Yep, I can read. What point are you making?
Aoron
Rip, didn't understand context fully.
DickWhiskers
Dam
RoughLikeYourMotherLikesItTrebek
She ded
TeargasJohnny
Unless they were both off the showroom floor, I suspect a person would recognize their bike. I would.
inagadda
This is my bike. There are others like it, but this one is mine...
TeargasJohnny
This is my rifle...this is my gun...
Whitemountain50
New bike was stolen on my 11th birthday. Got a call from the cops 20 years later to the day. Found it with 200 other stolen bikes.
Adthay
those guys stole hundreds of bikes and just held onto them for 2 decades? Gotta wonder what the cognition is there
Tater4049
They probably couldn't afford a bike growing up.
Tater4049
And now it's a valuable collectors item.
EnedeDavid43
WOW!!!
VaguelySatisfying
Sweet vengeance.
SouthDakotaHairdo
now it's a collectible BMX bike worth about the same in today money
MajDSaster
So someone goes around stealing bikes and stashing them in garage, or something? Probably just looks at them all day, ("I got 200 bikes")
ObiWanShalomi
200 people used to ride these. Now it's a ghost bicycle parking rack.
FightingFurball
DEDICATION!
Bigbadcliff
Do you live in Toronto?
AwesomeTeddybear
Great work
kraquepype
Regarding those asking if it was a different bike of the same type... A cyclist knows their bike.
27yoUGLYvirgin
That's not true. There are many people who ride their bikes 5 times a year, I'd even say the vast majority does that. They don't know theirs
MaximumRadius
The way the finishing tape sits on the bar wrap, the mismatched valve stems from your last tube change, etc.
Fakenrite
haha nice, I was thinking the finishing tape is the dead giveaway as well.
RedDwarfIV
The electric motor, the car horns, the indicators, the pannier rack/bags, the Deliveroo box...
PremeDreme
The fact that my bike is custom built out of wood
LesLesVegetables
When you ride several hundred, or thousand, miles on that bike it is pretty easy to spot. Once you get on you can tell by feel alone.
27yoUGLYvirgin
If.
LesLesVegetables
If? I'm not following you.
27yoUGLYvirgin
I'm saying most people certainly don't rider thousands or even hundreds of miles on their bikes, most people ride theirBikesMaybeOnceAmonth.
Squelchtone
I have more decals on mine than a hacker has on his laptop
houtaku
The scratches, the accessories etc.
NZSheeps
The baby in the carrier on the back.
maximuminnovationstevejobs
Even that wouldn't really ID it, all babies just look like lumps of pizza dough
WithPride
Hadn't been fed for a week!
AmbyCakes
I mean I could see that because people in general know their belongings that they use often and such
Foxhack
Yep, that seat is molded to their ass. It's a very unique feeling.
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
And totally legal. Don't judge me.
Bennyguy
Having a few photo's of the owner with bike, and a close up of the imperfections. Even a shot of the serial number would enough proof.
rangeit
I miss my Masi. Fast as hell.
irishlluv
My car was stolen from a gas station. My friend stole it back when the theif stopped for gas a few miles away.
wherearetheavos
You have a friend for life there!
EnedeDavid43
Everyone should have a friend like yours...????
HowlingDysphoria
If only I had a friend like that... or, you know, if only I had a friend
IDontWantFOPgoddamnit
What if the person who stole the bike sold it off to someone unsuspecting, who was trying to flip it again?
WildBluntHickok
That's their problem for buying stolen merchandise. Which is exactly what the cops will tell you if it's them who find it.
Metal666maniac
Sucks to suck
aShogunNamedMarcus
The dangers of receiving stolen goods
wizardglickwi
Yep, you receive stolen goods for any reason, you are in legal jeopardy. "I didn't know" is not a defense.
Flyndaran
It's only a legal defense for the rich/politicians for things like treason. Worked for Reagan, but not us peons.
kpx0
You will likely not get punished, but they will take the bike without compensation and give it back to the owner. Your loss. Bad luck.
