Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Electric bicycles in the news Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:11:35 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <8lvs0kt1tf9ir8a8mk055fttu7a42d0src@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:11:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7376a270fb5e664d88ca308dd8fe7d64"; logging-data="1632566"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+U9V0Y9kRtems9RlUq1JCZ" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:dZ4xOsfxsnKAgxeC157mj5NNy40= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <8lvs0kt1tf9ir8a8mk055fttu7a42d0src@4ax.com> On 4/27/2025 2:03 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: > On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:47:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote: > >> https://nypost.com/2025/04/26/us-news/gunmen-on-citi-bikes-shoot-two-in-nyc-overnight/ > > Citi Bikes have GPS trackers. The police should be able to identify > the shooter from the credit card used to pay for the bike rental. > As I understand it, the currently preferred NYC method is to remove and swap the square-block optical code stickers. Thief stands astride one bike until, a few feet away, random customer scans the other bike. Thief rides away before customer gets a clue. I assume there are other methods because rental e-bikes used by criminals is not rare. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971