Bold Creative - "Know the enemy"

This animation about bike theft just appeared on Google Current TV. You can watch it by clicking the image at the link below. The intro "shot" was a Brick Lane sign. :)
It's narrated by a guy explaining all the methods he uses to nick bikes..

http://www.bikeoff.org/know_the_enemy.htm

I'm surprised at the number of people that just use a dinky little chain as a lock.

6 months ago a gang hit the street outside my work- apparently rolled down it in a van, got out with bolt cutters and grabbed every bike they could get at. Stole one of my work mates' bikes and he was gutted. Few days later I spotted it a couple blocks away being used as a 'decoy.' Called the po-po and the fire brigade showed up and we stole it back. Bike justice!

Decoy? To encourage other cyclists to park their bikes in the same spot?

Decoy? To encourage other cyclists to park their bikes in the same spot?

Ooh. That's low.

Not quite. If bike thieves can't get much money for a bike they use it as a decoy instead. Find one they want to steal, brake the lock and remove the bike, replace it with the decoy. Least that's what the cops said.