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@peony
they will steal anything. my friend had the most ridiculous kids bike ever. The 'wild thing' we called it. We joked she could leave it unlocked no bother - that she could go up to a thief and GIVE It to them, and they would give it back.
Much to my amazement, I had a phone call not so long ago to tell me the wild thing had been stolen. Somewhere out there is a very unlucky, unhappy kid, riding a real piece of shit bike that his daddy stole for him one time.
Nothing will surprise me in this city.
*if you see an amazingly crap red kids bike with 'Wild Thing' emblazoned on it, cruising around town, feel free to point and laugh at them for expending their energy on cutting a lock to steal the most ridiculous crap heap of rubbish ever to grace the streets of london. RIP Wild Thing - you are sadly missed :(