Ive stopped picking bicycles up for this reason..well unless they are totally trashed or on top of trash. In Florida bikes are everywhere and people throw them out for any reason. I picked up a kids bike a few months ago and actually turned around after a block bc i freaked myself out thinking i had stole a bike. well i go to put it back lol and realize it has a flat tire and a little rust so they must have just trashed it.



The next night i go out i see this little pink girls bike in another yard and think, no it was probably left out by a kid. It was a foot from the road by the driveway. Well I have been by this house probably 20 times since then and the bike is always in various spots in the yard and always close to the trash pile. That was lesson enough for me. Stealing bikes is big here and I am really afraid that i will get accused of stealing... its not worth it.