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@Noblebikes
Hi all,
As the title suggests someone tried to steal my friends bike, it was a brand new pinnacle frame built up with parts bought from here and some spares, today was her first day riding it to uni in london and she used her usual lock up.
The bike was locked up with an abus lock and rear wheel secured with a pitlock and whilst she was doing her uni duties someone had been trying to steal her bike.
They were obviously trying to pry the D-lock open with a bottlejack or something? And the top tube has two massive dents in it and they've made the frame about 8mm out of true.
Has this happened to anyone else? She doesnt have insurance as it was literally the first day out with this bike..
What can we do? a
I have told her to try and see if the uni have any CCTV around the bike lockup but I dont even know where to start with this. The bike cost a lot in total considering she is a student with basically no money.
Its shameful really :/
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
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