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Not to mention it won't prevent crime at all.

Lots of people will buy stolen bikes off craigslist, knowing they're stolen.

Others who are in doubt will still buy stolen bikes off craigslist because they will never learn about this niche website.

And thieves can just file off the serial no.

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I don't think many people buying bikes on craigslist want to get a stolen bike.

Bikes are stolen because they're easy to sell - check out the link someone posted here earlier: http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/30393216796/what-happens-t...

Rather than try to make bike theft profitable - you'd prefer to just say it won't work and give up?

Actually I'd rather not pay for you to travel across the US on a vacation while you pretend that what you're doing will have any measurable impact on bike theft.

Great! Don't back the project.

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