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Giant Sand piuv Marshal Plan, gueus Wednesday ah 2* $2 Buckhorn Ro-Sham Bo Rhythm Breaker Music Starts at 10pm Mon-Sat Music starts at 8pm Sundays Bike thefts rise 20 percent from ’91 to ’92 By Scotl Simonson f at It** Or&y&n ( Bicycle thefts reported In Eugene increased by more than 20 percent in 1992. and bike then* reported on < umpus also increased last year, ao.ording to city and University statistics Sources Irom the Eugene Department of Public Safety and the University's Office ol Public Safety said the number of high pru ed bit ve ins reported stolen also increased last year, but improperly lot ked or unlocked bikes remain much more popu lar targets for thieves In Eugene in 1002. 1,456 bicy i ies with an estimated sale value of $5:18.611 were reported stolen, a 23 percent increase more than 1901, when 1.182 bicycles with an estimated sale value of $432,938 were reported stolen, according to statistics from the Department of Public Safety. According to OPS statistics. 1ft? bicycles were reported stolen on campus during the 1991-92 school year, a 12 per cent increase more than 1990-91 when 14H bikes were reported stolen In 1989-90. 109 thefts were reported on campus Sgt. Bob Wilson, who is in charge of the Eugene police's property crimes detail, said reported bicyi le thefts have decreased during the (irsl two months of 1993, hut bad weath er and a short period of time make it difficult to say whether tile decrease will continue "Bicycle theft seems to go in i ycles." Wilson said "1 remem ber a few years ago. things were lust horrendous, then they dropped off.” Both Wilson and Koliert (.use. criminal prevention officer for OPS. said they have seen an BICYCLES STOLEN 1 IN EUGENE FROM 1991 TO 1993 increase in the number of high priced tnk.es lieing stolen. OPS classifies hike thefts in one of three categories, accord ing to the value of the stolen bicycle. Guse said Theft 1, the most expensive category, con sists of stolen bicycles valued at more than $500. "We're seeing a lot more Theft ones,” he said More people riding more expensive hikes may be one explanation for the increase in reported thefts of high-priced bicycles. “It used to be that a $:ttxi mountain hike was a major sale Now, a person buying a mountain hike in the $400 to $600 range is pretty normal.'' said Demetri "Mac'' Macrigea nia. owner ol Pedal Power bicy cles Todd Cudek. who works at Collins Cvi le Shop, agrees "I'm a University student, and 4In this town, if you don* lock it, it’s history. They’ll steal anything that’s not locked correctly.’ -- Demetri Macrigeanis, Pedal Power Bicycles I'm really amazed at the number of people riding nice bikes. around campus, even $700 or SHOO bikes.” Cudek said. "The whole market has expanded, but especially the higher end of the market.” However, Guso said the cause of most bicycle thefts has noth ing to do with how expensive a hike is. Guse said HO peri ent ol the bicycles stolen from campus "either weren't lo< ked or were Ic« ked to themselves. When you lock a bike to its front tiro, it's really hard to proto* t it." Macrigeanis agreed. "In this town, if you don't lock it, it's history," he said Thieves "could care less if it's $190 bike. They'll steal anything that's not locked correctly." Guse said the increased num t>er of reported thefts at the Uni versity is probably linked to more students riding bicycles to campus. More bicycles on cam pus seems to lead to more care lessly locked or unlocked bikes that are easily stolen, he said. “The best precaution is to gel a cheaper bike. There’s no rea son to bring a car-priced bike to campus," Guse said. "Every day I could go out and find a $50 garage-sale special.” Guse urged bicyclists to think about parking their bicycles the way they would think about parking a car This means pay ing attention to locking the vehi cle properly and not parking it in a dark or unpopulated area, he said. Guse also said students should register their bicycles with OPS. Thieves ar.e more likely to steal a bicycle without registration tags because OPS cannot trace unregistered hikes back to the owner. "Numbers of bikes we recover varies a lot," Guse said. "When we're consistent at stopping people for riding on sidewalks, we get a lot returned." by check ing registration tag numbers of the bicycles stopped. "We recover a lot of bicycles that don't ever get returned to the owner because people don't report the theft or record the ser ial number of the bike," Wilson said "For heaven's sake, report your bike if it's stolen.” THEFTS Continued Irom Page 1 a dozen reports on thefts from student vehicles. In most of the cases, stereos and speakers have been taken. Tim Birr. Eugene polls« department spokesman, said t ar thefts are on the rise all over Eugene. He said 212 vehicle thefts have Imhui reported in Eugene this Mari h. as c ompared to 17,t in Mari h 1992. In the first three months of 19*13, 538 thefts from vehicles have been reported, up from 444 in the first three months of 1992, a 21 peruent increase "Theft from vehicles is the highest-reported crime in Eugene.” Birr said. "In most cases i onsumor-electronics prod ucts ure taken." ET ALS Ml MINUS tm Mimic I t'm ( omjnrttw will haw bud hearings today in ltm hMl !'‘>*»rvt Hoorn at i JO p m Fot more information JbJO Laivat Planning and Watement Sar %i