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Death trap joking aside, I agree that it is time for some type of sting operation. Operation Bike Lane to Jail. There are ways to track bikes using hidden GPS units disguised as legitimate bicycle components, although they are relatively pricey ($150.00+ for each part.) Coles St. is obviously a favorite target here.

I understand the police are busy, and that there are more serious problems than bike theft in this city. However, we can't leave flagrant theft to go unnoticed. We need to make an example out of a few thieves so that they will understand you can't just take peoples' property. I'd even be willing to donate money/parts to get this going.

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It was locked in this fashion, just with the front wheel. Next time I'll have two ulocks.

Parts of my bike were ripped off yesterday at 9th and Coles St. Approximately between 6-10 am. The front wheel and frame were ulocked (cheap masterlock.) The rear wheel, cog etc was lugged on, so they had a wrench. The thief also stole my headset. If anybody sees somebody riding one 700c deep v white rim, odds are i was mine. Nothing fs on CL so far. Oh well.

Thank you! If only you were walking by when it happened. It's just so frustrating that this type of petty crime is so frequent. I don't fault the pedestrians in the area for not saving my bike, I just can't believe that somebody would do it in broad daylight and nobody was around. It's nobody's fault but my own, although I couldn't watch it the entire time it was U-locked up. I should have gotten a separate lock for the back wheel.

Although, seeing as how the person could have stolen much more from the bike with the tools he/she had, maybe they were spooked and left.

Yeah, pretty commonplace, not even worth mentioning. We should just acquiesce in it. Still, with the amount of joggers and baby walkers in the area, I'm surprised nobody questioned somebody working on a locked bike. Nobody works on a locked bike. I know it's JC, and bike theft is so commonplace that it's part of everyday life, but there has to be something we can do to catch these scumbags.

My bike was ripped off yesterday, 8/18 on Coles St., at the intersection of 9th and Coles, in broad daylight. The theft took place between the hours of 6:00 am and 9-10:00 am. Unfortunately the thief took the rear wheel and the headset off of my bicycle, and left it in pieces on the sidewalk. All of the parts taken were lugged on, meaning there were no quick release parts on the bike at all. This person used an allen wrench (hex key) and adjustable wrench to take the parts off, so odds are they were out looking for bikes to rip off.

I don't expect to recover anything, but I just wanted to let the community know that there's a thief in the area. Could be a pro, could be some punk kid. The stolen wheel is a 700c white deep v with black spokes. There is no serial number on the rim (it came as part of a cheap-o fixie from the internet) but it has a fairly-worn 700X28C tire on it, with a flip-flop hub. Again, I don't care about getting the rim back. I want this %^&*hole to get caught. Have a great day.