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Heard a friend talking about a bike he'd bought off of gum tree a few weeks ago, and he said it was obviously stolen as it was completely customised, worth about 5 times what the guy was asking for it. He then started to say how he had sprayed the frame and put stickers on it etc so it would be less recognisable. at this point i got a little cross, and asked if he knew it was stolen, why did he still buy it? he gave some crap excuse, to which i replied that i hope it was stolen off of him when he was miles from any public transport. someone had probably put a lot of effort and money into that bike just for some scumbag to nick it.
so here is the moral dilemma... you have seen a bike, normally worth about £600 going for £100. your bike got stolen, it wasn't insured and you've got very little spare cash. do you buy the cheap bike?!?!?