Stolen bikes

Because its a london bike forum and it would be a help to everyone if they knew which locks did and didn't work.

Also, by posting here you are kinda asking for everyone's help... so its only right that victims help everyone else by giving info like lock, where, when, how, etc.

Exactly why.

YS - LOOKS LIKE YOUR BIKE IS HERE ON GUMTREE - I'd do something quick before the ad disappears - have a photo of the bike on your person, call and say you'll buy the bike and then take it off him, is my advice. His name and number: thomas on 07539 877 457

I googled the number and this guy has put this up as well anyone missing a single speed Bianchi?

http://www.gumtree.com/london/92/52587892.htm

YS - LOOKS LIKE YOUR BIKE IS HERE ON GUMTREE - I'd do something quick before the ad disappears - have a photo of the bike on your person, call and say you'll buy the bike and then take it off him, is my advice. His name and number: thomas on 07539 877 457

I've just googled this number, anyone lost a ss Bianchi?

http://www.gumtree.com/london/92/52587892.htm

Well, my Cannondale was locked with a Abus Centuro.

Here's the Evans page for it:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/abus/centuro-860-110cm-lock-ec007496

The lock was still on the floor, snipped clean in two. The only sign my bike had been there.

I realise it is way way too 'light' to expect such a nice bike to be secured by. I promised myself I'd never leave it unattended - I broke my promise and have paid the price.

I've tried looking at brick lane market, and am keeping a close eye on ebay and gumtree. If anyone has any information or helpful advice regarding how I might find it - I'd be very grateful.

Insured? You need a d-lock.

qwerxy, now that you know that your lock is barely enough to secure your bike, let alone for 5 minutes (take a couple of second to cut it with decent tools), you'll be able to learn from your recent incident and purchase a decent lock, preferrably a D-lock after you get your new bike.

it's worth spending a good amount of money on it, it's far cheaper than getting insurance (in the long term), and hopefully you'll feel reassured on locking your bike in London.

Another advice is to try and not lock it for too long and in the same place everyday like clockwork (especially in public place), if you feel that a certain area is too risky to lock your bike, then it's probably is.

my only advice is to keep looking at gumtree and check out brick lane when you can, there's not much to go on sadly.

get one of these

Brick Lane yesterday, early, Pair of Mavic Kyserium (spelling) wheels with grey/green tyres 9 speed ultegra block (?) silver newish, sold to a stallholder 4 £100 by a posh middle aged man and then sold them 10 mins later by stallholder. Black langster with white bar tape bull horns sold for £200 defo stolen, the place was jumping with nicked stuff yesterday.

Hi, hoping that someone might have spotted a silver and black Scott CR1 Pro for sale in the past week, maybe going for stupid money at Brick Lane? It was stolen from my work place early last week and 'd love to get it back. Any sign anyone?

New to the forum and hope to post something more positive next time, not the best way to start!

Cheers

@Y-S: did you have any luck with the police about your bike?

Hi, hoping that someone might have spotted a silver and black Scott CR1 Pro for sale in the past week, maybe going for stupid money at Brick Lane? It was stolen from my work place early last week and 'd love to get it back. Any sign anyone?

New to the forum and hope to post something more positive next time, not the best way to start!

Cheers

frame no., photo etc. let me guess, you dont know and only had a shit lock on expensive bike?

Never leave an expensive bike in the same public place on consequitive days.

@Y-S: did you have any luck with the police about your bike?

no luck, I gave all the information they could possibly need to at least get my bike back on Friday, but of cause they did f**k all. And kept calling me to check if I was happy with the officer that came to ask me questions, while the thief sold the bike... WTF, do the job before ticking the boxes!! lessons learned, never rely on the police, they really don't give a shit, and take actions yourself and ask police for assistance.

Sorry to here that, Maybe it is worth making a formal complaint or an e-mail to a paper

no luck, I gave all the information they could possibly need to at least get my bike back on Friday, but of cause they did f**k all. And kept calling me to check if I was happy with the officer that came to ask me questions, while the thief sold the bike... WTF, do the job before ticking the boxes!! lessons learned, never rely on the police, they really don't give a shit, and take actions yourself and ask police for assistance.

+1

http://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/list_postings.pl?posting_cat=2477&search_terms=cannondale

Cheers Camden Strangler, I do accept the tone of your reply and your message but there's nothing like being kicked when you are down eh? You are right of course, only last week I thought "I must write the frame no down" and I didn't do it, I am clearly a muppet and deserved all that I got!

That said.......I normally ride a 20 year-old steel racer to work and didn't last week as I was getting something fixed (still not finished). My bike was secured with 2 locks at work at the bike rack which is out of public view and in the grounds of the work place. 2 lads were caught on CCTv checking the place out and then one of them dissapeared for 2 mins off camera to then reappear for 2 secs riding off with my bike slung over their back. They had cut through a New York Kryptonite lock (as above) and had left the front wheel still attached to the other lock. I had made a rubbish attempt to cover the bike with black masking tape but they obivouly saw through that pretty quickly.

