Comments on: When a bike thief thieves your bike right off the front of a Muni bus

By: gigit

gigit — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:05:05 +0000

That really sucks. Getting shit stolen is never fun. I will try to keep my eye out for the bike. My condolences.

By: nofishtoday

nofishtoday — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:28:31 +0000

why not just ride your bike?!

By: GG

GG — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:29:26 +0000

Muni drivers, always helpful and personable!

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:52:56 +0000

In Europe you pretty commonly see aftermarket locks that do, essentially, that. You lock it and a metal bar crosses through the spokes of your rear wheel, preventing it from spinning.

By: DontMissSF

DontMissSF — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:24:21 +0000

You know what someone should invent, a lock on the axle that’s built into the wheel. It wouldn’t slow you down when racking and unracking the bike. And it wouldn’t completely prevent your bike from being stolen, but it would slow things down just enough to beat the crap out of the piece of human debris stealing your bike.

By: This

This — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:38:23 +0000

By: thuglifecrunk187

thuglifecrunk187 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:03:11 +0000

do drugs!

By: dana

dana — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:49:26 +0000

that being said, I still put my bike on the bus on occasion, I’m just super vigilant about sitting/standing right by the front door and keeping crazy watch over my precious bike.

By: dana

dana — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:48:00 +0000

this happened to me once on the 14 stopped at 16th and Mission. the dude had gotten my bike off the rack was walking away with it and had nearly turned the corner when I saw him. I leapt off the bus, ran towards him and just after he mounted my bike and started riding it away, I grabbed the back wheel yanking it out from under him, screaming “that’s my fucking bike.” i think he got up and ran away but i don’t remember because the whole thing happened in a crazy adrenaline-fueled frenzy. I marched back to the bus (still there loading people) with a bloody hand and boarded via the middle door with my bike in tow at which point the busdriver tried to stop me until I told him what had gone down. done plenty of drugs, but never experienced a high as crazy as the victory/adrenaline cocktail from that experience.

By: thanks

thanks — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:26:56 +0000

this is why i don’t take my bike on the bus. those racks are an ‘unvitation’ for cyclists to take the Muni and an invitation to get your bike stolen.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:18:44 +0000

yeah this is seriously one of my big fears about the bus. I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.

By: Jam

Jam — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:11:59 +0000

Always lock the wheel to the frame that way someone can’t ride off with, but will have to carry the bike.
I used to try to lock my bike to the rack as fast as possible until a driver told me I wasn’t allowed. I asked him if he would keep an eye on my bike and he said “no”.