Stolen bikes

can i ask what chain he used so i dont buy the same one to lock up my new insurance replacement!!

Just had an interesting couple of hours. Stix rings me in a panic an hour ago - that someone had put their lock through her bike on a quiet side street in Balham. MOC being an owner of a large set of bolt cutters and not wanting to miss the opportunity of using them especially on his birthday, accompanied me to her location.
When we got there, the owner of a BMX had put an oxford chain lock very clearly through stix's bike - but here's the weird thing - he didn't lock his own bike at all, it was like he missed putting it through his frame completely. Anyway Stix had by this point called the Police and the Fire Bridgade who were unwilling to help, and Brixton Cycles who didn't have any cutters, she'd knocked on all the doors on the street to try and find out who owned the BMX but had no joy.
Needless to say MOC's cutters went through the chain fairly easily - but to give the owner the benefit of the doubt, we cut it right near the end (it was like a fagh chain and had a mini dlock securing it) so he's only lost a couple of links on the chain and can still use the lock. I then repositioned the chain around his bike so it looked like it was locked, he'll prob be rather confused when he comes back to his bike if he was legit, I was tempted to leave a 'better luck next time fuckwit' note but thought better of it.