Suspected thief takes grinder to bike lock

A suspected bike thief was caught on camera taking a power grinder to a lock in Vancouver.
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[@hypedmma9974]

Citizens protecting citizens. We should all do our part, good stuff!

[@kimb6508]

Business owners should take note and actually set up bike locks inside their facilities. This same thing has been going on for so long. What a joke.

[@voy_]

right!! not enough business owners who are also cyclists i guess :(

[@pintorthepintor3964]

Catches bike thief, throws them in jail for 0 seconds.

[@thefrub]

This is how bike thieves operate. It's much easier to just brazenly act like you're doing nothing wrong, smile and wave, than it is to try to be sneaky. Most people wouldn't have the balls of this woman to walk up and film him, they just walk by and say "none of my business"

[@user-mq3mr6su9k]

This happened to me on Dunsmir and Richards street. There were two of them that had a more efficient powerful power grinder and cut through my folding lock in seconds. When a shaw bike rental worker helped me stop them from taking my e-scootee one of the guys began punching me and the other was trying to cut me probably with the angle grinder, but I didn't notice or feel the pain since I had a lot of adrenaline running. Still have the scars though.

[@dkone1746]

Remember when we actually arrested ppl for breaking the law?

[@RhetoricalMuse]

At 50 years old....monumental failure in life

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

I once had to crack my own bike lock. Took about 30min because I was obviously very bad at it and used the cheapest side cutter imagineable. Several people asked me if that was my bike but I guess the utterly bad equipment and my honest eyes convinced them :-)

[@canyousub8255]

Hhh you made my day God blessed Friday

[@tinaweeska2976]

My bike was stolen on Monday, 17 June 2024. Between Queen Street East and Leuty Avenue Toronto I feel really so sad because that bike if for me to work 😢 Please stop stealing the bike!!

[@janedawson1398]

I wish you could somehow “electrify” your bike so it shocks anyone who touches it. You could arm/disarm it remotely if course.

[@oliverz6581]

Interesting idea but you could just wear insulated gloves.

[@behram11]

For some dumb reason it's against the law to bobby trap your own bike. Something about it potentially injuring an innocent bystander. The law makes it so easy to steal a bike and police will rarely do anything about it.

[@Hungry_God]

​@@behram11 just run high voltàge wire inside the lock so when they cut it they get shocked. This isn't a booby trap as long as the high voltage wire is used for something, say an in built tazer 😊

[@DavidGS66]

Ask him to take off helmet & glasses for camera. If he's honestly cutting his own lock, he won't mind & he should have already told police what he's doing like I've always done before I cut a lock in public.

[@sandys9791]

Take the scumbags grinder and say you are waiting for the cops to sort out ownership. If he bolts you get a free grinder.

[@fender1000100]

Simple thing is to just walk up to them and say WTF do you think you are doing with my bike out loud and angrily. If it's not theirs. Most will take off. If they dont you simply call the police.

[@hornet224]

For forty years every bike I have ever owned has been stolen until I built a high fence. In my town, thieves drive around town to all the regular bike racks on a regular basis and break out their bolt cutters. They steal in broad daylight in crowded places..

[@mhussain5669]

pro tip: put your lock through the WHEEL to make it harder for the thief to cut through it, less room to manoeuvre

[@matthewcox1093]

Also use 2 or more locks. Take it from a guy like me than never had a bike stolen. Oh yeah and I ride ebikes

[@franksun4017]

Doesn’t matter how you put it, angle grinder will get through all the locks out there within minutes (except for hillock D1000 maybe, it’s easier to cut the poles because the lock is hard to cut and sellable expensive)

[@matthewcox1093]

@@franksun4017 It does matter and some locks take alot of time and planning to cut. Meaning they will most likely be cut overnight vs cut in broad daylight. As strong locks like chain lock or forget about it u lock need angle grinder to cut which will make noise. Also when you use 2 or more locks it lowers your risk of bike theft. Also overall it depends on how long you will be leaving your bike unattended and the lock you use. Thieves are looking for the easiest bike to steal and they want to do the job as fast as possible. This is why I use strong kryptonite chain lock and u lock combination. And never leave my bike that long. No more than 30 minutes usually. And that's my grocery shopping time I give myself for example. Of someone wants to steal my bike it's going to be a targeted attack I realized where they see my bike and track my steps and strike. It's all about timing. I guarantee if I left my bike outside apartment room overnight It will be stolen. Why ? Cause I left it overnight meaning the thief has more than enough time to use angle grinder. Also it's night so everyone is home sleeping. Nobody will hear them cutting it.

[@franksun4017]

@@matthewcox1093 People don’t care and certainly won’t go hot on a thief with a sparkling angle grinder in hands. On a lucky day, you might get some brave souls to initiate a conversation with the thief. Lots of videos on KZbin where thieves grind bikes in broad daylight. You can get any lock combo open with the combination of an angle grinder (D locks) and a hydraulic cutter (chain locks) under 10 minutes. Other stuff are just butter. And this is just the brute force type. You ever watched lock picking lawyer, you would know how easy it is to pick open these bike locks, people won’t even know that you are stealing.

[@TheAnonyy]

@@matthewcox1093 100% agree use as many different locks to secure wheels independently and frame of differing types and brands. Locks just slow them down. Also register on bike schemes put the sticker on that is visible

[@ayeejiff9847]

stealing a bike with an industrial tool should be severely punished. The fact that he casually carelessly does this shows that there's no real considerate law for them to be afraid of, probably a small 80 Euro fine for $1,000 Bike....

[@A-HotSauce]

These scum, I had my bike stolen infront of CO-OP in the day no one did anything they just watch them cut my lock put my bike in a truck and drive off, if I ever catch a bike thief in the act belive me they are getting it.