HumfreeBugart
I tried to sell my bike last week but it was stolen by some bitch I met at McDonalds, My kids have nothing to eat now that I'm broke
hugh1309
1) I got my bike stolen when i was about 7(i may have been older), it was the only bike i really felt comfortable riding, though i had grown
hugh1309
2) out of it. So to put the story short, some guys came up to me, who were older and said their little bro had their bike stolen.
hugh1309
3) and my bike was the same, although i knew it was mine, because of some custom markings i had on it. anyway they stole it.
hugh1309
4) although stealing it wasn't a good idea, because we were on holidays at a caravan park, and everyone's camp was within walking distance.
hugh1309
5) So i went and stole my bike back and kept/cherished it for the next 3-5 years, until it was stolen again by hooligans.
hugh1309
It was never found.
bookwormfromspain
Wow. Saw this story on my first day on imgur, three cakedays ago.
Tater4049
I just hope he didn't originally steal it from your house.
justanotachi
So you took him for a ride huh...
explodingcarr0t
pschulze30
Stole my bike back too... Fantastic feeling.
EnedeDavid43
Getting pissed is always better than getting pissed on!!!????
pschulze30
Unless you're into that. It's sterile....
Coko4
Thought the 100% bit meant 100% of the bike and was wondering how exactly a bike could function if it was missing 3% of it's frame.
AdmJota
How did she get to McDonald's? If she drove, does that mean she left her car there? Where a disgruntled criminal had access to it?
kpx0
She put the bike on/in the car?
BenSwol0
He probably just gruntled now.
shiyal
the bus.
mariomario42
I saw a guy riding my bike in front of my house when I got home one day. He stopped at a bar a block away, I just picked it up and went home
Cheomesh
Found my stolen bike sitting propped up outside a McDonalds and just took it home.Wife found a listing for it on craigslist that evening.
theantipole
I wanted to do this when my bike was stolen. Never saw it again :(
sammbalam
Similar sitch here: bike was stolen from my apt, so I was walking to work the next day, and saw it leaning oh so casually on an apt 1/2
sammbalam
...building ON THE SAME BLOCK as my apartment. Just sitting here in full view of the street. Jumped on and made it to work on time.
TinyLiehon
Did you come home only to find your two buds had also picked up the same model of bike? Was it a tiny, pink bike?
Cheomesh
Found my stolen bike sitting propped up outside a McDonalds and just took it home.Wife found a listing for it on craigslist that evening.
thejenster
SJohnson23
Ah, the one where Jim and Pam join the Nazi party.
OiGuvna
It's called a Wi-Five :P
samsonguy920
*golf clap*
Hellstorm99
A guy got his jeans caught and ripped in the chain/gear of my bike he stole. It made him crash and when police came...
EDWARDMACARONlFORK
They saw him masturbating on his neighbor's lawn at 332am
KyrosXIII
... they saw him in pieces. he was apparently cycling and he crashed in front of a ravenous grizzly which proceeded to disembowel him.
TommyBradly
It took me too long to realise you weren't the original commenter.
Hellstorm99
Lol nah, though this definitely did spice up my story a bit.
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thejenster
Lol. Why????
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kapp70
Your ignorance based rhetoric is neither required nor desired here.
DelusionalJellyfish
Oh, please, what did he say?
kapp70
Something about only a certain race stole bikes, he used the dreaded "N" word too
Krzyjoe
Nicaraguan?
mariomario42
I figured this was the case, it was a homeless white guy
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JeSuisIvre
...dota?
Sophie1998
ggwp
outofdoubtoutofdark
My friend's bike was stolen and another friend saw the thief ride by and set down his coffee and just shoved him off and took it
soi14
and then realized it wasn't his friend's bike! Ha! Ha! :-) (Love the real story!)
snotcaulk
Ah, but then the thief had the coffee! Who's the real winner here?
OctaviousBlack
I've only had one bike stolen, I bought it for £5 and it was falling apart. Jokes on them!
EnedeDavid43
????
AlkeneThiol
Emojis no work here
VulpineEmpress
Same. Handlebars' connection to the front wheel was loose and the brakes didn't work, amongst other faults. Basically got rid of it for me.
