Pedal Power Thwarts Thieves

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The next time the bike was seen, it was being walked down Main Street near James Avenue by a couple of youths, probably 18 or 19 years old. That's when bike courier John Stillwell cycled by. He didn't know [Jacques Marcoux], but he recognized the bike because he saw its owner regularly cycling the downtown streets.

He then steered Marcoux's bike, while riding his own, to Natural Cycle, the closest cycling shop in the area. He asked the staff there to call around to other bike shops, confident that somebody would know how to contact the owner of the unique 10-speed. When they called Bikes and Beyond, Allan Scott, a friend of Marcoux's picked up the phone, recognized the description and called Marcoux to give him the good news.

"I've had bikes stolen and parts of bikes stolen," he said. "It's pretty crazy how hard it is to keep a bike if you lock it up downtown."

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Pedal Power Thwarts Thieves

Watch it, low-lifes -- city's cyclists have each other's backs

By Geoff Kirbyson

NEVER underestimate the power of Winnipeg's cycling subculture.

Jacques Marcoux was going abo...

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