19 August 2023

A Thief’s Trail Ends Next Door

 On my way out for a ride, I encountered this in front of a neighbor’s house:



That both tires were flat and the chain was rusted and “pretzeled” were signs of what I suspected.

Two other things clued me in.



Not only was the serial number, except for the first digit, removed; so was another unique (for Citibikes and other share bikes):






The mechanism that locks the bike into the dock was removed.  Here is what the front of a normal Citibike looks like:




I called Citibike and brought the pilfered (and probably joy-ridden) bike to the port down the street from my apartment.


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