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@Tea_Bee
Sorry about your bike and all that. A stolen bike still means a cyclist with no bike - however it happened. I crashed mine recently and I've been bereft WITHOUT IT. Didn't realise how lost I'd feel without it until it happened to me. (Note to self: fix up that beater.)
Just to put myself in the shoes of a bike thief, if I were nicking bikes I'd pick something like this. Platform 19 is the last platform on the station, so when a train is in, almost nobody can see you. You've been through a few times and spotted a bike that hasn't moved for a few days, chances are it won't move for a few more. Bolt cutters don't take long to use. If someone shouts, you can say it's your bike, you just lost your keys. "Look, it's about to get cut away and dumped by Network Rail." After all, who would be nicking bikes here in the middle of the station under CCTV? But that CCTV is often rubbish - I've seen the footage from station cameras. I could only identify my friend because I knew where he was standing, it could have been my mum for all the detail I could make out. Jumping on the train with the bike means you getting 5 or 10 mins to drop the saddle to your height etc. before you get to Vauxhall or Clapham Junction. Do it at night when the barriers will be open at the far end (so you don't get tracked by oyster) and you're free and clear. Just some grainy CCTV pictures of someone with their back to the camera left behind.