27yoUGLYvirgin
They probably sold it for 10 and still made profit and jokes on the next guy who bought it.
IndustrialSolvent
I understand 'clearly' what you said.
WolvenalIII
Revenge is a dish served best served cold
Mewmus
*Ancient Klingon Proverb
kpx0
How's this even revenge? Thief lost nothing.
RandomRanger
I would have called the cops on his stupid ass
Akxvc
Am pretty sure the thief will spill the beans if questions are raised by cops. Esp if habitual offender.
ruferto
unless you could 100% prove it was yours (and also keep him there) that's not a great idea
Flyndaran
100% proof? Like pictures/witnesses of someone riding off with "your" bike like this re-thief supposedly did?
HitlersArtCritic
If anything. The "thief" could call theft by saying he tried selling a bike and a potential buyer stole it.
Flyndaran
That's what I tried to say. I sometimes mangle things trying to stay under 140 characters.
BrilliantBitch
Yes because cops just race out to non-emergencies. I would not want to be standing around with my bike thief for a couple of hours waiting
Madchair
Good one BrilliantBitch, you really are brilliant.
buggeredifiknow
Why are you so mad, MadChair? What ass hurt you?
BrilliantBitch
For police to show up.
LargeVarge
I take my grips off and scratch my initials on the bottom of my handlebars. Then put them back on. It's fool proof to prove its yours.
soi14
Dude, that's genius :-)
themadprofessor
Works nice... Until they part it out.
SouthDakotaHairdo
or on the bottom of the seat post or stem..or inside rims or under bottom bracket..I was a bicycle mechanic for 20 years
27yoUGLYvirgin
But wheels might get switched?
Madchair
God damn for 20years
buggeredifiknow
Why are you so mad, MadChair? What ass hurt you?
robotnixon13
Did a specific kind of person steal your bike b-bike bike bike?
DancingOnMyOwnnnnn
ya, an asshole kind of person.
kpx0
robotnixon13
Yes
imgur990
Spoiler: turned out to be the same model, but different bike
shuttlecockinakumquat
Yeah. It's a Masi. Not exactly super unique.
renorgana
If you ride a bike daily you get to know it by marks in stickers, tiny nicks in paint, lopsided reflectors etc., no bikes are identical.
LordSithis
Especially when there are, on most bikes, serial numbers that are unique to the bike.
Cizat
Double twist: their thought he was just stealing his bike back from a third thief
Shelest
Turned out not even the same model, she's just super optimistic and not really give-a-fucky.
Lexsteel11
AWitlessIdiot
I don't see the spoiler on the bike... what am I missing here?
prodo777
I want my bike back bitch
MoaConstrictor
Pay it backward.
Tyrannotron
If you've had a bike for a while, there will eventually be little details unique to yours though, which seems to be the case here.
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Tyrannotron
My statement would still be true in 2002.
TrufflesBrewing
Sorry this appears to be legit and not the story I was thinking about.
TRIPPEDUP
And so the circle continues.
DevonGronka
And thus the cycle of hate was continued
irespondwithwhoosh
Check the serial numbers
prodo777
I want my bike back bitch
DoughSlayer
I would like to know the backstory for this gif..
Bazookajor
TylerLee
Love that all three dudes are visibly scared of Gumby. Lol
prodo777
I don't remember when I found this gif
jqdao3
With the same stickers?
CRozek
Some high end bikes are serialized.
Threewisemen
*all
hiphopbookshop
I would know every scratch and imperfection on my bike. Might not hold up in court but I think she just knew her wheels
TheCommunistComrade
You'd have to have a ballsack of fucking steel to take someone to court for stealing a stolen bike
nanyatenyaa
But comrade, theft of the bike was theft from the people, surely such an aggregious crime must be punished?
TheCommunistComrade
Ah yes, but you see comrade, in communism, there is no need to steal for you could just go get your own, no charge.
Hy1342
I read this as sterilized and was confused for a second...
