Re: [Ebbc-Talk] attempted pannier theft on Webster St yesterday

That's crazy, I've never heard of anything like that. Did you make a police
report?

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Jessica Zdeb <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi fellow EBBCers,
>
> A bit of a public service announcement: Yesterday around 2:30pm I was
> biking south on Webster St in Oakland when someone tried to steal the
> pannier off my bike near the intersection with 34th.  My downstairs
> neighbor had her pannier stolen as she was biking a few months ago at 52nd
> and Shafter.  When I shared that with people back in March, others said
> they'd heard of bikers being targeted along this route from Uptown to
> Rockridge.
>
> The car (a late 90s teal Honda Accord with Arizona plates) passed me near
> 38th and turned right there; they were driving pretty fast and somewhat
> erratically.  They rejoined Webster at MacArthur, passed me again and
> stopped at the top of the hill at Webster and 34th to let out the passenger
> then pulled around the corner.  As I approached that intersection, he
> walked out into the street toward the back of my bike (I was going slower
> owing to high gearing and the hill) and reached out to grab the handles of
> my pannier.  I had turned around to watch him, saw this, yelled for him to
> get the %&#$ away from my bag, and watched him keep walking as I got out of
> there.
>
> I wonder if they particularly target people whose panniers have visible,
> grab-able handles.  Maybe they have learned that these types of panniers
> often don't have an attachment mechanism other than hooks that loop over a
> rack and are thus easily taken.  I will definitely be securing mine with
> the velcro straps all the time now, something I usually only do at night.
>
> This was a good reminder to be vigilant out there and always remain aware
> of your surroundings, especially on this bike route.
>
> Jess
>
> --
> Jessica Zdeb
> Master of City Planning 2012
> UC Berkeley
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