[@sspreadfire]

A coworker got a pick-up truck stolen in front of a police station but he did not lock the door ...so..

[@seigfredperolino]

If you can afford a grinder you can afford a bike dawg

[@utoobia6872]

unfortunately not a devinci bike. These are on the expensive side.

[@alexandrebouvier7731]

@@utoobia6872 I think you've not caught the joke XD. If you can afford a grinder then you can afford (stole) a nice bike (for yourself), because nobody cares. If you want to resell your steal then it's more complicated. I have an old Devinci (2007) and I think I will repaint it and hide the brand because it's like if it was indicated "Hey sexy thief, steal me, I worth it ;) !"

[@utoobia6872]

@@alexandrebouvier7731 Ah I see now. That kind of grinder. :)

[@sokritlun1624]

Just buy a cheap Walmart bike to cruise around

[@paullebon323]

A cordless angle grinder is $50. A high-end carbon fiber bike might be $10,000.

[@zukzworld]

What the heck! He is stealing in broad daylight and that too on camera!! 🤔 Maybe not a smart person at all!!! 🤓🤓

[@djbradfrd]

Damn thief

[@sitoudien9816]

That grinder

[@tad2ik]

I never leave my bike for more than say an hour. Even if you lock your bike with the best lock on earth they will still whatever components that are not locked. There is plenty of dismantled bicycles in London where I live that only a frame with one wheel remains chained to a fence

[@Yaerou]

This kinda feels like an ad for that bike lock lol, that thing wasn't budging.

[@franksun4017]

That thief isn’t well practiced with the angle grinder. The best U locks out there would probably last 4-5 minutes, 2-2.5 minutes per cut.

[@RG-tt1ru]

"Well, you're not going to get a more brazen attempted theft and we're seeing here!" Well, I've seen many far more brazen attempted thefts than that one, and it isn't even my job to look for them.

[@ZlPPENHAFT]

The number one problem with bike thiefs is they get away with a little tap on hands when they get caught...

[@seagreentangerine2065]

And why arent we getting better cycle storage ?!? All around the world they want us to use a bike, buy an eletric bike, but if we have to pay £290 for a cycle lock that a grinder cant hack, something is very wrong.

[@petros_adamopoulos]

Wait, there's a distinction between theft and "attempted theft"? lol.

[@DannyoRaiden]

Just call the police and tell em the situation If you cant find your keys u can show your note.

[@zztop7000]

The problem is bike thief don't go to jail they keep doing it. There's no law they don't go to jail for stealing a bike.

[@littleripper312]

Vancouver is #1 for bike theft in Canada...

[@arrowb3408]

Just CALL police ASAP and get the photo. That's it. Even a 72 yo old bag Asian woman can break my number lock into my room. NEVER TRUST ANYONE NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE, STILL THEIF.

[@Disrtict6]

lol he really fucked up by wearing another helmet.

[@stuartperry8141]

Why does the "thief" try to steal this bike in plain sight of everybody and anybody including the police? Candid Camera I believe!

[@paullebon323]

Nope. That is what bike thieves do. You need to get out more.

[@cynthiar3013]

Drugs

[@justnothing8692]

not giving a damm is best policy i smashed the lock to peaces with excuse i forgot the key nobody asked

[@hejiranyc]

Does Canada have the death penalty?

[@omegaseamaster1550]

No.... someone shoulda kicked that thief in the face

[@tescopiwo]

Idiot why would you give death penalty to a thief

[@itiswhatitis8125]

@@tescopiwo because he has grinder and can get out jail easily

[@fender1000100]

@@tescopiwo In Saudi Arabia he would lose his hands. You westerners became too civilised and soft. That's why this has become an epidemic.

[@tescopiwo]

@@fender1000100 there’s a center between cutting hands and letting them away, western countries dont even send thiefs to prison that is the epidemic, if they were promised years of jail trust me they wouldn’t steal anymore

[@Pmz604]

A bike owner of a new bike..will keep its receipt...as proof of purchase. Just call police, detain his ass. And allow the innocent to prove themselves. A bit of time inconvenience.... your innocence is worth it.

[@TheAnonyy]

didn't hide his face though strange

[@jakeshumway9487]

People are such a let down everyone is just a sheep watching the world burn

[@bigbaz-1218]

wow the police want to do something my motorbike stolen give id names and witnesses policw went well its hard to prove you lost that case closed bye 4000thrown away the joy of living in great britain

[@npc1374]

suspected.......lmao

[@showtime3641]

This doesn't make sense the owner never came back for the bike?

[@kroubian]

Could have been stolen as well

[@darrenrobson1562]

if i was there i would gone up a hit me

[@paulythebirdmanPaulManalatos]

Had the same thing happen to my bike : ( found my lock with an angle grinder cut thru it. Video of the thief leaving with my bike 33seconds in this video in this link kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIfZkmmjg5mJpc0

[@titusarakaki2395]

Nobody ever thought that he could have actually lost his keys to the lock and that is his bike

[@TheSJCieply]

He would be able to prove he was the owner through registration and the like.

[@JB-bc9nm]

@ Titus Arakaki Then why did he try to run away? He was arrested, remember? And even at the end the police were looking for the real owner. Obviously, it was not his bike!

[@TheAnonyy]

that's what i thought as he wasn't making any effort to hide his face which i found odd.

[@DepecheTraff]

The angle grinder is a bit of a giveaway

[@QuantumEffectResidue]

Yeah, but he came wearing a bike helmet to get a lock off that he was trying to claim he lost the key for. So had to take an angle grinder to it when he had a helmet already there. It doesn't make any sense!

[@MadeAnointed7]

Maybe that was really his bike