it is just a hypotetical question, but how can I make an obviously

Jamal, plz

>>1238627
give it back to its owner, now it doesn't look stolen at all

Airbrush "Totes Not Stolen" on to the frame.

>>1238627
will you tell us what a 'hypotetical' question is?

Move to a gated neighborhood

How does an 'obviously stolen looking bike' even look like?

>>1238627
Wrap it in electrical tape.

They way students do it here is just spray painting the whole thing one solid color. Everyone knows it is probably stolen, but who can claim for sure that it was his.

Remove unnecessary bells and whistles such as mounted flashlights, blinkers, or brake pads

bleach your skin.

When the hypotetical owner comes tell him you borrowed it from the worst person in the neighborhood

>>1238627
Sign it

JAMAL
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>>1238709
repaint it a new color

remove or replace parts like >>1238709 said or even just move them around

mostly just repaint it though

Put a baby carrier on the back bumper.... no one steals those.

>all the black helping hands ITT
wew

Substitute its parts!
Change the wheels, the brakes, the tires, etc.
Do it until you have a whole new bike and nobody will ever suspect.

Afterwards, return the old parts to their rightful owner

>>1238627
>Steals a bike
>Doesn't know what to do with it
Oh the irony

>>1238841
this. also beware of scratches

Sell it in a town over. Sell everything you steal in a town over.

Make it look like you pulled that shit out of the trash. Paint every part a different color. Or hell, sand it down and let it rust in some places.

>>1238627
paint your skin white

>>1238627
Turn it into the cops u thieving fuck

>>1238627
Get one of those tall orange flags, write "fuck the police" on it and attach to bike.

>>1238627
Steal things far from where you're going to use or sell them.

>>1239400
Even better, steal two bikes and exchange things between them!

Get all the paint off the bike. Use a metallic paint on it and enamel it immediately after. Out a few stickers on it. And leave it outside for two days with dirt in it before starting to care for it.
Done. Enjoy your bike, nigger.

>>1241447
Genius

If you got it from a college campus or if there's a sticker with a number on it rip it off and file the serial number off so it'll be harder to track

>>1241447
Yeah be sure to switch out the parts with serial numbers on them cause a filed off serial number is way more suspicious

>>1238709
Yeah brakes are for sissies anyway

>>1238668
This

I have not been browsing this board for a while, but I can't believe people on here actually gave OP an advice. Did /diy/ turn into shit while I wasn't here?

>>1238668
The current rider is a melanated gentleman and the book has stickers like "WholeFoods", "Sanders4President", "My other ride is a Prius"

>>1238668
Small bike big hoodlum on it

>>1242514
We assume it's a joke, because it's a stupid fucking question. And 4chan tends to have an anarchic attitude if only by virtue of our tenuous anonymity.