Goraji
I read it as "serialized" and thought you get a new part each month until you have enough to put together a complete bicycle.
alternatereality543
I had 2010 Schwinn DLX World Tour. Stolen out of my garage. Trust me, get that number registered. I know I should have.
astromek
Yep, dokument all the serial numbers on all your valuable stuff. Take a photo with your phone, that will date a geotag it as well.
astromek
Unless, of course, you've disabled geotagging.
BareBoneBear
Whether it's from a bike shop our Wal-Mart, nearly every bike has a serial number stamped into the bottom bracket (where pedals meet frame).
imbaroque
Bike shop employee - every bike has a serial number, we often check for them if something comes in that might be suspicious.
NutNight
So u happened to have ur serial # before it was stolen and looked at the new # before riding off, or someone lied on imgur
NerdN1
Doesn't mean everybody knows their serial number.
CephalopodLodge
That's why I do small, barely noticeable stickers
BluBoxx
Almost any bike someone has for any amount of time becomes unique. Also most places require Bike registration, where you get a number on it
khele
Where I live it gets written down on your warranty card when you buy the bike.
TheLateNightImgurTimes
Almost every bike is serialized
EasierToPrayWhenIMasturbate
But marshalling them is so expensive!
ChasePoppins
That's got to rip your mouth up worse than captain crunch.
NirvanaNik
Brilliant!
dogsarecooltoo
Sooooo. I should just grind the serial number off? Got it.
TheLateNightImgurTimes
Only of you are a dirty fuckin bike thief
Counterfit
Because that won't be easy to spot...
OSCgal
The serial # on my (cheap) bike is kinda hidden. So no one would notice right away.
GoDrunkYoureHome
But it will make it hard to prove what the number was before.
schmidy
Which is why she made sure it was 100% her bike, not different
somethingaboutTV
That happened on an episode of Full House once.
nosaucesbutapplesauces
Yeah but didnt like all three male father figures steal a different one "back" for the olsen twin (giving her 3)?
somethingaboutTV
They did indeed.
TheHorsesNameWasFriday
Maybe OP should start putting kermit stickers on her bike
SwarleysQuinntervention
Or one of the first episode in modern family with that two boobs neighbor
Flyndaran
Has that show EVER had an original joke? It seems to be the most cliched example of a very cliche ridden genre.
jsavidge
If haven’t done so already you should watch some episodes of I Love Lucy. Didn’t realize it as a kid but most sitcom jokes copied from there
SwarleysQuinntervention
Sigh. Sorry if it's not funny for you. I'm not the writer just saying there was an episode of that.
Flyndaran
I didn't say I wouldn't find some bits funny. It just seems very Mencia level copy-paste of humor.
inagadda
You may be right but Phil is among the all time great sitcom characters.
somethingaboutTV
Nope. Same formula every ep: family members are mean and annoying and then Jay says a sappy speech with music playing and all is love again.
TheLurkiest
Similar story; guy had taken my lunch so I took it back while they were mid-bite; no words spoken. After eating, saw my food at other table
iConfirmAnythingAndEverything
...no...words...spoken
RavaTar
This is golden
lemonfluff
I need more.
TheLurkiest
Short story: I'm dumb. I got up to do something, came back to eat and forgot what table I was at-- saw a lunch that was identical to (1/7)
TheLurkiest
deliberately slide the lunch away from him pulling it left to me-- his 5 friends stare blankly/silently at me. The one whose lunch I'm 4/7
lemonfluff
Thank you. That sounds awful to go through!
TheLurkiest
firm) I observe that there is no "WTF face", no raised eyebrow, no indication that anything that's happening is out of the ordinary. (6/7)
TheLurkiest
taking also glances at me out of the corner of his eye but his body does not move. As I look at each (my expression passive but also (5/7)
TheLurkiest
that this is an intentional snub or some weird attempt to assert dominance. I stand very close and they all stop talking. I slowly and 3/7
TheLurkiest
mine and assumed that this was my table and my lunch. Guy sits down and starts eating it with 5 of his friends-- I incorrectly assume (2/7)
TheLurkiest
After eating I realize that my lunch is on the next table over, untouched. I want to apologize but I see they've already left. (7/7)
rainballs
That's kinda cringey
schwanzwurst
In accordance with ancient law his life, home and woman belong to you know. He knows and accepts this, which is why he didn't say anything.
whenImAloneIDivideByZero
This happens because we expect people to be dicks all the time. The sad part is, we're not wrong.
