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• #2
Imagine.....they probably had to trudge somewhere in the rain too. next time be a bit more careful
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• #3
its not spitefull its precautionary
if he had left yours unlocked, then left
you may have returned when he was away, removed his lock, unlocked yours and left with two bikes
it was in kings cross so it's not that far fetched
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• #4
I admit I locked my bike to someone else's by accident at my place of work - it was dark is my only excuse. I can imagine how irate the guy was, he left work earlier than me to pick his kid up from school - BUT he went at my bike like a wild thing, damaging the lock (he tried to hacksaw it off but failed), breaking two spokes and chipping the paint. I imagine he kicked it once ore twice. He made himself known to security at the time to try and get them to cut it free, so I knew who's bike it was. I called him, said sorry for locking up through his bike and asked him to compensate me for the damage. He refused. In the end, I reported the damage to the police and he coughed up £25 cash before things got out of hand...
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• #5
Youve had ride to trafalgar sq in the rain anyway, either way youd have got wet.
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• #6
I'm guessing neither of you did anything useful like leave a message.
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[SIZE=2]Dave - I'm not saying that I wasn't in the wrong in the first place, clearly I was in a rush and not paying attention. But it was a mistake and we all make them.
Flickwig - Not sure that makes sense as their bike was already locked to the bike stand and who ever it was came back, unlocked it from the stand and locked it through mine. I was worried that it was a ruse to steal my bike so my boyfriend v.kindly used his second lock to ensure that my bike is also locked to the stand as well as their bike.
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I'd have to agree with some of the above comments, it was you that made the mistake in the first place, not the other way round, if I came back and found someone had locked my bike to theirs i would be really cross but also cautious as to why they have done it. There are many stories of this happening only to return later when quiet/dark and then 'snip' and off they go. Sounds like this chap was just protecting his bike.... however, i think one of you should have left a note, my girlfriend left hers unlocked the other day, some nice chap locked his to hers and left a note, sje locked hers to a railing and the chap came down an hour later and unlocked his from hers.... some people are honestly out to help!
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• #9
Bad luck Sally :( - it's very strange that he unlocked it from the stand. That part sounds very dodgy. Are both of your locks just around your bike and the stand now?
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• #10
Bad luck Sally :( - it's very strange that he unlocked it from the stand. That part sounds very dodgy. Are both of your locks just around your bike and the stand now?
Thanks Vic. Both are just around the stand and my bike now. That's what I thought was spiteful/dodgy, unlocking their lock and then putting it through my bike. They could have just left their lock through the stand and waited for me to unlock my bike. Annoying for them and yes, I was dumb but just a bit spiteful on their part.
Anyways, heading back this evening to see if it's been unlocked, if not then will leave a note but am worried about whoever it is scratching my paintwork etc.
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• #11
It's a common thing for someone to lock their bike to yours so they can steal it later on.
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someone locked my bike once by mistake. i thought of putting my lock round theirs, deflating their tyres, stamping on their wheels, loosening their breaks etc etc - but i took a deep breath and summoned my zen-like compassion and accepted that it was a mistake. The guy who locked your bike is a complete anus. i think you should calmly explain to him the error in his ways and break a bottle on his face.
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• #13
It's a common thing for someone to lock their bike to yours so they can steal it later on.
They were prob just making it harder for you to steal their bikehuxley's bike is a stylish pink single-speed conversion with white seat - obviously a female hipsters bike. The bike its locked with is an old rusty mountain bike. I doubt it very much the person in question thought she was going to steel her bike.
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• #14
It's a common thing for someone to lock their bike to yours so they can steal it later on.
They were prob just making it harder for you to steal their bikeThats exactly what i was trying to say... well done :)
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• #15
It's a common thing for someone to lock their bike to yours so they can steal it later on.
They were prob just making it harder for you to steal their bikeit's common for thiefs just to put another lock around you're bike in order to steal it later, not lock another bike to yours
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• #16
huxley's bike is a stylish pink single-speed conversion with white seat - obviously a female hipsters bike....