The bike is a 2006 Scott CR1 Pro, 54cm frame, silver and grey, the link below (if it works) is exaclty the same model:

http://users.telenet.be/spiessens/images/blog/scottvstrek/DSC_0004.JPG

maybe the retailer got the serial no.?

Is it Ultegra, looks expensive. I was not kicking you, just a bit exasperated. I walked through the badlands of Kings Cross the other night after late shift and in back street was Speci Allez with a shit lock attached to thin railings with the front wheel missing. Why oh why do people take these risks, £500 bike, £10 lock?

I went to the met police stolen bike auction last week you can get a decent used road bike for about £200 if you are skint. Think I saw a Schwinn sportback with Sora not bad plus a similar Trek.

get one of these

Cheers Camden Strangler, I do accept the tone of your reply and your message but there's nothing like being kicked when you are down eh? You are right of course, only last week I thought "I must write the frame no down" and I didn't do it, I am clearly a muppet and deserved all that I got!

That said.......I normally ride a 20 year-old steel racer to work and didn't last week as I was getting something fixed (still not finished). My bike was secured with 2 locks at work at the bike rack which is out of public view and in the grounds of the work place. 2 lads were caught on CCTv checking the place out and then one of them dissapeared for 2 mins off camera to then reappear for 2 secs riding off with my bike slung over their back. They had cut through a New York Kryptonite lock (as above) and had left the front wheel still attached to the other lock. I had made a rubbish attempt to cover the bike with black masking tape but they obivouly saw through that pretty quickly.

The bike is a 2006 Scott CR1 Pro, 54cm frame, silver and grey, the link below (if it works) is exaclty the same model:

http://users.telenet.be/spiessens/images/blog/scottvstrek/DSC_0004.JPG

Sorry, we need to get this straight...
They cut an NY fag? I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that this is the first incident that the forum has EVER seen of a bike locked with an NY fag being stolen... Are you sure it was the NY Fag, not the NY3000 http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Kryptonite-Kryptonite-New-York-3000-NYL-D-Lock-14194.htm or the M18 - http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Kryptonite-Kryptonite-New-York-M18-WL-D-Lock-15202.htm ?

at the police auction they had one of these for sale.

http://www.makitadirect.co.uk/acatalog/Petrol_Saws.html

30 seconds thru a u lock - max.

The battery ones are weak.

Loud as hell though. 30 seconds worth of time spinning that thing and you're bound to attract some attention.
But for the same reason the public may believe that the bike belonged to the person cutting it, as they're being so blatant in the way they're getting through the lock.

Thanks CamdenStrangler, apologies if I was tetchy with my reply, I'm as exasperated with myself as you are, cheers also for the tip re met police auction, I might well have a look. Contacted the retailler and they didn't have a record of the frame as was ex-demo bike, not sure tht should make a difference.

MC_Nebula, I am double the muppet I already thought that I was, whilst I did have a Kryptonite Lock, looking again at the pic above it certainly wasn't an NY-Fag so it's reputation seems intact and my own gets worse as I think I might have been done by nothing more clever than some kids armed with nothing more than a Bic pen! (having become wise to the trick now since the bike was nicked....years after everyone else in the world already knew it seems). That might explain why there was not sign of anything having been cut.

Cheers Camden Strangler, I do accept the tone of your reply and your message but there's nothing like being kicked when you are down eh? You are right of course, only last week I thought "I must write the frame no down" and I didn't do it, I am clearly a muppet and deserved all that I got!

Well ... to an extent, finding fault with oneself is of course right, but why should you take all the blame? I certainly don't think you deserved to have your bike stolen just because you didn't use the best lock or didn't take all sorts of other precautions. We still have to keep it in perspective that theft of bikes isn't a law of nature, but something that is done by people who are responsible for their actions and who should take most of the blame.

Hear hear!

[MC_Nebula, I am double the muppet I already thought that I was, whilst I did have a Kryptonite Lock, looking again at the pic above it certainly wasn't an NY-Fag so it's reputation seems intact and my own gets worse as I think I might have been done by nothing more clever than some kids armed with nothing more than a Bic pen! (having become wise to the trick now since the bike was nicked....years after everyone else in the world already knew it seems). That might explain why there was not sign of anything having been cut.[/QUOTE]

Bic pen, oh gawd. For the record I am sympathetic to anyone who has had their bike stolen. I had a C90 scooter nicked the first week I got it when I was a kid, took me two years of saving to buy it. Ended up in a pond on Hampstead Heath.

The number of dodgy guys I come across on Gumtree trying to buy bikes is embarressing. I arranged to pick-up a single speed Bianchi last Sunday, turned up out the front of his 'estate' only to find his phone was switched off. He put up a good story beforehand but how can you tell if its legit or dodgy?