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My bicycle was stolen back in 2009, a decent (I thought) cable lock used as security. Anyway, a good place to repost my experience:
Ok, here goes...
Yesterday evening around 7.30pm, getting ready to go out with my wife and baby and hear the screeching of tyres outside our flat window. Look outside the bedroom window and notice that my bicycle that was previously chained to the lamp-post is gone.
Announce it to my wife who suggests I go out and see if I can spot the thief. Grab my jacket along with my car keys and decide to take a drive around the block hoping to find my bike, after a few minutes spot the perp ridning my bike, looking all smug entering a subway, I'm stuck at a traffic light, waiting for it to go green so I can pursue him.
Light is green and I quickly accelerate up to the subway exit, shadowing him along the main road, I have no idea how I am going to stop the guy. Drive just behind him waiting for a side road to pop-up and then decide I'm going to ram the rear of the bike - BAM! He goes flying off the bike, lands on the floor, I jump out of my car and he starts shouting at me, I shout back that that's my bike and to stay where he is whilst I call the cops (or something like that) - of course, he didn't stay :smile: he then legs it up the road.
There's another guy with him by the way, he is on a bike also, says he just met him, doesn't know his name and then pedals off too.
Called 999, the operator couldn't find the road on their 'system' and so after 5 minutes I decide to tell him/her that it's no longer an emergency as I have my bike back, albeit with a mangled rear wheel loose chain and a couple of sheared gears.
Anyway, thought I'd share.
Bike was repaired and I use it to this day, all it cost me was a replacement back wheel.
Here's the original thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Ok, here goes...
Yesterday evening around 7.30pm, getting ready to go out with my wife and baby and hear the screeching of tyres outside our flat window. Look outside the bedroom window and notice that my bicycle that was previously chained to the lamp-post is gone.
Announce it to my wife who suggests I go out and see if I can spot the thief. Grab my jacket along with my car keys and decide to take a drive around the block hoping to find my bike, after a few minutes spot the perp ridning my bike, looking all smug entering a subway, I'm stuck at a traffic light, waiting for it to go green so I can pursue him.
Light is green and I quickly accelerate up to the subway exit, shadowing him along the main road, I have no idea how I am going to stop the guy. Drive just behind him waiting for a side road to pop-up and then decide I'm going to ram the rear of the bike - BAM! He goes flying off the bike, lands on the floor, I jump out of my car and he starts shouting at me, I shout back that that's my bike and to stay where he is whilst I call the cops (or something like that) - of course, he didn't stay :smile: he then legs it up the road.
There's another guy with him by the way, he is on a bike also, says he just met him, doesn't know his name and then pedals off too.
Called 999, the operator couldn't find the road on their 'system' and so after 5 minutes I decide to tell him/her that it's no longer an emergency as I have my bike back, albeit with a mangled rear wheel loose chain and a couple of sheared gears.
Anyway, thought I'd share.
Bike was repaired and I use it to this day, all it cost me was a replacement back wheel.
Here's the original thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
darkyoung1000 said:
OP - sorry to hear about your loss & good luck with finding it.
Indeed, Sorry to hear about that, from past experience it's a 5hitty horrible feeling.
A few years ago I was pointed in the directon of one of these. Not had any attempts on it yet but now I've been looking around it seems that they are no longer very popular, is it worth replacing?
Abus Granit-Steel-O
Team 17 said:
My bicycle was stolen back in 2009, a decent (I thought) cable lock used as security. Anyway, a good place to repost my experience:
Ok, here goes...
Yesterday evening around 7.30pm, getting ready to go out with my wife and baby and hear the screeching of tyres outside our flat window. Look outside the bedroom window and notice that my bicycle that was previously chained to the lamp-post is gone.
Announce it to my wife who suggests I go out and see if I can spot the thief. Grab my jacket along with my car keys and decide to take a drive around the block hoping to find my bike, after a few minutes spot the perp ridning my bike, looking all smug entering a subway, I'm stuck at a traffic light, waiting for it to go green so I can pursue him.
Light is green and I quickly accelerate up to the subway exit, shadowing him along the main road, I have no idea how I am going to stop the guy. Drive just behind him waiting for a side road to pop-up and then decide I'm going to ram the rear of the bike - BAM! He goes flying off the bike, lands on the floor, I jump out of my car and he starts shouting at me, I shout back that that's my bike and to stay where he is whilst I call the cops (or something like that) - of course, he didn't stay :smile: he then legs it up the road.
There's another guy with him by the way, he is on a bike also, says he just met him, doesn't know his name and then pedals off too.
Called 999, the operator couldn't find the road on their 'system' and so after 5 minutes I decide to tell him/her that it's no longer an emergency as I have my bike back, albeit with a mangled rear wheel loose chain and a couple of sheared gears.
Anyway, thought I'd share.
Bike was repaired and I use it to this day, all it cost me was a replacement back wheel.
Here's the original thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Nicely done.Ok, here goes...
Yesterday evening around 7.30pm, getting ready to go out with my wife and baby and hear the screeching of tyres outside our flat window. Look outside the bedroom window and notice that my bicycle that was previously chained to the lamp-post is gone.
Announce it to my wife who suggests I go out and see if I can spot the thief. Grab my jacket along with my car keys and decide to take a drive around the block hoping to find my bike, after a few minutes spot the perp ridning my bike, looking all smug entering a subway, I'm stuck at a traffic light, waiting for it to go green so I can pursue him.
Light is green and I quickly accelerate up to the subway exit, shadowing him along the main road, I have no idea how I am going to stop the guy. Drive just behind him waiting for a side road to pop-up and then decide I'm going to ram the rear of the bike - BAM! He goes flying off the bike, lands on the floor, I jump out of my car and he starts shouting at me, I shout back that that's my bike and to stay where he is whilst I call the cops (or something like that) - of course, he didn't stay :smile: he then legs it up the road.
There's another guy with him by the way, he is on a bike also, says he just met him, doesn't know his name and then pedals off too.
Called 999, the operator couldn't find the road on their 'system' and so after 5 minutes I decide to tell him/her that it's no longer an emergency as I have my bike back, albeit with a mangled rear wheel loose chain and a couple of sheared gears.
Anyway, thought I'd share.
Bike was repaired and I use it to this day, all it cost me was a replacement back wheel.
Here's the original thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Not something I could do though as I was on foot in central London 100 miles from home.
donfisher said:
darkyoung1000 said:
OP - sorry to hear about your loss & good luck with finding it.
Indeed, Sorry to hear about that, from past experience it's a 5hitty horrible feeling.
A few years ago I was pointed in the directon of one of these. Not had any attempts on it yet but now I've been looking around it seems that they are no longer very popular, is it worth replacing?
Abus Granit-Steel-O
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