Saturday, February 23, 2013

Is This Bike Stolen!?!??!


Buying a stolen bicycle is a crime and encourages bike theft. This tool lets you check a bicycle’s serial number against the Canada-wide CPIC police database to see if it has been reported as stolen. Not only do you avoid buying a stolen bike, but you also help deter bike thieves from selling stolen goods if they know they are more likely to be caught.

If you suspect a bicycle is stolen but the serial number doesn’t show up positive, this could be due to a number of reasons:
*The theft could not have been reported.
*There is a delay from when a theft is reported to the serial number being added to the database.
*You could have entered the serial number incorrectly or missed a number.

Remember: if the price is too good to be true, it probably is stolen.


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