#246 Bike Batman

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Bike Batman was just an average guy in Seattle who liked to ride bicycles. There was nothing about him that made you think he would be a vigilante who would face off against criminals armed with a smartphone, and the cops on speed dial. But you know, sometimes, the purpose just finds you. The guy showed no crime-fighting predilection, whatsoever—but sometimes…it's a calling, ya know? Some people were born to wear the cape. True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Creeper Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Sources: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/real-life-superhero-who-beats-cops-bike-thieves/ https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2022/04/11/this-american-life-interviews-seattles-retired-bike-batman/#:~:text=Dirk%20deGroot%20made%20headlines%20a,retiring%20a%20few%20years%20back. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3493952/meet-bike-batman-the-anonymous-hero-who-returns-stolen-bikes-to-the-citizens-of-seattle-1.3493960

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:05.0	of course Andy's here.
0:10.0	I don't think I could have left Michael and I seriously think you change the locks every time you walk out that door.
0:14.5	That's right you're not getting out. So just get comfy in that chair. I just keep thinking I'm so close so close.
0:18.9	It's like an emphasis it's like a game of skier every time.
0:20.9	Just breaking lockpick.
0:22.8	That's right.
0:23.5	Keep trying buddy.
0:24.3	But you gotta get that skill up.
0:25.6	There's nowhere in here to practice my skills.
0:27.5	Oh well, that's why you just gotta keep studying for the cases.
0:32.2	Okay.
0:32.8	Yeah, like last week, where we covered the death of Mariah Wilson.
0:38.7	She was a pro-cyclist, pro- gravel cyclist.
0:41.7	I didn't even know that gravel cycling was like a category.
0:45.0	I mean I guess it's just like an offset of mountain biking to an extent
0:48.0	to an extent.
0:49.0	Pretty much.
0:50.0	Pretty much.
0:51.0	But in that world it is quite competitive and can be quite deadly, especially if you
0:56.1	get entangled with like, you know, some of the heavy hitters.
1:01.3	Yeah, right.
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