It turns out that The Bicycle Clinic at 927 Queen Street West was in the news yesterday since police discovered it didn't just mend broken bikes, but stole them as well. There are 150 high-end bikes waiting to be claimed by their owners. This is where registering your bike comes in handy since it is the only way to prove ownership to the police.
As for Igor Kenk, suspected ring leader of this bike theft outfit, what punishment would fit the crime. It would not be difficult to put together a jury of Torontonians who have their bikes stolen. Speaking for myself, I have had five bikes stolen over ten years; cable locks and u-locks, one lock two lock, three lock, four lock. With four locks on my bike, I still had the back tire taken after being in Hart House for only 30min. Called campus police and they treated the event as an non event, happens everyday, don't bother reporting it. This is the sad reality of owning a bike in Toronto.
Please note the the Bike Clinic on Harbord is in no way affiliated with the bike thieves at the Bicycle Clinic on Queen.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Bike Thieves In The Area
I have been watching the mountains of snow melt this week, waiting impatiently for the time when I can hop on my trusty two-wheeled steed again to get around. Being a non-driver, my bike with baskets is my chariot for many a chore. And I've missed it during this long, snowy winter, especially after last winter when I could ride it for most of the season.
I was hotly anticipating being able to ride by Friday or so.
And then someone stole it.
An all-too-often-told tale here in T.O., I know, which is widely hailed as The Bike Theft Capital of North America, whether it's true or not. Here's the cautionary part: my bike was housed in my backyard, which is accessed by unlatching a gate (with a Beware of Dogs sign on it) at the start of a loooong alley that runs the length of my house, past several of my and my neighbour's windows. I also have automatic lights that are activated by movement.
And my bike could not be seen from the street, so the thief was looking for whatever was available to steal, no doubt.
Brazen. And extra creepy.
It's not a shock, in a way. I keep nothing on my front porch after a few years of having anything that I put on it -- from cheap chairs, to tables, to plants -- stolen. And my visiting sister's van was stolen from our front pad parking space during a Holiday visit several years ago. I think the lowest point, though, just because it was so, well, low was when someone DUG UP plants and stole them from my neighbour's yard. A sad reality of our community, I suppose, and, I don't doubt, many communities in T.O.
But, hopefully, you can learn from my experience and diligently lock up your bikes, no matter where they are housed, or what the weather's like. Plus keep your eyes peeled for suspicious characters in our 'hood, but then I guess we should always do that!
Vanessa
I was hotly anticipating being able to ride by Friday or so.
And then someone stole it.
An all-too-often-told tale here in T.O., I know, which is widely hailed as The Bike Theft Capital of North America, whether it's true or not. Here's the cautionary part: my bike was housed in my backyard, which is accessed by unlatching a gate (with a Beware of Dogs sign on it) at the start of a loooong alley that runs the length of my house, past several of my and my neighbour's windows. I also have automatic lights that are activated by movement.
And my bike could not be seen from the street, so the thief was looking for whatever was available to steal, no doubt.
Brazen. And extra creepy.
It's not a shock, in a way. I keep nothing on my front porch after a few years of having anything that I put on it -- from cheap chairs, to tables, to plants -- stolen. And my visiting sister's van was stolen from our front pad parking space during a Holiday visit several years ago. I think the lowest point, though, just because it was so, well, low was when someone DUG UP plants and stole them from my neighbour's yard. A sad reality of our community, I suppose, and, I don't doubt, many communities in T.O.
But, hopefully, you can learn from my experience and diligently lock up your bikes, no matter where they are housed, or what the weather's like. Plus keep your eyes peeled for suspicious characters in our 'hood, but then I guess we should always do that!
Vanessa
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Burglars At Work
Well, I BLOGged about my bike being stolen awhile ago. Now friends who lives on Manning told DH that their house was broken into recently.
Theirs was the only house in their strip of the block without exterior lights on one evening and the thieves got in through an upper story window off a back deck.
After hearing their story, I'm going to make sure that my motion-sensor lights always have working bulbs and to lock all my windows and doors, even the ones on the third storey.
(BTW, my bike is now locked in my backyard shed every night, safe and sound... hopefully.)
Cheers,
Vanessa
Theirs was the only house in their strip of the block without exterior lights on one evening and the thieves got in through an upper story window off a back deck.
After hearing their story, I'm going to make sure that my motion-sensor lights always have working bulbs and to lock all my windows and doors, even the ones on the third storey.
(BTW, my bike is now locked in my backyard shed every night, safe and sound... hopefully.)
Cheers,
Vanessa
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Bicycle Registry
In the old days, if you wanted to register your bike with the police, in case of the all too real reality that it might be stolen, you would need to walk to your local police station. In this handy age of computers, it is easy enough to do this on-line. The Division 14 Bike Registry is just a click away. If you live in the Annex, east of Spadina, then you are in Division 53.
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