What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles?

[camwyn]

From the New York Times:

Mr. Kenk’s legacy now fills a former police garage with a leaky roof. Organized by brand name and mostly resting on their handlebars, wheels pointed upward, are 2,396 of the bicycles that police say Mr. Kenk either stole or arranged to have stolen....

Comments

[hortorum.livejournal.com]

For some reason I am reminded of the thing that Dutch folk of a certain age used to/still do yell at Germans when annoyed "Oi! I/my father/grandfather wants his bike back!"

[camwyn]

I had a brief flash of 'hmm, wonder if Poledra made it to Canada' before I came to my senses and just put the whole thing aside. (Poledra being, basically, the bike in my journal's image header.)

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

I reckon that was his retirement plan.

[muji]

I read that! Craziness.

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

That's gonna be one hell of a police auction.

[mephron]

What lunacy.

Here. Have some chocolate. I got a Whitman's Sampler.

[camwyn]

Saw that one a while ago. I wholeheartedly approve of it and may wind up having Ray get a box with that description in it.

........ nnnghghghghgh brane no no no the Law of Conservation of Awesome and Suck does not require me to swap the writing staff for Whitman's Chocolates and Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab no no no arrrrgh....

[sleightofhand]

2865 bikes times 30-40 bucks each? That's not a bad amount of money right there.

There's only one thing that could be for.

[traveller-blues.livejournal.com]

He was attempting to put together enough for a one man Critical Mass effect device. :D

-Traveller