Januszwelin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sorry but New Yorkers are pretty savvy. I bet 90% of the people just glanced around and saw the camera. A really good way to steal a bike would be to have a friend tape it so it seems like your making a movie... JUST FYI - there are poachers that sit in the cafe at Whole Foods with walky talkys and watch out the window for nice bikes. Another person follows you in the store so the guy stealing your bike can get a warning. Use high quality, off brand locks (not kryptonite) cuz they have keys!

protesialbanese (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Do u have to pay the fee for the bike? do they have a plate too?

protesialbanese (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I already made it my hymn of life

pwclimber (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why can't bike thieves act bold and pretend the bike is theirs? (Oh wait, they do.) Personally, I don't care about jewelry but I care about bikes. (It's only a rock!) Either way, the police should be protecting all types of property, not just the bourgeois'.

kibadanghi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

make that a song

evospecies (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This proves nothing. If you do it that openly, everybody thinks the bike is yours. Or they think you will clobber them if they make a remark. And it is only a bike! Now, try this by cutting the window of a jeweller´s shop and see if this attracts any attention. Or better, don´t do it, unless it is your shop, LOL. Thanks for the video.

rayshiest (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

cool video, great social experiment, but i have better things to worry about than some rich kids bike in the middle of the street.

nipponoholic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Anyone with a hydraulic jack can pop open those U-locks.

ransharon555 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

in japan there are licence numbers to each bike

protesialbanese (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sad but true... good purpouse religious value and racism mixed together in a hypocrit cocktail, thats the life society is expecting to face... and merithocratic ones are suffering in silence.... cannot go back and live in justice what i spent on witing... hope not to live it further... or not to live further at all... it just brings me hate anger and desolation... will be that until someone compensates the balance, but trying to compensate results on being blamed of madness