{"id":147297,"date":"2017-03-20T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=147297"},"modified":"2017-03-20T13:06:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:06:21","slug":"story-time-scary-funny-bike-theft-stories-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/03\/20\/story-time-scary-funny-bike-theft-stories-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Time: Scary and Funny Bike Theft Stories of the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2015\/11\/22\/video-european-bike-stealing-championships\/\">European Bike Stealing Championships 2015<\/a>? The glorious moment when the thieves fell for our beautiful Specialized bait bike and we got their faces taped from all angles in 4K resolution? That was fun and satisfactory for all involved &#8211; save the thief. But in real life, it\u2019s exactly the opposite way. You\u2019re lucky to get some shabby footage from surveillance cameras or, as in majority of cases, you get no evidence at all. You\u2019re left with empty spot and sometimes not even the sawed-through lock where your bike used to be.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-147085 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-urban-cycling tag-lock-challenge post_format-post-format-video\" data-postid=\"147085\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"147085\" data-word-count=\"529\" data-headline-length=\"63\" data-category=\"Urban cycling\" data-author=\"WeLoveCycling\" data-published=\"2017-03-09T09:58:13+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Thursday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail video-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/wlc-lock-cover-150x150.webp\"><svg class=\"play font-icon\"><use href=\"#play_round\" xlink:href=\"#play_round\"><\/use><\/svg><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/03\/09\/video-lock-challenge-2017-barcelona-bike-really-safe\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/wlc-lock-cover-1024x682.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/wlc-lock-cover.webp 1178w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/wlc-lock-cover-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/wlc-lock-cover-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/wlc-lock-cover-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/wlc-lock-cover-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"video-lock-challenge-2017-barcelona-bike-really-safe\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/urban-cycling\/\" title=\"Urban cycling\">Urban cycling<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/03\/09\/video-lock-challenge-2017-barcelona-bike-really-safe\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>VIDEO: Lock Challenge 2017 Barcelona. Is your bike really safe?<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>With bike theft being on the rise, Bike Stealing Championships certainly resonated with many people. Both the project and the video generated some interesting stories in Facebook and YouTube comment sections and we\u2019ve also searched the web for people\u2019s first-hand experience. Enjoy the compilation below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147312\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147312\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A keen observation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147311\" style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147311\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wait, what did we just read? But we got to hand it to the guy \u2013 he has a compassionate outlook on life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147310\" style=\"width: 481px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147310\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the police are a bit too eager.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147309\" style=\"width: 481px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147309\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theft in Venice, anyone? (Sorry.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147308\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147308\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rare sight \u2013 a repenting bicycle thief<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147307\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/1-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147307\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What a luck!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147306\" style=\"width: 797px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/unnamed32332.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147306\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/03\/unnamed32332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"797\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And the best for the last \u2013 one slightly tongue-in-cheek solution against bicycle thieves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember European Bike Stealing Championships 2015? 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