• Glytch@lemmy.world
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    Some reports are saying it wasn’t a rental bike, but it was the same e-bike model that the city’s rental service uses, likely paid for with cash.

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      That would be something - buying a whole-ass e-bike to escape from your murder scene with. Interesting, too, that that bike hasn’t been found yet, which means he didn’t ditch it anywhere nearby, if at all.

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        Probably why he had an e-bike. Fast, silent, small, and easy to ride long distances compared to a normal bike, or a car in New York. Definitely helps that you can buy them for cash, without a license, and often person-to-person second hand

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          And there’s a lot of ebikes on the used market that were stolen in the first place. I’ve been trying to buy an ebike for a while and it’s something that’s on my mind while shopping used. So the seller is even more incentivized to keep their mouth shut.