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Bryan Hance is a bike enthusiast and web developer who combined those two interests in co-founding Bike Index, a database that tracks ownership to help recover bikes that end up stolen. Through that work, Bryan uncovered a sprawling bike theft and trafficking operation, which he traced back to one man, operating out of Jalisco, Mexico — and the story only gets crazier from there. So we sat down with Bryan and Chris Solomon, who wrote a piece for Wired on Bryan’s work, to hear all about it.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Bike Index & Bryan’s interest in bike theft (2:14)
Constru-Bikes’s operation (7:46)
What did this network look like? (13:41)
How Bryan uncovered Constru’s trafficking (22:20)
Arrests in the US (29:11)
How to shut this down? (34:56)
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Bryan Hance is a bike enthusiast and web developer who combined those two interests in co-founding Bike Index, a database that tracks ownership to help recover bikes that end up stolen. Through that work, Bryan uncovered a sprawling bike theft and trafficking operation, which he traced back to one man, operating out of Jalisco, Mexico — and the story only gets crazier from there. So we sat down with Bryan and Chris Solomon, who wrote a piece for Wired on Bryan’s work, to hear all about it.
RELATED LINKS:
Bag Balm
BLISTER+ Membership
This Week’s Gear Giveaway
TOPICS & TIMES:
Bike Index & Bryan’s interest in bike theft (2:14)
Constru-Bikes’s operation (7:46)
What did this network look like? (13:41)
How Bryan uncovered Constru’s trafficking (22:20)
Arrests in the US (29:11)
How to shut this down? (34:56)
OUR OTHER PODCASTS
Blister Cinematic
CRAFTED
GEAR:30
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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