I wouldn't say that was obviously a girls bike... not these days, especially the closer you get to islington ;)
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• #17
The other owner could use all the same arguments. You left a note, right?
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• #18
the point is the onwer of the other bike had no need to lock huxley's bike to his. when noticing her mistake, huxley unlocked her lock from the guys bike and locked it to the stand how it should be. The other guy's bike is locked only to his only lock now - there was no need for a note other than an apology.
question is - what to do if the guy dosen't turn up to unlock his and huxley's bike - get someone to cut his £75 lock and leave his bike unlocked?
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• #19
I say go back and lock your bike to his again....arrange to meet and both remove your locks....it sounds like a match made in heaven.....
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• #20
it's common for thiefs just to put another lock around you're bike in order to steal it later, not lock another bike to yours
How common is this? I've never heard of it before but often thought of it as a risk.
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• #21
the point is the onwer of the other bike had no need to lock huxley's bike to his. when noticing her mistake, huxley unlocked her lock from the guys bike and locked it to the stand how it should be. The other guy's bike is locked only to his only lock now - there was no need for a note other than an apology.
question is - what to do if the guy dosen't turn up to unlock his and huxley's bike - get someone to cut his £75 lock and leave his bike unlocked?
The point is Huxley was in a rush, made a mistake, then came on here to gripe: suggesting, not only she is more important than the other cyclist, but it wasn't really not her fault. The preamble about her reason to be there is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if you are picking up a timetable or shepherding journos.
"spiteful...cretin...ideas of punishment": Exactly what the other thought.
Collect your bike - lesson learnt - be more observant and respectful to others. Huxley prob wouldn't have even noticed her mistake otherwise: "When I looked more closely..."
Be thankful the other didn't go "off to the local hardware shop to by some bolt cutters".
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• #22
How common is this? I've never heard of it before but often thought of it as a risk.
Fairly. The idea is you remove yours, leaving it only locked by theirs. They just come up and unlock it, riding off into the Brick Lane sunset. No tools needed. Or it just holds it their until dark.
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• #23
The point is Huxley was in a rush, made a mistake, then came on here to gripe: suggesting, not only she is more important than the other cyclist, but it wasn't really not her fault. The preamble about her reason to be there is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if you are picking up a timetable or shepherding journos.
"spiteful...cretin...ideas of punishment": Exactly what the other thought.
Collect your bike - lesson learnt - be more observant and respectful to others. Huxley prob wouldn't have even noticed her mistake otherwise: "When I looked more closely..."
Be thankful the other didn't go "off to the local hardware shop to by some bolt cutters".
she made a mistake, the other person acted in malice - thats the difference.
the same thing happened to me once. and although i was pretty pissed off i had nothing ot gain by doing the same back.
eye for an eye is bullshit.
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• #24
I agree with MJC.
Spite is kicking to shite the other persons bike.
Meting out a little bit of reciprocal inconvenience is a good way to teach someone a valuable lesson, namely: pay a bit of respect to other peoples stuff.
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• #25
Defo woulda got a kicking from me.. fuckin' leaving notes.. what are you lot? English or something!?
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[SIZE=2]It's not very often in your adult life that you find yourself on the receiving end of pure spitefulness but it happened to me this morning.
I parked my bike at King's Cross station in a bit of a rush and then dashed off to help oversee the press around 7/7 remembrance service as my job required me to do. When I returned an hour and a half later I found that someone had really obviously chained their bike through mine. When I looked more closely I realised that I had accidentally chained my bike to theirs in my rush to get my job done. Annoying, sure but does it really merit the spiteful act of purposely locking their bike to mine?
As a result I had to leave my bike their and trudge all the way down to my office by Trafalgar Square in the pissing rain.
Obviously I'm going to have to go and pick my bike up this evening and I only hope the cretin responsible will have removed their lock (as I did from theirs), if not then I may be off to the local hardware shop to by some bolt cutters unless anyone else has any better ideas of punishment?
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