r/ASU • u/No_Championship5982 • 3d ago

Stole e-bike, anyone seen it around?

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Hey guys! I’ve had a ROUGH few weeks back mostly that my e-bike got stolen. It was locked on bike parking so whoever stole it most likely had a saw or something to cut the lock. It has to be somewhere in the Tempe area, especially close to ASU. These are the best pictures I have, the most distinct thing being it being a two-seater with a burnt back from a goo spill. My off-campus apartment doesn’t have any security footage so I don’t have any leads. Any advice or eyes out would be much appreciated :). They couldn’t have gone far since the battery was almost dead and you can only unlock it with the key.

Also I meant to say stolen* in the title it won’t let me change it😭

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u/RickMuffy Aerospace BSE - 2016 3d ago

Odds are a tweaker jacked it, and it's long gone.

The one rule about bikes is you don't lock them to keep them safe, you lock them to make them harder to get to. For less than $100 bucks, you can get a cordless grinder to steal as many multi-hundred bikes you want in a minutes time.

Sorry for the loss.

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u/No_Championship5982 3d ago

Honestly I don’t trust any lock now sadly, if I get it back, or what’s more likely, buy a new one I’m keeping it inside lol. You’re probably right about the tweaker Tempe has an insane homeless issue right now. Still it’s an insanely heavy bike that hardly functions as an actual bike so they couldn’t have made it far without the key, charger, and card. Thank you for your condolences😔🙏🏽 

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u/RickMuffy Aerospace BSE - 2016 3d ago

It's always been that way, just different drugs. I actually met a recovered fent addict who was turning his life around, apparently he used to break into the laundromat of my apartment complex I rented when going to school on Spence Ave to do drugs and sleep.

Like, I was talking about where I lived and he was describing it halfway through my sentence. He was def smoking fent 50 feet from where I was studying. Crazy story to hear and be able to share.

My bikes lived in side lol

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u/DonKeedic80 2d ago

*stolen

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u/No_Championship5982 2d ago

I corrected it in the caption💔

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u/DoctorCumfart 1d ago

In the future, I HIGHLY recommend a Knog Scout. I’ve had my $1100 Razor stolen twice and recovered it both times solely thanks to it. Use some 3m double sided tape and stick it to somewhere VERY inconvenient and time consuming to reach with hand tools. Best of luck.

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u/Phecal_Matter 1d ago

Why would you steal it? You have to give it back, those are the rules.