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Oh, and as for the grubby-as-fuck matey debate:
He might've dropped his keys somewhere. I keep mine in the top pocket of my rucksack and I've been twatty enough to forget to zip it up before riding across town and was mightily relieved when everything was still inside at the far end. And if I had dropped them like that after locking up, I'd be going home on the tube, looking for my spare keys. Then if I couldn't find them it'd be out with a few tools, shove them in the rucksack (after zipping up the keys pocket finally) and take the tube back to my bike. WITH my cycling helmet, because I'd be wanting to wear that when I got back on my bike to ride home again. All sounds pretty genuine to me.
I'm not convinced a cycling helmet makes a good prop for disguising your activities. Better to wear a yellow hi-vi vest in my view. And that's something that all grubby as fuck Irish tinker council working tarmac rollers would've had access to anyway - they'd've stolen it from their last job, most likely. And they came over here, took our jobs and shagged our women, blah blah. No, if you're going to have a cycling helmet with you as a disguise, it'd be better to wear it - then it's hiding your hair.
I say he's genuine. Although he probably does need to pay more attention to his personal grroming regime.
On the subject of "lookin like a wrong 'un", a photograph got taken at work of myself and several others the other day. I was shocked how much of a thug I look at a distance, when I'm not smiling. I have a skinhead, usually only shave every few days etc, so I'm pretty sure I'd look a bit shady if I was trying to free my own bike.