Why was a bike left in my back yard? Stolen?
The other day I came home to find a fairly new mountain bike tucked behind a bush in my back yard. Whoever put it there had to come down a narrow 50 foot path, so it wasn't a quick, convenient place. Is this a way to hide a stolen bike? I can't think of an innocent reason why this would happen. A friend of mine told me that in the past ten years, he's found 3 perfectly good bikes on his property. We both live in a city.
The cops in my city said that 99% of the time they auction stolen bikes, because it's too hard to match bikes with owners.
I should have asked if such a thing is common. Thanks for your answers, though.