WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Another stolen bicycle to look for

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Andy emailed us after seeing that a WSB reader helped find the stolen bicycle reported here Wednesday:

In a very similar incident, my son Jack had his bike stolen from the bike rack at West Seattle High School on Tuesday afternoon while he was at football practice. The cable lock was seemingly cut with bolt cutters in broad daylight. The bike was a Cannondale Catalyst 3, 27.5″, charcoal gray, and had “JACK” written in red paint-pen on the down tube about 6-8″ above the pedals. Any help that you can provide would be wonderful. If anyone has any info, you can please share it with us by texting 206-529-7970 or 206-637-1935.

Mj September 1, 2022 (2:29 pm)

It’s so freaking frustrating to have a bike stolen . There are a couple of bike chop locations at the north end of EMW, the one under the overpass in particular always seems to have numerous bikes being disassembled at a time.

Derek September 1, 2022 (3:25 pm)

Guys put GPS trackers inside your tail light. $25-48 on Amazon. Save yourself a hassle. Even get notifications on phone if it moves from where you parked it last.

KWest Seattle September 1, 2022 (4:01 pm)

I hate bike thieves!!! I am so sorry. This young man doing something positive and healthy, only to have someone steal from him… SO FRUSTRATING.

Auntie September 1, 2022 (5:37 pm)

What the heck do they do with the parts that they take off the stolen bikes? Who is buying these parts?

Jay September 2, 2022 (11:58 am)

Pro thieves hold the bikes for up to a year and sell them when the heat is off. Junkies post the bikes immediately on offerup. At the bike chop shop camps like the ones at the health club, they’ll take parts off to sell online. At the really bad camps where they’re smoking P2P meth variants, they don’t end up selling the bikes but end up compulsively disassembling and reassembling the bikes while destroying parts in the process.
Flivver September 2, 2022 (12:10 pm)

Here in the real world everyone wants a good price for what they’re buying. Sad reality is that WAY WAY too many people will jump on a cheap price and not ask questions even though they know it’s probably stolen.

Jay September 2, 2022 (11:56 am)

Don’t use a cable lock. At minimum use something like a Kryptonite New York Fugheddaboudit u-lock. Cable locks and cheap u-locks can be cut easily or broken with a good kick. A cable lock can be used in addition to secure the front wheel to deter opportunistic thieves.

Jon Kennedy September 2, 2022 (5:10 pm)

Check the school bus/homeless RV across from Jack Block Park on Harbor Ave. my wife recovered our bikes there on Wednesday and confronted the thief. We got them back.

West September 2, 2022 (9:17 pm)

Thieves don’t care who they are stealing from. They just want to exchange it for drug money. Put a GPS inside your bike and never take your eyes off it for more than 5 minutes it takes seconds for them to break your locks and they target expensive bikes.

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