black hole of bikes! nytimes

[ginny]

bike thievery makes me so mad/sad! I don't understand why it doesn't carry as high a penalty as stealing a car. People just love their bikes and often, people use them as their principle mode of transportation. JERK!

[GLC1968]

I just read about this on another forum. I think this is the likely explanation considering that he also had a stolen bronze statue in his possession:

"Inspector Evans speculates that he was playing the commodities markets, waiting for another spike in metals prices before melting down the bicycles."

I really hope more people are able to find their bikes in that mess and get them back!

[Aggie_Ama]

bike thievery makes me so mad/sad! I don't understand why it doesn't carry as high a penalty as stealing a car. People just love their bikes and often, people use them as their principle mode of transportation. JERK!

Well since the article also states he got busted with a lot of crack, cocaine and marijuana in his possession at least he will be getting a big sentence.

[TxDoc]

Well since the article also states he got busted with a lot of crack, cocaine and marijuana in his possession at least he will be getting a big sentence.

Yes, and really makes me wonder what in the world was he planning to do with all of those bikes???

[madscot13]

bike thievery makes me so mad/sad! I don't understand why it doesn't carry as high a penalty as stealing a car. People just love their bikes and often, people use them as their principle mode of transportation. JERK!

for a cyclist comitting a traffic offense, speeding, running reds, etc, the penalty can be equal to committing the violation in a car because a vehicle on the road is a vehicle on the road. I think it should go both ways; people who steal bikes should receive the penalty for stealing a car. they did steal someone's vehicle.