Bike theft has been on the rise in recent years, valuing several billions of dollars and can be very frustrating.
Si attempts to intentionally have a bait bike stolen, fitted with hidden devices to see if recovery is possible. He also shares a story of just how far some cyclists will go to retrieve their stolen bikes and takes a small dive into the underground world of stolen bike trade.
Will the trackers work?
00:00 Bikes are increasingly getting stolen
00:33 Getting a bike stolen on purpose
01:38 The bait bike to get stolen
04:16 Talking to Bryan Hance
05:57 Who buys stolen bikes?
07:56 Anyone interested in the bait bike?
10:03 Changing the location of the bait bike
11:08 The bait bike is stolen!
13:55 Trying to find the stolen bait bike
14:35 Talking to Damian Groves
17:51 The bait bike is found and lost again
19:53 Back to Damian Groves on finding his bikes
23:38 Heading to Poland
25:41 Lessons learned after the bike theft
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