Note: At 7:29pm this evening I published a story based on a Craigslist post (it has since been flagged and is no longer visible) that contained photos and serious allegations about a bike thief working in Southeast Portland. In the past hour I have heard from several personal friends of the alleged thief [...]

Robert Pickett.(Photo © J. Maus)

So you've seen a nervous-looking young guy riding a too-small high-end racing bike down the street with shoes that definitely don't match the clips. Or maybe you found a bike stashed behind your garage. Or your friend saw your long-lost steed locked to a pole downtown. What's the right thing to [...]

The bike, before a thief took it for a two-week joyride.(Photo: James Selman)

It's been about a month since the re-launch of our Stolen Bike Listings. And it's a good thing we did. So far in July, we've had 63 stolen bikes listed.
Today, I get to a share a story of how technology and [...]

The Portland police have already used our new listings to nab bike thieves.(Photo: Jack Newlevant)

I've got great news for bike lovers and horrible news for bike thieves... It's been about four years since we first launched the BikePortland Stolen Bike Listings and now, after a long hiatus, they are back and better than ever.
But before [...]

Jason Charles Bush(Photo: Portland Police)

We recently reported on a high-end bike theft from a Pearl District condo.
This theft occurred during a period in which there seem to have been an unusual number of break-ins to bike storage areas in the Pearl.
Police now have a suspect in the thefts. According to KGW, 28 year old [...]

Have you seen this guy (or this bike?!).

On the evening of Valentines Day, Portland bike racer Patrick Wilder got his heart broken.
Wilder, who races cyclocross and mountain bikes with the Team Cyclepath, awoke on February 15th to realize that his two prized, high-end titanium bikes were stolen from a locked, private storage unit [...]

Private investigators give chase to bike thief (screen grab from KPTV video report).

KPTV (FOX in Portland) staged a bike theft sting as part of their "Fox 12 Investigators" series.
The video report includes footage of a bike thief in action on SE Powell Blvd and has an interview with a Portlander (Emily O'Connor) who [...]

Lake Oswego police have made progress in the burglary that hit Lakeside Bicycles last week.
According to the Oregonian, police have recovered two of the six high-end bikes (valued at over $16,000) and they're questioning two suspects in the case:
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Here are two tales of bike thefts that didn't go quite as planned.
The first, sent in by a reader named Armando, comes from an all-too familiar spot -- the loggia of the Portland Building. Here's a photo of the suspect:
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A carbon Bianchi like this one, valued at nearly $6,000 was among five other bikes stolen from Lakeside Bicycles.

Six high-end bikes were stolen from Lakeside Bicycles in Lake Oswego last night.
Shop owner Gordon Harber says theives took the bikes from the shop's outside storage rack shortly before closing on Friday. All the bikes were [...]

Thief surveys his target.See more photos below.(Photos: PDOT)

Central Precinct officers are on the lookout for a suit-wearing thief that nabbed an unsecured bike from the racks in front of the City of Portland Office of Transportation's headquarters in downtown Portland (1120 SW 5th, across the street from City Hall).
The theft occurred around 2:00pm last Friday [...]

One educational effort in Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

The New York Times has an amazing report (In a Cyclist-Friendly City, a Black Hole for Bikes - 8/21/08) about a man in Toronto, Canada who was caught with nearly 3,000 stolen bikes in his possession.
According to the report, Igor Kenk was a used bike shop owner (among [...]

If you really don't like bike thieves, check out this step-by-step how-to posted to Instructables (video below)...
"With a $40 pay-as-you-go cell phone, stun gun, and some basic electronic components, you can teach bike thieves a lesson and, hopefully, foster a small social change through individual action..."
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This reminder brought to you by your friends at the Lloyd TMA.(Photo © J. Maus)

Since summer is the peak of bike theft season, and many newbies are taking to the streets (with shiny new steeds) for the first time, I thought it was time for a bike theft prevention refresher course.
The other day, while locking [...]

How not to lock your bike.(All photos © J. Maus)

Portland is tied for the fifth spot on Kryptonite's latest list of the Top 10 Worst Cities for Bike Theft.
The results are from 2007 and they were posted to the Kryptonite blog today. Joining Portland in the top five are Philadephia, Chicago, San Francisco, New [...]

Police Officer Robert Pickett(File photo © Jonathan Maus)

Police Officer Robert Pickett passes on the news that thew newly formed Southeast Precinct Neighborhood Enhancement Team, with help from the SE Precinct Bicycle Patrol, has uncovered a stash of stolen property.
"The loot" he says, includes nine "well-loved bicycles".
Unfortunately, when he ran the serial numbers, none [...]

"Rad Amerika" was stolen from Washington Park last Monday. Please contact me if you've seen it.

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Here's an update to the story about a burglary at Weir's Cyclery in St. Johns courtesy of Ira Ryan (who works in the basement of the shop),
"The cops recovered 10 bikes and most of the other stuff last night. The thief was a resident tweaker in St. Johns who the cops are on a [...]

Empty racks inside Weir's Cyclery.(Photo: Ira Ryan)

Weir's Cyclery in St. Johns was the target of a major robbery last night.
According to framebuilder Ira Ryan, whose shop is in the basement of Weir's, the thieves broke into the back door and took nearly all the shop's Specialized and Raleigh brand mountain bikes and several road bikes. [...]

Kloeppel's fork for sale on eBay.

Back in December, someone broke into Mike Kloeppel's Woodstock neighborhood home and stole four of his "irreplaceable" high-end bikes.
A few months later Southeast Precinct police officers recovered two of them.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago.
Out of the blue Kloeppel got a call from someone in Wisconsin who [...]