Bike Stolen in York Today
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Excellent result, glad to hear you are reunited with your bike.
I had a Felt road bike stolen a couple of years ago in London. Didn't expect to see it again but reported it stolen. A couple of days later, I was reunited with it - a policeman had seen the scrote riding it and decided that a 5'8 chav wearing bling trainers and a baseball cap didn't look quite right on a £2000, 60cm bike. He gave chase and recovered the bike when the thief crashed into a wall.
It cost me £400 to fix the damage (STIs and rims). The thief was ordered to pay me £200 in court (not sure why he got away with half the costs). Two years later, I haven't seen a penny. So, the police did well, the courts, less so.
I had a Felt road bike stolen a couple of years ago in London. Didn't expect to see it again but reported it stolen. A couple of days later, I was reunited with it - a policeman had seen the scrote riding it and decided that a 5'8 chav wearing bling trainers and a baseball cap didn't look quite right on a £2000, 60cm bike. He gave chase and recovered the bike when the thief crashed into a wall.
It cost me £400 to fix the damage (STIs and rims). The thief was ordered to pay me £200 in court (not sure why he got away with half the costs). Two years later, I haven't seen a penny. So, the police did well, the courts, less so.
I use a 5kg motor cycle chain if leaving the bike anywhere risky. Otherwise still an alarmed (motion sensitive) padlock through the front disk and fork, but a Kryptonite New York Standard Lock for the frame and rear wheel for daily use. No cable locks! (There are videos on YouTube of thieves with extendable bolt cutters in a backpack, and some cable locks can even be ripped off with a good pull?). Combination locks are also easily opened, so best avoided. Could use two D locks (different makes) if worried, but make sure to fill the lock space so a jack can't be inserted to lever it open. They should use more bait bikes!
Cheers for all the good thoughts about my situation turning out in the end.
Obviously security is one of my major thoughts now, and when my wife bought a new bike through her cycle to work scheme, she bought a couple of new locks to go with it. The locks are a heavy duty U lock, and a Abus scissor type lock.
It just feels really wrong that you spend all your cash on a nice lightweight bike, and then have to weigh the thing down with 5kg of boat anchor. Bah.
Obviously security is one of my major thoughts now, and when my wife bought a new bike through her cycle to work scheme, she bought a couple of new locks to go with it. The locks are a heavy duty U lock, and a Abus scissor type lock.
It just feels really wrong that you spend all your cash on a nice lightweight bike, and then have to weigh the thing down with 5kg of boat anchor. Bah.
It's very convenient to leave a heavy chain at work etc, but with the advice to lock to bike *to* something to prevent it being carried off, maybe a diet could lose 5kg (for me anyway!)
I can wrap the chain around the top tube when cycling. The padlock with my chain has a lot more cylinders than the D locks as well.
Better to carry a little extra weight than lose the bike.
The alarmed padlock is an additional layer of security that takes seconds to fit.
There was a saying all bikes weigh the same: e.g. heavy bikes don't need a lock, a 10kg bike needs a 10kg lock, a 5kg bike needs a 15kg lock...
I can wrap the chain around the top tube when cycling. The padlock with my chain has a lot more cylinders than the D locks as well.
Better to carry a little extra weight than lose the bike.
The alarmed padlock is an additional layer of security that takes seconds to fit.
There was a saying all bikes weigh the same: e.g. heavy bikes don't need a lock, a 10kg bike needs a 10kg lock, a 5kg bike needs a 15kg lock...
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