Comments on: Biker Justice

By: BluesCat

BluesCat — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:19:13 +0000

GR – Well, okay, maybe not beat the snot out of ‘im, maybe just tie ‘im to the MUP and let all the MTB cyclists practice their bunny hopping over ‘im for a few hours. (If they don’t make it … oops, too bad.)

Would I run down a thief? I’d be afraid of denting, scratching or otherwise damaging the stolen bicycle and discovering I ain’t a hero but a villain for sticking my nose into the situation.

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:57:06 +0000

I love these kinds of stories…as long as people don’t take things TOO far and really beat the crap out of the thief. There was another good L.A. “street justice” story the other day, too — where the cyclists forced the thieves to strip down to their underwear. Public humiliation is always more poetic than violence:

http://urbanvelo.org/la-bicycle-thief-street-justice/

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:37:21 +0000

I would probably try to catch them without looking like I’m chasing them, and then hit them with my can o’ mace once I catch them.

By: Raiyn

Raiyn — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:04:03 +0000

That's cool, but I like this from the Surly blog I imagine I would go after someone for swiping a bike.

By: RL

RL — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:47:37 +0000

I have a few stories where I’ve been a witness to a wrong doing and I intervene, for a bike, ya I would.