What the hell?! 2,865?! Talk about a problem…

The perp, Igor Kenk, and his mental patient taskforce seem to have been snatching up bikes in the Toronto area for some time now; he had even been known as the place to look for your bike after it was stolen. Well, apparently he was finally taken down and his grotesque collection of stolen bikes in his “shop”, home and 10 remote locations across the city!

What’s especially curious is the rationale here for such a insane number of thefts and the stockpiling that accompanied it. Seems to be three theories: a) He would sell the bikes through his illegal shop operation, b) He was a known metals speculator and was waiting for metals to spike again so he could melt the bikes down or c) he anticipated an energy apocolypse of sorts and wanted to be ready (or control the market). Seems to be c is actually the most likely. No way one person could ever sell that many bikes and its hard to imagine melting down that many bikes, especially disassembling them and sorting the metal types. Glad this nutjob is finally behind bars but also disappointed it took this long…

Read full article:
To Catch a Thief - Eyeweekly.com
In a Cyclist-Friendly City, a Black Hole for Bikes - NYTimes.com/Toronto Journal