Stolen bike.....then i see someone riding it....

[ishaw]

...went for a long drive onto the moors, lost his clothes and then someone accidentally spilled a gallon of petrol over him. Very careless i know, but accidents do happen.

You should always be carefull when discarding cigarettes when on the moors...

Very grown up. Photos or it didn't happen.

Of course it didn't happen. You don't burn a man alive for stealing a Cannondale. If it was my beloved car then maybe, but you wouldn't take photos would you?

Anyway, it had far more effect that the several stays at the Young Offenders Institute that he had previously enjoyed. I guess during his very long walk home he had time to reflect on his crimes and was never heard of again.

I always say, if you are a thief and live outside of the law, then you have no right to be protected by law. Live by the sword, die by the sword. :evil:

Crikey, I'm glad it didn't happen, but now I'm worried what will happen to me if you aren't happy with the AMP I sold you :twisted:

 

[Scarfacexxx08]

When i was 15 my brother and ihad our shed broken into and my Eldridge Grade and my brothers Muirwoods both got taken, i was gutted. Luckly they were insured where i replaced it with a Kona AA and my brother got a Kona Fire Mountain. Fast forward about 6 months there was some sort of carnival event going on in town which i went to with my family, on the way home we all stopped off at the fish and chip shop, after i noticed outside to my right i see this random looking bike with all the gold marin light parts and white industries cranks and my wheels. So i called to my dad and showed him and we stood there till the lad came back, not letting him leave with the bike. Luckily as he was about to kick off a couple of cops walked round the corner. It turned out that he was the son of the town counciller, grassed up his mates and we also got the Muirwoods back too but not my frame, although i got all my parts back.

My brothers Fire Mountain got knicked the following year, (his own fault) a couple of years later while walking through the college car park i see his bike. Phone my dad who at the time was a magistrate bailiff, drove over put the frighteners on the lad and he gave it back.

 

[twain]

To all intents and purposes, it was an "Act of God" or force majeure. No negligence, no legal liability or "blame".

that reminds me of the film 'The Man Who Sued God'. Billy Connolly IIRC. quite a good little film.

 

[Rampage]

My cat (don't ask) won a cat in a competition, it was a Orangina BSO. That got stolen from outside a leisure centre.
Bought an Alpinestars Al-Mega with the insurance money.
That got stolen a while later. Bought a Klein Rascal with the insurance money. So for the cost of 2 insurance excess's I got a Klein Rascal for free!
This was with a 'new for old' policy so there was nothing dodgy at all!

 

[clockworkgazz]

What a bunch of street fighters on retro bike, I've had a bike stolen but would think twice about threats and violence, the police and insurance companies are there for a reason and after all it's just stuff.

 

[jimo746]

what annoys me a bit is to hear people say "it was my fault, it wasn't locked"

it is not your fault regardless of being locked or not. if it gets nicked its because somebody made the decision to take it

totally agree with this statement. surely there was a time when bicycle locks weren't even around...?!?!?

ok, call it negligence then, the same way an insurance company wouldn't pay out if you were negligent enough to leave your car keys in the ignition and it was subsequently stolen, it's essentially the same.
People shouldn't take things that don't belong to them, but they can and frequently do if given even half a chance (eg. a bicycle left unattended and unlocked).

interesting about there being a time before the invention of the bicycle lock, maybe folk used a lock and chain? or a big dog?
Perhaps bikes back then weren't as desirable as now?

 

[hydorah]

RetroBruisers

What a bunch of street fighters on retro bike, I've had a bike stolen but would think twice about threats and violence, the police and insurance companies are there for a reason and after all it's just stuff.

It's pretty weird! I'm quite a mellow character but when you've had something stolen you sort of feel a bit sick and weird

But then when you see someone with YOUR bike... Oh man... RAAAAGGGE!!!

The feeling it's just unbelievable

And the Police are fairly useless... But always make sure you actually report your bike stolen - or if you see it and get into a wrangle over it, you could have a hard job proving it's yours

Loving the serial numbers in a tool kit tip - good plan

- Crime stats count and insurance companies typically ask for crime reference numbers anyway

Insurance? yeah it works but the whole thing exists by making sure, on average that the premium paying population get out less than they put in

 

[clockworkgazz]

know what your saying but is a thing worth fighting for really?

 

[hydorah]

Yeah I think so

I think so

It would be hard for me to live with myself if I saw someone with my stuff and I didn't make a stand

I feel the same way about social disorder in general: if someone's making a racket in my neighbourhood I feel honour bound to approach the rather than fume quietly in my house...

But I know you have to be sensible if I saw 20 chavs and one had a bike of mine maybe I be a bit more tactical and tail them or something

I was a kid when my incidents happened, so I was immortal and invulnerable...

People have been killed by packs of chav ***holes

Coming upto date: Mobiles are great at least you call the rozzers wherever you are now!

Love that pic BTW

 

[silverclaws]

what annoys me a bit is to hear people say "it was my fault, it wasn't locked"

it is not your fault regardless of being locked or not. if it gets nicked its because somebody made the decision to take it

totally agree with this statement. surely there was a time when bicycle locks weren't even around...?!?!?

ok, call it negligence then, the same way an insurance company wouldn't pay out if you were negligent enough to leave your car keys in the ignition and it was subsequently stolen, it's essentially the same.
People shouldn't take things that don't belong to them, but they can and frequently do if given even half a chance (eg. a bicycle left unattended and unlocked).

interesting about there being a time before the invention of the bicycle lock, maybe folk used a lock and chain? or a big dog?
Perhaps bikes back then weren't as desirable as now?

Just out of weidness, I searched Google for the history of bicycle locks and found with interest that what was called the first bicycle, the velocipede sported a bicycle lock from the start ;

1855 - The first bicycle – the velocipede – was designed by France's Pierre Michaux in 1855. The modern bicycle with chain-operated gears and air-filled tires was conceived and developed in the 1880s, and was fitted with a lock almost from the start.

So bicycle theft has it seems always been a problem, but no doubt as technology has advanced so has the instances of bicycle theft, but I believe what constitutes the majority of thefts, is more to do with a pedestrian finding an unlocked cycle and there thinking, why walk. I believe because of this, this where I admire the continental approach, the fitment of those frame fitted rear wheel locks that prevent a cycle being ridden away.

Myself, somewhere in my past I used a bike which had a stand and parking brakes, little spring loaded buttons underneath the handlebar brake assembly which when the lever was pulled, the pins could be pushed in to lock the lever, thus locking the brake blocks hard up against the rim. I also had a cycle that the front fork could be locked and had to be released with a key.

So what s happening now, bikes are getting more expensive, but built in cycle security is dropping away whereas motorised vehicles the security is getting better, surely a stolen push cycle poses a danger to others as well, but perhaps because a push cycle is not looked at as a vehicle, the whole licensing, registering requirement is not necessary so pushcycles are considered more disposable that anything else that uses the road, but if ever it happens that regulation comes into being for pedal cycles, then , that is where cycle manufacturers might take cycle security seriously.