JGBarco
bet you felt like an asshole huh?
spiritualbeingonahumanjourney
This is my favorite model
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TheSabinator
Now put it up for sale on Craigslist.
amishcannoli
And now it's my favorite model too.
VeryMoistTowelettes
fake as fuck
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
That's awesome. I hate bike theives. They stole a deaf womans bike and i had to file a police report for her. It broke my heart.
JadeNB1729
Without any lack of sympathy meant, why can't a deaf woman file a police report herself?
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Can't use a phone if you're deaf.
OldIronsides
I'm favoriting this just so I can laugh again later.
FuryDivine
That's what he gets for wearing skinny jeans
MigraMines
Look for the tazer model
jokebandit
Karma at its best
fantastikmrfox
Help help ! I can't stop laughing
ImAShittyTransAm
Goddamn.
DefunkMyJunk
Seems like a good way to crush your balls
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
I love how long the rope is, that adds to it a lot.
OmgSeriously
Great comment, great post well done @op
Playinlax
Zapping their balls video is better
realmdweller
How about the one where they rigged the seat with a stun gun, left a bike in a park and when someone tried to steal it... zap?
SamKowald
How about the one with a band in a truck and confetti guns all around the bike that go off when he grabs it??
CliffordJohnsonMiller
That was the fucking best.
Silas007
Here in Germany Mercedes-Drivers used to electrify the car-hull for people who tried to steal the stars. (Got forbidden though)
Deoan
MagnaVolt! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w39o6eSI06Y
B99Reactions
They should do that and actually alert the police to the people , to clean out the neighborhood even if it meant everyone
catsquirrel1337
I member
InfinitusEquitas
That was glorious! We can only hope some permanent damage was done.
jarjarbinkswasthebestcharacterinstarwars
You could possibly be sued for doing that, this one well "it was just a really long bike chain"
InfinitusEquitas
Ehh, don't come forward if you see an ambulance or cop show up. These pricks deserve whatever they get imo.
Flyndaran
This site is getting hard to read from all you vengeance masturbaters' come getting on it.
TheSwedishMoose
Possibly in the states, but probably not anywhere else.
VodkaReindeer
You can't build traps in first world countries.
jarjarbinkswasthebestcharacterinstarwars
Dunno, guy here in Ireland put an electric fence on his door after people kept pissing on it and he got in some serious trouble.
VoltageXL1
In canada its just as bad
OfficialJoeBiden
"I was injured stealing his bike". Bro, you lost the case already.
tornbetweenscyllaandcovfefe
I think using booby traps as a way to defend your property is illegal in the US but I'm not sure.
Beezlebubble
Civil court is a bitch.
jarjarbinkswasthebestcharacterinstarwars
There's reasonable force, if you shoot a guy dead cause he grabbed your phone you're probably going to get successfully sued
lekimdraw
Don't forget the airbag!
becausesnakesandsparklersaretheonlyonesilike
THAT was the best hahahha
ForeverMinM
https://youtu.be/ZYlBT1d_GWo
Ruukkukaktus
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becausesnakesandsparklersaretheonlyonesilike
Also when the dude actually got away cause the rope broke
ForeverMinM
https://youtu.be/tufnWwV2J5I
isamux3
Gotta put the reversed bike out in public and watch people try and steal it and look like an idiot.
maxzero
Thanks @isamux3 for the knowledge (and @Anonawesome for vid source) of this crazy idea. Interesting and entertaining.
Superchao
That would be awesome
Anonawesome
For anyone wondering what bike he means https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0
VashTheStapmede
That was cool, thanks
SuckItBlue
That was dick city cool! *reference to Geoff Ramsay from Roosterteeth*
howcaniconfinemyselftoausername
That was the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life