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Yeah, its about half a floor so it is a bit of a climb.
I guess the best way is just more locks and noisier ones. But I was impressed how quick they managed to cut it off. One of the boys ( according to the property manager who recognised him) are most likely local so he must have scoped it out.
Thanks, fingers crossed it will pop up somewhere.
Also thanks for moving the thread.
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One of the boys ( according to the property manager who recognised him) are most likely local so he must have scoped it out.
Ah, it's unusual for CCTV footage to be this good. Didn't they cover their faces? You'd think it's rather easier these days. Angle grinder suggests experience, leaving faces recognisable doesn't.
Thanks, fingers crossed it will pop up somewhere.
Well, if one of the boys can be found, the bike may, too, but it'll require action from the police, which they may take given the evidence you have, but too many bike thefts go unsolved because the police don't take action, usually because of insufficient evidence, they say. be prepared for the boys to be caught but your bike not being recoverable. Let's hope that yoyu get a complete resolution.
Also thanks for moving the thread.
Well, it hasn't been moved yet, and I can't do it. It's up to the moderators, who may get around to it when they've got a moment. See the 'Moderators' thread.
Oliver Schick
Sorry to hear that. You don't say how high up your balcony is--it sounds as if it's on the ground floor? Also, did the first thief let the others in through a garden gate?
None of this is going to be any consolation, but it's always worth re-iterating that the majority of bike thefts happen from gardens, sheds, and indeed other parts of homes. Bike locks are generally designed to force thieves to make a spectacle of themselves on the street, but where they can't be seen or heard, and with the right tools, they are not at all effective (also, you can't usually lock a bike to anything very well in a garden, and one of the few uses of locks is that you can lock a bike in such a way that damaging the lock would also very likely damage the frame, which is a deterrent). Finally, we've had a couple of thefts recently in which the place where it was parked was most likely overlooked, and few things invite thieves more than seeing a bike regularly in a predictable place, so that they can plan what to do.
Good luck with getting it back.