to steal or not to steal?

[stauqmuk]

Last May I was riding home from a friends house through not such a great part of town when this caught my eye. A Kona Cinder Cone Race Light. Beat up? yes, but broken? no. Everything seems to be in order but in disrepair. Its been in the same spot since then never moving nor been attended to at all! How long do I wait to pop the 99cent store lock and take this one home? Is that ever ok? It just seems such a waste for a fantastic bike like that to sit and rot through another north east winter.
What do you guys think?

 

[legrandefromage]

tricky - here in the UK, if locked on council/ private property anything considered 'abandoned' has a note placed on it confirming removal in 7 working days. The bike can then be collected for a fee from storage.

I have my eye on something that is going through the same treatment at my local railway station.

I'd leave a note and then a decent pair of wire cutters will go through that lock

 

[Jimzano]

have it,get involved! dont leave it to rot.

 

[lewis1641]

Stick a note on it saying you want it and offer x amount for it and leave your number. Let someone else nick it and sell it to you!

 

[Augustus]

you sure it's not just ridden home and back again in between you visiting it here and there? It may be someone's odd hours commuter.

ANd it may be someone that is otherwise unable to get back to it - ill, away, abroad, prison....?

They may well be waiting for the moment to get back to it. I know someone taht left a bike in edinburgh 8 months and went back when he moved back from london and it was still there.


i know what you mean.

but if it were me, i'd leave it.




wouldn't the tyres be flat if it had sat there unmoved?

 

[marc two tone]

Free kona?

wow,that would have been stripped to the bone round near me,like a dead duck fallen into the amazon river! i would 'remove' it on grounds of 'safe keeping' at my place then,with my ears to the ground await for the rightful owner to claim.if not...claim it,i would after a month or so.
as mentioned above in the uk someone will simply beat you to it whether a member of public or government departments.

 

[john]

Leave a note.

I'd not take it. Nicking is nicking, although judging by what IU see on Police Camera Action nothing would actually happen to you.

 

[cchris2lou]

it cant be ridden away , look at the forks , they are rubbing agaisnt the tyres .

 

[sam264]

you sure it's not just ridden home and back again in between you visiting it here and there? It may be someone's odd hours commuter.

ANd it may be someone that is otherwise unable to get back to it - ill, away, abroad, prison....?

They may well be waiting for the moment to get back to it. I know someone taht left a bike in edinburgh 8 months and went back when he moved back from london and it was still there.


i know what you mean.

but if it were me, i'd leave it.




wouldn't the tyres be flat if it had sat there unmoved?

yes, but it appears to not have any pedals!! (well, there's just a spindle) That does make me rather doubtful that anyone actually uses it.

 

[Augustus]

it appears to not have any pedals!! (well, there's just a spindle) That does make me rather doubtful that anyone actually uses it.

you'd be surprised what i see pootling about london on a daily basis. a spindle for a pedal is luxury compared to some oik's bikes.