{"id":143686,"date":"2016-11-11T06:50:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T06:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=143686"},"modified":"2016-11-11T08:57:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T08:57:29","slug":"justice-bike-owner-bike-thieves-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/11\/11\/justice-bike-owner-bike-thieves-dumb\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice for This Bike Owner: If Only All Bike Thieves Were This Dumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On September 17, 2016, a story was posted on Reddit titled Justice. A friend of the poster had had his black Tokyobike stolen in Toronto on the night of September 15.\u00a0 Apparently, the thief had ground the U-Lock off.\u00a0 How awful!\u00a0 Those of us who have had bikes stolen know that this is beyond obnoxious.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Then the following day, September 16, someone listed the same bike on Kijiji, an online classified advertising service, claiming to be the owner.\u00a0 So what happened next?\u00a0 They messaged the bike thief!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-143686 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/PjIZF4i.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/PjIZF4i-927x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-143692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/9XYQS8k.webp 480w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/9XYQS8k-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-143692'>\n\t\t\t\tWaiting for the buyer.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/5mEWOaD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/5mEWOaD.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-143693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/5mEWOaD.webp 480w, 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Police pulled that out of his backpack.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/RHGUqy6.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/RHGUqy6.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-143690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/RHGUqy6.webp 640w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/11\/RHGUqy6-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-143690'>\n\t\t\t\tBusted!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 17, 2016, a story was posted on Reddit titled Justice. 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