Bikers. Don't come to Edinburgh.
Discussion
I've been a resident of (near) Edinburgh for 18 years, and I have never seen so many bikes get stolen as I have in the last few months, so much so I feel the need to warn the collective.
They are being lifted from homes, garages, streets, and parking spaces. In broad daylight, in the centre of town. Outskirts as well. All bikes, all types, no apparent preference. Tourist bikes are being targetted as well. We've even had attempts at high-jacking at traffic lights, so take care there as well.
The big rise seems to be in the brazen little f
kers are just riding stolen bicycles/bikes around in their balaclavas identifying bikes and lifting them. When they steal them they're riding around the streets like miniature little "Mad Max" type groups, picking fights with people. Pretty sure I saw them lift a bike in less than a minute on Tuesday night in Craigentinny (a bad spot).
The police are now sufficiently ineffective it's clear vigilantism is what happens next, but in the mean time, avoid coming here. If you're doing the NC500 this summer, seriously consider alternative places to stop, and don't leave it outside your B&B unless you're taking shifts watching it.
Bad times chaps.
They are being lifted from homes, garages, streets, and parking spaces. In broad daylight, in the centre of town. Outskirts as well. All bikes, all types, no apparent preference. Tourist bikes are being targetted as well. We've even had attempts at high-jacking at traffic lights, so take care there as well.
The big rise seems to be in the brazen little f
kers are just riding stolen bicycles/bikes around in their balaclavas identifying bikes and lifting them. When they steal them they're riding around the streets like miniature little "Mad Max" type groups, picking fights with people. Pretty sure I saw them lift a bike in less than a minute on Tuesday night in Craigentinny (a bad spot).The police are now sufficiently ineffective it's clear vigilantism is what happens next, but in the mean time, avoid coming here. If you're doing the NC500 this summer, seriously consider alternative places to stop, and don't leave it outside your B&B unless you're taking shifts watching it.
Bad times chaps.
They turn up in Pilton because it's a st hole and it's where the fkers live. Same goes for for Craigentinny and other st areas. Here in Midlothian, there's a huge spat in sttest parts Dalkeith as well.
They're going around on stolen bicycles or motorcycles in pairs or groups. There seems to be a lot of them who do a reccy on bicycle though, so they stay in cycling distance. That isn't to say some clearly don't make the jaunt into town for a good old rob.
There's clearly professional thieves in the area as well, farms out in midlothian with a half dozen MX type bikes, adventure bikes, and the odd superbike as well.
I was calling a couple of them knobheads the other day in their balaclavas dressed in black, in all honesty I hoped they retaliated. They're such cocky little sts.
It's absolutely fking ridiculous the police haven't done anything as they're totally fking brazen. I had the police around twice in the past few weeks over absolute fking non-sense going on in the area, like grass verges damaged by lorry drivers, and meanwhile this is going on.
I try and be understand of police priorities but this is a fking joke. It's like the wild west at the moment in an otherwise nice city at tourist season, it's fking embarrassing.
t hole and it's where the fkers live. Same goes for for Craigentinny and other st areas. Here in Midlothian, there's a huge spat in sttest parts Dalkeith as well.They're going around on stolen bicycles or motorcycles in pairs or groups. There seems to be a lot of them who do a reccy on bicycle though, so they stay in cycling distance. That isn't to say some clearly don't make the jaunt into town for a good old rob.
There's clearly professional thieves in the area as well, farms out in midlothian with a half dozen MX type bikes, adventure bikes, and the odd superbike as well.
I was calling a couple of them knobheads the other day in their balaclavas dressed in black, in all honesty I hoped they retaliated. They're such cocky little s
ts.It's absolutely f
king ridiculous the police haven't done anything as they're totally fking brazen. I had the police around twice in the past few weeks over absolute fking non-sense going on in the area, like grass verges damaged by lorry drivers, and meanwhile this is going on. I try and be understand of police priorities but this is a f
king joke. It's like the wild west at the moment in an otherwise nice city at tourist season, it's fking embarrassing.Edited by Prof Prolapse on Thursday 23 June 13:18
wa16 said:
and as for Edinburgh - we went last year for a day as part of the holiday, its a sst hole, the royal mile was just like blackpool but uphill with nothing but tat shops selling tat for hen parties, the main shopping street was just closed thanks to covid majority of shops closed down place - just a shadow of its former self like some ciites in the US
the only good thing, the tram on the way out to the car park
Get ft hole, the royal mile was just like blackpool but uphill with nothing but tat shops selling tat for hen parties, the main shopping street was just closed thanks to covid majority of shops closed down place - just a shadow of its former self like some ciites in the USthe only good thing, the tram on the way out to the car park
ked you bell end.If the problem is Sturgeon and the SNP I'd be curious how it all pans out, personally I think that "indyref2" is her resignation from politics, and with no obvious replacement in sight to lead the party, I still think the SNP will increasingly fade out over the coming years.
As grateful for that as I would be, I'm not convinced problems end there though, and as there's no money to spend on incarceration, or addressing the root of social problems, the chance of this problem disappearing are limited.
A law like in England where the fkers can be punted off the bikes by police would be satisfying though.
As grateful for that as I would be, I'm not convinced problems end there though, and as there's no money to spend on incarceration, or addressing the root of social problems, the chance of this problem disappearing are limited.
A law like in England where the f
kers can be punted off the bikes by police would be satisfying though.Man who has a yacht, and leaves it it in deprived part of Edinburgh (Granton?), complains about barbed-wire, then makes obligatory Monaco analogy, and goes on to claim the whole city is a dump based on largely non-existent social problems, and having deprived areas (presumably poor people). The claims are sufficiently nonsensical to be politely disputed by served police officer.
Did my thread turn into the Daily Mail?
Did my thread turn into the Daily Mail?
It's just another reason for tougher laws isn't it?
Whether you sit left or right of social issues, if the police/lawmakers would make a more effective deterrent, this individual would still be alive.
As for whether or not that would result in net benefit to taxpayer is another matter entirely...
Whether you sit left or right of social issues, if the police/lawmakers would make a more effective deterrent, this individual would still be alive.
As for whether or not that would result in net benefit to taxpayer is another matter entirely...
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