>>2006894West Coast Basic Anti-Theft Competence: You have already scouted and know the general location of where the meth-heads are, literally, what block, in what row of tents because you've cruised everywhere and you can follow the bike parts to the tents, and therein is where the teardowns take place. You can see hoppers going in on mutant bikes and coming out on mutant bikes. They're tearing down bikes, it is absolutely out in the open, they're like animals in the zoo- they don't care you can see them. Now you have INTELLIGENCE.
Scenario: Your bike is stolen.
IF you know where this location is, AND you have a window of time, I'd say longer than an hour is pushing it, IMMEDIATELY proceed to the tent area, walk in there like you are looking for something and don't talk to/respond to anyone, and when you see your bike NO MATTER HOW MANY PIECES HAVE BEEN REMOVED OR REPLACED ALREADY, grab the Frame and walk the fuck out of there without saying anything or looking at anyone.
I've done it, and you can too