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@Oliver Schick
I think it's wrong to buy a bike that you know is stolen (even there are grey areas--e.g., if you're buying a stolen bike back for an owner who's asked you to do it. I don't see much wrong with buying your own stolen bike back if you desperately want it, though. Cases like this will be vanishingly rare. I suppose you could argue that it's a case of partially giving in to blackmail, but it's not 100% clear-cut in any case.