‘Window pane bandit’ (or a copycat) hits another bike shop

Corey’s a really good guy. I hope they catch the thief.

The horse has left the barn on this one, but considering the number of thefts of this type, maybe bike shops should start acting like jewelry stores and stop leaving expensive enticing items in the window.

And I’ll go back to that tired old song. Window bars and/or securing the bikes with cables and locks.

Obviously bike shops are being targeted, make your store less enticing to theft, they’ll move on to those car dealerships with the big walls of glass.

Shop dogs… big,strong,angry, aggressive,shop dogs.

My t-shirt says “there’s a special place in hell for bike thieves”.

Is there an inexpensive way to put gps tracking devices on bikes?

The challenge for retail businesses — especially smaller ones with a tighter facilities budget — is the cost of some alarm systems versus their actual effectiveness. Most thieves who are good enough to quietly remove entire panes of glass (so as not to arouse suspicion by making noise) are usually good enough to disarm alarm systems. Some alarm companies don’t respond quickly enough to alarms; and some alarm systems are so sensitive that gust of wind through an older, drafty building is all it takes to set them off (resulting in false alarm charges for the retailer).

As for bars over the windows, many shop owners don’t want to resort to that because “it’s not Portland” — i.e., it’s something you’d see more typically in big eastern cities. I think that’s part of the lie too many of us tell ourselves about Portland still being a sweet, innocent small town. It isn’t anymore, and hasn’t been for a long time.

At least it was a cheap bike.