The original locks on the bike stations were overwhelmed by thieves ripping the bicycles out at an unprecedented paceThe bike-share program launched last fall with 200 bicycles at 20 stations and was supposed to grow to 500 bicycles at 50 stations in the spring. Instead, it has suffered so many thefts and maintenance backups that most of the bicycles are out of service.http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...913-story.htmlThe bicycles are outfitted with GPS technology, so the stolen or abandoned bikes were usually recovered. But thefts and other non-returns of the bicycles had become such an issue that two maintenance employees were devoted solely to bike recovery