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So a couple of weeks after having my lights stolen outside sainsburys, I'm once again in sainsburys with my bike locked up across the road (d-locked frame only but I now have a pair of halo hex skewers rather than quick release).
Having been in there for like 5/6 mins, I make my way to the til and glance out the window. I see two youngish dudes (around my age - 24) right by my bike. It's like 25 metres or so away from me, but I can clearly see that one is fiddling with something on the front of the bike (which is facing away from me) with his head down and the other is looking around.
The blood boiled and I immediately bolted out the shop and started yelling at them and I was bemused as they looked up at me but didn't scarper. As I got up close to them they were as confused as I was, at which point I realised they totally weren't trying to nick my shit :/ The guy with his head down was using my front rack as a little table to fiddle with his camera/camera bag and the other dude was just waiting for his mate.
Oh the shame, but at least it ended in laughter and not fisticuffs - and better safe than sorry!