Police trap bikes

[Welsh wheels]

Are these a thing? There's been a bike chained up on a street near me for at least a month in an easy-to-see location with a useless looking lock. With the state of bike crime near me, I can't for the life of me understand why no one has nicked it or claimed it. It made me wonder if the police put it there and are keeping it under surveillance in an effort to catch bike thieves.

 

[Threevok]

I don't know

I quite liked that Sky programme a few years back (SWAG I think it was called) where they would leave a bike unattended, that would fall apart when someone tried to ride it.

It probably got cancelled for H & S reasons.

 

[srw]

http://road.cc/content/news/158426-city-london-police-use-smartwater-trap-bikes-catch-cycle-thieves

Yes, they're real. But I suspect many forces haven't really thought through what they're doing, and make the trap bikes far too obvious.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

You're a lucky man if your local police have the resources to do a month of covert obs to mount a sting operation to catch a 14 year old nicking a bike. I'd doubt it's a trap... More likely it's abandoned and the local thieves think it's a trap.

 

[Welsh wheels]

You're a lucky man if your local police have the resources to do a month of covert obs to mount a sting operation to catch a 14 year old nicking a bike. I'd doubt it's a trap... More likely it's abandoned and the local thieves think it's a trap.

Shame they didn't think my old bike was a trap when they nicked it. Maybe I should write South wales police bike crime division or something on my frame.

 

[Welsh wheels]

I don't know

I quite liked that Sky programme a few years back (SWAG I think it was called) where they would leave a bike unattended, that would fall apart when someone tried to ride it.

It probably got cancelled for H & S reasons.

My old bike that got nicked probably did fall apart when someone rode it. I take pleasure in the fact that whoever stole it probably got thrown off by the bike's idiosyncrasies.

 

[Bodhbh]

I quite liked that Sky programme a few years back (SWAG I think it was called) where they would leave a bike unattended, that would fall apart when someone tried to ride it.

It probably got cancelled for H & S reasons.

At work so can't really google the links, but there's a fair few youtube prankster vids of boobytrapped bikes. Some of them are amusing - the bike's lent up against a tree in the park and attached via a hidden rope - some of them are outright dangerous (electrified saddle, no brakes, exploding saddle, etc).

 

[macky]

I quite liked that Sky programme a few years back (SWAG I think it was called) where they would leave a bike unattended, that would fall apart when someone tried to ride it.

There's plenty of this stuff on you tube. I watched one the other night where they shot paint balls at bike thieves, very funny

 

[classic33]

At work so can't really google the links, but there's a fair few youtube prankster vids of boobytrapped bikes. Some of them are amusing - the bike's lent up against a tree in the park and attached via a hidden rope - some of them are outright dangerous (electrified saddle, no brakes, exploding saddle, etc).

Left in "Neutral", but set for the highest possible. The gears "crashed", he came down on the top tube.

 

[Lonestar]

Saw the heated seat one.That was hilarious.

 

[Threevok]

Just had a look at a few - Hilarious

 

[mjr]

You're a lucky man if your local police have the resources to do a month of covert obs to mount a sting operation to catch a 14 year old nicking a bike. I'd doubt it's a trap... More likely it's abandoned and the local thieves think it's a trap.

Do they really do covert obs or just point a camera at it and stick a tracker on it, then recover it when they've got time?

 

[macky]

Yes the bike on a rope,lol when someone did nick it

 

[Drago]

Are these a thing? There's been a bike chained up on a street near me for at least a month in an easy-to-see location with a useless looking lock. With the state of bike crime near me, I can't for the life of me understand why no one has nicked it or claimed it. It made me wonder if the police put it there and are keeping it under surveillance in an effort to catch bike thieves.

Yes, they are a thing.

 

[Lonestar]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6bkmratuc