Stolen bikes

mythos, different culture, like in Japan for instance, thieves were low because of the difference in law, if you got caught, the chance of you getting a trial is very small, and probably land you in jail.

Amsterdam, thieves is not much of a problem (it does exist though), as everyone and their mums have bicycles, so who are the thieves going to sell it to?

I'll says this, thieves isn't that big a problem, just don't ride a flashly bike like a Colnago in centre London and expect it to stay there the next day, good locking method oh and avoid the E postcode area.

A lots of people in this forum have decent bicycles and still managed to hold onto them for years.

Thieves is a problem in London, but it's not an epidemic.

well it is an epidemic, but it's not a pandemic.

Punch her

and hopefully she would punch you back even harder. She bought a bike off GumTree; it is just possible she did not know it was stolen. Your bullshit macho anger is pathetic.

Punch her

Kick her in the nuts!

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and hopefully she would punch you back even harder. She bought a bike off GumTree; it is just possible she did not know it was stolen. Your bullshit macho anger is pathetic.

She's got a ginger afro, though. That's criminal enough on its own, surely?

Why?

and hopefully she would punch you back even harder. She bought a bike off GumTree; it is just possible she did not know it was stolen. Your bullshit macho anger is pathetic.

Even if she bought it in good will, she's handling stolen goods. The bike can be taken away from her without any compensation if police is involved.
Not very likely, but this is the way it works.

Amsterdam, thieves is not much of a problem (it does exist though), as everyone and their mums have bicycles, so who are the thieves going to sell it to?

Theft is a MASSIVE problem in Holland. It's no different from here, where there's a market, there are thieves. Why do you think most people ride the crappiest rustiest most wobbly-wheeled bike they can get? I lived there for 3 years and the only reason my bike never got stolen is because it was an old 80s Batavus racer with ugly flat bars, i.e., something no junkie could sell quickly for €20 because nobody wants one. But typical Dutch bikes go missing all the time. Nearly every Dutchie I knew had had a bike stolen at least once in their lifetime.

People with "good" bikes pay to lock them up at the "bewaakte fietsenstalling" (guarded bike parking). It's something like 50 cents a day, or €60 a year for people who ride to the station and lock them up every day. It's a good system but requires the underlying infrastructure and space to put them. Seeing how hard it is for the Boris Bikes in NIMBY London to get space for the docks, I don't see protected and paid bike parking happening in the near future.

Even if she bought it in good will, she's handling stolen goods. The bike can be taken away from her without any compensation if police is involved.
Not very likely, but this is the way it works.

What has that got to do with punching her?

I commented on the other part, Will. I'm not an expert on pugilism.

You need to talk to Skully then.

is he big in domestic violence circles?

and hopefully she would punch you back even harder. She bought a bike off GumTree; it is just possible she did not know it was stolen. Your bullshit macho anger is pathetic.

It was a fucking joke you moron

ahh the good old punching people debate. clearly someone who doesnt understand sarcasm

My jokes can be pretty bad taste and if you actually knew me, you would understand that, but then again he doesnt. So maybe it was not fair of me to call him moron, but then again it is not fair of him to call me pathetic, that fucking pissed me off. I have had alot of bikes nicked and I do genuinely get angry when I hear of others peoples rides getting robbed.

I have had alot of bikes nicked and I do genuinely get angry when I hear of others peoples rides getting robbed.

Have you tried "Locks that work" thread then - before learning mixed martial arts?

*sarcasm

How were they locked?

Fucken EEI

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they no good then???

slaytanic1, I knew it was a joke, but to be fair, it just didn't sound very nice.

Sorry, I'm the sensitive sort.

Fair enough, I guess you are not an anal cunt fan then?

Is that a rock band? I don't listen to rock music. Sorry again.

hardcore punk, grind stuff and generally just noise and pretty offensive

Just read something interesting on my club's forum written by a clubmate's colleague. Does this happen very often, do you guys know?

I locked my cycle-scheme paid for Brompton to a rack at Borough Market at the weekend while I went shopping. I returned a little later to find that someone had put an additional (and much meatier) Kryptonite D-Lock through the frame.

Initially the police didn’t want to know. But the market management realised immediately that my bike had been targeted by thieves (my wife’s cheapo bike, secured to mine, wasn’t affected). Their aim had been to immobilise my bike and return later when the market was closed to remove their lock and cut through mine with bolt cutters.

The market staff couldn’t have been more helpful, the market manager himself locating an angle grinder, and cutting through the thief’s expensive lock…though it took him half an hour to do so. The police later admitted that a “theft was in progress”, and took a statement from me.

I hope this doesn’t happen to any of you, though looking on Google it (and the similar crime of “accidentally” locking another bike to your frame) does seem to be a growing problem.

Lessons learned.
• Use as good a lock as you can afford/carry. The thief probably wouldn’t have targeted my bike if it would have taken him half an hour to cut my lock off.
• Be pushier with the police, and insist that they, or a community support officer, attends.
• Be confident that Borough Market is a safe place to leave your bike. Doubtless fearing reputation risk, the management were determined that the thief was not going to get away with it. To rub his nose in it they left the mangled remains of his £80 lock in situ, as a warning.