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There should be a way of getting the stolen bike trade on BL closed down - the only reason bike theft is so bad in that area, particularly close to the weekend, is because of the market - it wouldn't just move somewhere else, because the market it part of the cause of the levels of theft - it's just too easy for them to trade there. Is there not some way of getting the police to prevent it? i've done my angry citizen thing and phoned the police out of frustration on a sunday morning, asking why they are not there arresting all the people selling stolen bikes, and they turned up half an hour later and cleared out the shops under the arches. How many people are on this forum? What are there, 20 thieves, max, selling bikes - n i recognized some of the same faces from a few years ago, still flogging stolen bikes - can we not get it closed? Any ideas?