I watched it and now I'm chilling

  • culpritus [any]
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    8 days ago

    Rode off on a citibike too sicko-biker

    There was a biking bank robber that was quite successful for a while, apparently riding a bike makes you pretty much invisible in a city.

      • culpritus [any]
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        8 days ago

        Based on how well executed this seems to be, I doubt the shooter used any traceable payments or anything, but time will tell.

        • sempersigh [he/him]
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          8 days ago

          Not only that but the shooting was at what like 6:45 am est? Dudes obviously not on the bike anymore and if they were confident enough with the metadata associated with the citibike they would have released his full name by now.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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      8 days ago

      Lmao not sure if the same guy but that happened in my city. He was never caught.

      • culpritus [any]
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        8 days ago

        The one I know of got caught eventually, but did 26 successful heists. https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2019/10/24/this-olympic-hopeful-used-his-bike-to-rob-26-banks/

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      8 days ago

      shit you got more on that? I always wondered whether a bicycle would make a good getaway vehicle on accounts of cops are too carbrained to understand how it can move or how to even tell them apart.

      • Bidentime [none/use name]
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        8 days ago

        An e bike that can hit 15-20 mph with in a few pedals is probably the best escape vehicle in a city.

          • ManFreakBeast [he/him]
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            8 days ago

            No license plate, don't need to register it with the government, can buy used ones easily with cash.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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          8 days ago

          Fun fact most ebikes have a governor on them that limits their top speed which can be bypassed by clipping a single wire.

      • culpritus [any]
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        8 days ago

        https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2019/10/24/this-olympic-hopeful-used-his-bike-to-rob-26-banks/

        eventually got caught though

        • 7bicycles [he/him]
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          8 days ago

          What I'm learning here is if you don't do it on a bright orange custom frame with a 50 units / year production line you could basically do this forever

          • culpritus [any]
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            8 days ago

            Indeed, with the rise of cheap and decent e-bikes, it seems pretty feasible with a bit of opsec and planning.

          • Mindfury [he/him]
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            8 days ago

            notes: do not conduct heists on a rare pinarello race bike

            • 7bicycles [he/him]
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              8 days ago

              Pinarellos definitely aren't 50 units / year rare so I say DO conduct heists on a pinarello race bike so that after the cops cleared the first hurdle (understanding what a bicycle is) they're gonna look for dentists only