Must Watch: Bike Thieves Steal the Show when the Prank is on Them

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I’m a little perplexed that nobody bit in Prague. It still took longer than I thought in the other cities considering the bikes were completely unsecured. I also think the unlocked, but tired up bike thefts were way funnier than this

@domitarou

The band would starve to death waiting in the van.

Amazed they blank out the faces of these criminals. And that they let the guy get away with that bike.

I’m all for shaming bike theives. And I do generally spend my time in the comments section here at bikerumor telling other people how their bikes are heavy or their mechanical knowledge is subpar, or perhaps how wrong they are about the need for a dropper post.

But I think it’s pretty poor editorial discretion to post and promote the second video. The entire genre of “hood prank” videos is incredibly offensive. It’s blatant racism, simply place a bike in the “hood” and watch the young black man ride off with it.. LOL!!! See, look, black people will steal anything if we leave it unlocked. Also, if we walk around like ignorant, entitled white boys who don’t belong here, and try to pick fights – we’ll get knocked out. Etc.

It’s pretty unfortunate that someone as disinterested in political correctness or politeness is here trying to shame you guys – but you should be ashamed. It’s contributing to an enormous problem: the perception that non-white people are reliably going to commit crimes, be guilty, or otherwise break the rules that we created. The entire prank is trap, designed to ensure that we all feel good about our racist attitudes.

Zach, if I were you, I’d re-evaluate. It’s one thing to go somewhere and create something like the first video, where the bias is at least not clearly racial. The second, shame on you…

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