Editing Bicycle (section)

===Theft===
{{Main|Bicycle theft}}
[[File:2008-09-06 Solitary bicycle wheel in a bike rack.jpg|thumb|upright|A bicycle wheel remains chained in a bike rack after the rest of the bicycle has been stolen at east campus of [[Duke University]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]].]]

Bicycles are popular targets for theft, due to their value and ease of resale.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Van Lierop|first1=Dea|last2=Grimsrud|first2=Michael|last3=El-Geneidy|first3=Ahmed|year=2014|title=Breaking into Bicycle Theft: Insights from Montreal, Canada|journal=International Journal of Sustainable Transportation|volume=9 |issue=7 |pages=490–501|doi=10.1080/15568318.2013.811332 |bibcode=2015IJSTr...9..490V |s2cid=44047626 |url=https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/articles/1v53k2443 }}</ref> The number of bicycles stolen annually is difficult to quantify as a large number of crimes are not reported.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bicyclelaw.com/p.cfm/bicycle-safety/about-bike-theft |title=About Bicycle Theft |publisher=bicyclelaw.com |access-date=12 February 2014}}</ref> Around 50% of the participants in the Montreal International Journal of Sustainable Transportation survey were subjected to a bicycle theft in their lifetime as active cyclists.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://tram.mcgill.ca/Research/Publications/Cycling_theft.pdf|title = Breaking into bicycle theft: Insights from Montreal, Canada|last = van Lierop Grimsrud El-Geneidy|date = 2015|journal = International Journal of Sustainable Transportation| volume=9 | issue=7 | page=490 | doi=10.1080/15568318.2013.811332 | bibcode=2015IJSTr...9..490V | s2cid=44047626 |access-date = 30 September 2015}}</ref> Most bicycles have serial numbers that can be recorded to verify identity in case of theft.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://bikeindex.org/serials#fn-all-bikes-serials
| title = Bike serial numbers
| quote = Okay, fine, so maybe there are a few bikes without serial numbers, but this is rare and typical only on hand made bikes or really old bicycles.
| access-date = 2 August 2017}}</ref>
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