my bikes stolen :-( ...and found :-)
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When plod asked me for a detailed description of what was on my first Cannondale M900 that was stolen when locked on the fence outside the house..I was so beside myself I really had a job to remember what was on it! I had CCTV footage of the hooded barsteward from a neighbour -never got him, the footage was too grainy - I still look out for it to this day, just in a 'rattlecan black' no doubt :evil:
Gutted for you and on the lookout for yours too
FluffyChicken":2w23en4w said:
When plod asked me for a detailed description of what was on my first Cannondale M900 that was stolen when locked on the fence outside the house..I was so beside myself I really had a job to remember what was on it! I had CCTV footage of the hooded barsteward from a neighbour -never got him, the footage was too grainy - I still look out for it to this day, just in a 'rattlecan black' no doubt :evil:
Gutted for you and on the lookout for yours too
michael franks
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Very sorry to hear you news Ben. I sympathise with you - like many of us on here I've had bikes nicked and more recently so has my son. The increase in bike theft appears to be related to there being no mandatory custodial sentence for the crime unlike dealing drugs so that the barstewards have switched from one crime to another. There have been one or two cases recently where bike thieves have been given custodial sentences but that needs to become the norm - the law needs to change to: steal a bike = go to jail.
Very sorry to hear you news Ben. I sympathise with you - like many of us on here I've had bikes nicked and more recently so has my son. The increase in bike theft appears to be related to there being no mandatory custodial sentence for the crime unlike dealing drugs so that the barstewards have switched from one crime to another. There have been one or two cases recently where bike thieves have been given custodial sentences but that needs to become the norm - the law needs to change to: steal a bike = go to jail.
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If its of any consolation, I managed to get one of mine back when it was stolen so I hope it works out for you.
If its of any consolation, I managed to get one of mine back when it was stolen so I hope it works out for you.
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Nightmare... and I know it won't be of comfort but perhaps we can all be a little better on bike security.
I bought a couple of those braided wire cable jobbies from Evans and loop them around all the frames on the nice bikes I have and then secure with a stout padlock. This cabling goes around my benches and a motorbike for good measure.
I know the Pro's could get through them with a battery operated grinder but really it's the hoody pikey's that you are deterring.
I'm keeping everything peeled over this way (I have a few contacts in the recycling bike shops over here) - so will drop them a line.
Silly question... but what about posting a wanted ad on Gumtree? You know, badly written, making you look like a proper bear saying "Wanted. Bicycles - anything considered...
You never know!
Nightmare... and I know it won't be of comfort but perhaps we can all be a little better on bike security.
I bought a couple of those braided wire cable jobbies from Evans and loop them around all the frames on the nice bikes I have and then secure with a stout padlock. This cabling goes around my benches and a motorbike for good measure.
I know the Pro's could get through them with a battery operated grinder but really it's the hoody pikey's that you are deterring.
I'm keeping everything peeled over this way (I have a few contacts in the recycling bike shops over here) - so will drop them a line.
Silly question... but what about posting a wanted ad on Gumtree? You know, badly written, making you look like a proper bear saying "Wanted. Bicycles - anything considered...
You never know!
Chopper the ex Copper
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Apart from tripping IR beams on every route to my shed (unless they parachute in), there are a few nasty surprises in case I sleep though the buzzer that the beams activate. Light hearted stuff, like slivers of Stanley blade glued to tools they might try and use to cut the locks, a pair of cutters with the hinge bolt 99% filed through so when they use it the thing collapses and crushes their knuckles, that type of thing.
Apart from tripping IR beams on every route to my shed (unless they parachute in), there are a few nasty surprises in case I sleep though the buzzer that the beams activate. Light hearted stuff, like slivers of Stanley blade glued to tools they might try and use to cut the locks, a pair of cutters with the hinge bolt 99% filed through so when they use it the thing collapses and crushes their knuckles, that type of thing.
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