Stolen forks

Why rear brake only?

If they managed to remove the forks, surely they would have had to remove the quill stem...Did they not take the handlebars as well?...

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...no offence velo dude...

Velo dude is called Sandra.

Unless he's nicking parts to order to repair other bikes.... which would actually be a pretty smart move. No re-selling parts, stealing to order - very little risk.

He is pretty daft if he is walking a few hundred meters from his own shop to pinch parts to order. Doesn't add up to me.

And sorry about your stuff being stolen. Never a nice feeling.

Why rear brake only?

If they managed to remove the forks, surely they would have had to remove the quill stem...Did they not take the handlebars as well?...

its a freewheel conversion on the back maybe?

there is a gang of teens in de beauvoir. They sometimetimes hang outside my door. They are always looking for trouble and last week the police nicked them but he next day they were free. Tey dont give a s**t and they are always on bikes, not fixed gear. I saw them snatching a bag from an old lady on orsman road and run away and hide in de beauvoir.

On saturdays on the flea market on the kingsland road there is a guy who sells parts and stolen bikes. He stays in fron of the organic pub, where the white bike is (middleton road).

I am sorry to hear that they destroyed your bike.

Sandra- whats the deail with chasing and not catching? what did the guy look like? was he on a bike?

its a freewheel conversion on the back maybe?

Only a rear-brake with a freewheel is suicide.

Why rear brake only?

If they managed to remove the forks, surely they would have had to remove the quill stem...Did they not take the handlebars as well?...

I think the fact it doesn't have a brake in the front wheel made it a LOTS easier for the theft to steal the saddle really.

Saddle? piece of piss to removed, just get an old chain round it and bingo, adden security that'd put some theft off attempting to remove it.

Velo dude is called Sandra.

Tomasito, I call EVERYONE dude... male / female doesn't matter - dude is asexual in my mind... like mate I suppose, if I was english.

Only a rear-brake with a freewheel is suicide.

No worse, if not better than brakeless fixed.

hey, thanks very much for all your comments and feedback.
to reply to a few questions, im not english and so i expressed myself incorrectly. sorry to have confused you with the 'caught him but couldnt catch him' thing.
i meant to say we saw him but it was too late and he had time to jump on his bike and cycle off. i guess i could have run after him but it was late, we were only a bunch of girls and im a chicken!
i had pitlocks on the front wheel but recently busted the wheel and the one i currently have is a replacement with quick release (real bum). he didnt take the wheel though (was locked). the bike was locked in front of my friend's house, kinda behind the wellington pub.
yeah i have no front brake but i have been thinking of putting one.
i'll have a look at dalston market and that little shop near dalston junction. thanks for these tips guys i really do appreciate.
cheers. s.

description of him or bike he was riding?

Tomasito, I call EVERYONE dude... male / female doesn't matter - dude is asexual in my mind... like mate I suppose, if I was english.

Should I stop using dudette then?

But you were 5m away and he was able to do the deed, get on his bike with a saddle, seatpost AND a set of forks and you still didn't chase him? Odd....
Could have atleast all had a go...

But you were 5m away and he was able to do the deed, get on his bike with a saddle, seatpost AND a set of forks and you still didn't chase him? Odd....
Could have atleast all had a go...

Have you thought of becoming a loss adjuster?

No but thanks for the thought

I hope you find the fucker who stole them, you do have my sympathy.

DaveH - where is this dodgy shop in Dalston?

yea it's he one opposite oxfam. I've seen one of the boys working in there riding around kingsland road area at 5 in the morning looking intently at locked up bikes.

bloke in Barclays For Bikes has always seemed pretty nice, though it was the first place i went after having both my wheels stolen so couldn't have thought he was that nice....

nope didnt really see him. he was wearing a black hoodie thats as much as i remember. he was 5 metres away when he was unscrewing things but was hidden by the hedge. he must have heard us stopped talking and coming up. it was like 2am in the morning and my friends and i had gathered because a friend of ours got run over by a car in NYC whilst crossing the street. we were waiting to receive news about her brain operation so we were not really in the best frame of mind to realise and react quickly. im back on the road though with replacement forks etc. and feels good to ride again.