Stolen bikes

Playing devils advocate; surely they would just move to another area or market. At least we know where to go now if we do lose a bike.

Tempting though this is hussy, I think that it is honestly a very bad idea. The people that you will be dealing with are criminals, it is therefore likely that they will resort to violence in order to protect their enterprise. A much more sensible way to deal with this would be to organise the large numbers of people on the forum to engage with the GLC, local MPs and the police to register the fact that this is so brazen and that something needs to be done about it. The scope for something to go wrong in confronting these people is too great and could put good people with good intentions in harms way.

your are so right. the thieves that steal I am certain (judging by their clothing on the debased characters I dealt with at Brick Lane) all of them are richer than me and my girlfriend (she owned the bike) its so frustrating