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I had an old bike i singlespeeded and sold to a good friend, 3 weeks ago. He had it for not a week before it got stolen outside his house. Then, yesterday he phones me saying ' i found my bike! It's locked up 2 mins away from my house!', so i go there, taking a detour via my friend Francois house to pick up his boltcroppers, because he needs them for his work.
So, i get to South Kensington and i find the bike locked up. At this point i'm feeling a mixture of anger, elation and surprise, so i don't really care if anybody's walking by - i'm going to steal this bike back. So i went about cropping the two cable locks, and it takes me less than 10 SECS to do this
and then i rode off back to his as quick as i could, for fear of someone trying to apprehend us or the 'owner' coming back.
So, i want to let you all know how pathetically easy it is to cut through cable. The lighter it is and the more it can twist and bend, the easier it is to break. Even one of those motorbike-type chains with really thick links won't last very long against croppers.
edit: I used this to cut it
