Not that many bike thieves in Tokyo

"ain't you gonna eat that?"

"I WILL be the new Michelin Man and you WILL fear me!!!!"

"Chicks dig bulk, pass me that burger"

"mmmfnfnfghgh, gggffghghfgf, rrrgggmmhhmnn?"

hehe

"You! yeah, you. Get that Clowny looking motherfucker here right now and get him to tell me why the packaging on this motherfucker ain't edible!! I've had 5 of these fucking burgers and I'm still hungry biatch!"

"go on Dad, pull my finger"

"Look, i know i don't look like the kid from the pampers ad, but we can't all conform to unrealistic body shapes created by the media".

RPM

WTF!!!!! I thought Wimpy was dead

going through a takeover or something apparently

"Timmy take off the arm bands we left the swimming pool half an hour ago"

"mother, why must you try to re-live your childhood pains through me"

" i want that one ,now'

kowalski [quote]flowmotion i don't go to McDonalds or KFC, or Burger King or alike, ever, unless i really badly need to take a piss or a shit.

I think they call that a Big Mac and Coke.[/quote]
or a McCrap.

"That kid there? Nah, I didn't eat him. Must've been Ralphy 'ere"

Wandering back towards the topic...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bike28mar28,0,244160,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines

kowalski Wandering back towards the topic...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bike28mar28,0,244160,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Blimey. If you bike gets nicked here the chance of getting it back is near zero. I just said it in another thread and i'll say it again: japan is such a crazy place!

Just discovered this thread and thought I'd share this with you:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69955280@N00/2185024442/sizes/o/in/set-72157603708328653/
Spotted in the middle of Roppongi, Tokyo last Jan. This is the only thing 'securing' the bike!

this is exactly why i like living here so much.

saw a £3000 downhill bike leaning against a lamppost a few months ago... it was still there 30mins later

I crave that sense of security. I don't feel good locking my bike up with one lock for too long and im not too sure about locking my bike up with too much slack in the lock.
A crazy world indeed.

it really is nice... AND the japanese complain that its not as safe here as it used to be... ungrateful bastards!

not only the japanese are more relaxed about it but I notice the French are also relaxed about cycling.

a simple visit to Montpellier (or Paris) you'll see a lots of bike with a cheap lock as well, I once spotted an really classic Colnago road bike, you know the proper steel kind with beautiful graphic being locked outside a railway station with a lock from the supermarket.

it really is nice... AND the japanese complain that its not as safe here as it used to be... ungrateful bastards!

if the japanese complain about that, a simple purchase of the Kryponite Evo Mini would solve that problem gigantically.

in london, i carry two locks around with me at all times (fug d-lock and abus chain lock). i have taken to freelocking my bike here in berlin. earlier today, i was out riding without a lock and left my bike against a post while i went to get a water. i loves berlin...

I crave that sense of security.

Everyone here seems to be looking at just one side of the Japanese leave your bike outside the supermarket with a 50p lock phenomenon. (J.L.Y.B.O.T.S.50P.L.P.)

One of the reasons you are less (much less) likely to have your bike stolen in Japan is that the conviction rate for any crime is - to employ a little bit of legalese - 'off the fucking scale'.

You get arrested, "yous' going down bitch".

Conviction rates are above 99%. (!!) Think about that, you get nicked for anything and you have lost before you even get into the court room.

And when you do get into that court room and defend yourself against the charges there is no Jury (!!!).

So I am sure we could have a similar level of cycle theft but it would (just like Japan) come with a cost - just give police powers to shoot dead any bike thief >:) -but to be honest I am more than happy with the balance we have here in the UK - it may be far from ideal - but when you get wrongly arrested or just arrested for being stupid and climbing onto a bank's roof whilst pissed (sorry about that) you have a fair chance of the judge using some discretion and not banging you up.