Steal my bike back?

9:26 AM 07/24/2012

Dear PoPville,
My housemate's (locked) bike was stolen from our Mt Pleasant front porch Sunday night/Monday morning. While my bike was, fortunately, not stolen, the U-lock was tampered with such that it cannot be opened. How do I go about "stealing" my bike back? It's locked to my porch right now and based on the recent theft in the vicinity I'd like to bring it inside in case the thief comes back for another try...
-You didn't take my bike but you still made me sad

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dat

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bolt cutters, hack saw, car jack, oxyacetylene torch (in that order)
I'd put the car jack earlier in the list, but you risk damaging the frame.

10:19 AM 07/24/2012 | 0 Votes

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- amysbruno
  
  thanks - do you know if i can rent any of these things in DC? (i don't happen to have any of them lying around my house...)
  
  10:20 AM 07/24/2012
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gotryit
angle grinder - I tihnk you can rent one from home depot on rhode island ave.

11:21 AM 07/24/2012 | 0 Votes

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- amysbruno
  
  thanks!
  
  2:24 PM 07/25/2012
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sunsquashed

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Old School hardware rents some tools at a very reasonable rate, but I dunno if they would rent bolt cutters or an angle grinder. Depending how the bike is locked, a car jack apparently works great.

2:12 PM 07/24/2012 | 0 Votes

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- amysbruno
  
  okay, thanks
  
  2:24 PM 07/25/2012

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