We've had folks here in S. Indiana have their handicapped child's
upright "granny" trike stolen from their fenced and locked yard.
Thieves will go to any ends to steal no matter what. Recently we had
an armed robbery and beating of a bicyclist take place on our
Greenway. The thugs were aprehended. Also, I might add I have a
license to carry. You never know.

--- In ez3usx@yahoogroups.com, Jason Plein <jasple@...> wrote:
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> sounds like it could be any Illinois politician trying to steal
your bike.....
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Cullen Carter <ccarter@...>
> To: ez3usx@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 7:42:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [ez3-usx] Trike thieves?!?!?!
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> Wow, that's crazy. When I asked the question I was thinking "pick-
the-lock" type thefts, definitely not belligerent "hijacking" type
thefts.
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> You must have a really sweet-looking trike!.
>  
> Cullen
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>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: larrygeiger@ hotmail.com
> To: ez3usx@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [ez3-usx] Trike thieves?!?!? !
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> I have since I purchased my trike last year 4 assaults on my
person trying to take the bike under me, I've even had 2 drunks in a
car bad mouth me because I was taking up the road and tried to
assault me as I carry a large folding pocket knife on me at all
times, the passenger got out of the vehicle and I flashed the knife
at him, he took one look at the knife and jumped back into the car
and told the driver to get the @#$% out here he has a knife. so far
I haven't had anymore problems, the problem here in Illinois is
people steal bikes from all around and take them up to Chicago to
resell them or sell them for scrape, if I had my choice id conceal a
small fire arm on the bike for protection because you never know who
or what you will run into these's days
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> From: Cullen Carter
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:32 PM
> To: ez3usx@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: [ez3-usx] Trike thieves?!?!? !
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> Hello,
>  
> Replies to my recent "Trike Sheds?" message got me thinking about
the rarity of stolen trikes...
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> I know when I was a bicyclist, I locked my bike up very securely
because bike theft was very common in Milwaukee. However, when I got
into riding fixed gear I didn't worry as much about locking my bike
because, unless the thief was well-versed in fixies, or wanted a
broken neck, there really wasn't much use to it.
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> Obviously, because trikes are a rare, strange-looking velocipede,
a thief would have a hard time getting ride of it securely.Unless,
of course, they unload it far away from where it was stolen.
>  
> Cullen
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