Stolen bikes

Been reading this thread and gettin pretty angry, i dont know how you guys put up with this level of bike theft. I live in belfast where bike theft is really low. From my experiance if it is locked up at all it will be ok. I do worry about my bike being damaged by some retard with nothing better to do tho. Usless post i know :)

I agree with ed.

Yes the level of bike theft in London is high but if you look at some of the jokingly called "locks" that you see some bikes locked up with in Central London, you can only think it's a matter of time before that bike gets nicked.

People simply dont want to carry very heavy locks and chains about with them (which is understandable), so if you lock up with two beefy locks (i use a fug mini and an abus granite x plus when locking up in central London) my personal opinion is your a huge amount less likely to get your ride stolen, simply because there is an almost limitless supply of much easier targets. The way i see it is you've paid several hundreds of pounds for your bike, you wouldn't leave a cash box with the equivelent amount of money in it locked to a railing with a flimsy lock would you.

The majority of bike theft's are crime's of opporunity. AFC67's didn't say exactly how his hardrock was stolen (I'm only mentioning you AFC67 because your bike was the last one posted here apart from the bike from preston park which are a slightly different situation) but i'm guessing the kid who nicked it didn't use a power tools or a set off 4ft bolt cutters and found an easy mark. I dont think there are a huge amount of proffessional bike theft gangs in London.