Brick Lane Vandalism - Please Help

Report it all to the police. You may or may not be allowed to leave your bike there, but that's fscking criminal damage!

REPORT HIM!

Once a few months of inactivity have gone by, whisper his address to a few people.
He will quickly find the cost of replacing his window every week is more than the hassle of having a bike locked up outside his fskcing house/business/whatever.

This is a 'eye for an eye' public service announcement. The bible made me do it.

this is an obvious example of how protective the residents are of their area...throwing a brick through a window and making it out of there intact would be a challenge for anyone.

More an example of people not wanting to get involved in anything.. Londonapathy.

I live very near Brick Lane. I've had a saddle nicked when I've parked the bike in a stupid place - bikes are only safe around there if you chain them to something solid on the main drag, though there are precious few Sheffield stands around. Not seen that kind of vandalism before, but it doesn't entirely surprise me.

Can I be exceedingly blunt? It's sh1t that this happened, and completely understand that you'd be livid about it, but don't let your justifiable anger colour your understanding of what happened. The guy in the window was a vindictive cnt, not a madman, and no, he probably wasn't ever going to make polite enquiries at the restaurant if he was pissed off. I guess I'm trying to say that this isn't peculiar to Brick Lane - in poorer parts of big cities there are often people who act like cnts because they know their streets better and know they can get away with it. It's always worth being wary.

Anyway, still sh1tty luck. Hope someone can help you fix your wheels up.

Re. Pistinator - the Sunday market can be a bit rough, particularly if you're walking an expensive bike around. The area's actually fine the rest of the week. I lock my bike up there quite often and as I said above, I only had my saddle nicked when I left the bike down a dodgy side street on a Sunday when all the bike-strippers were out in force (which I knew was a bad idea at the time...) I've been living here for about 3 and a half years now, so that's not too bad an innings.

@hippy:what do you mean?

That is fucking awful, mindless twattage. You definitely did the right thing, at least you've a bit more to go on than just coming back to a deserted area to find your bike in that state.

Often the only number you can think to ring is 999 and if you explain to them you know it's not an emergency (unfortunately the operators only think its an emergency if there's still someone holding the knife that's sticking out of your ribs) they're usually ok and redirect you. But if you phone 02072301212 (the New Scotland Yard switchboard) and ask to be put through to the nearest police station, you sometimes find they're more helpful as they see it as you being more clued in. It shouldn't have to be, they should deal with everything as seriously as you see it, but 999 operators have to answer countless calls from kids and genuinely stupid people so they're a bit disillusioned.

Just for future reference, not having a go in any way at Flip, have done the same myself.

How many times??

THE OB DON'T GIVE A FUCK!!!!

stevo_com It shouldn't have to be, they should deal with everything as seriously as you see it,

well, come on, that's not quite right. there are limited operators, and a person should really exercise some judgement as to whether it's worth delaying someone elses ambulance for their bike 'emergency'

no, sorry, I meant they should let you feel like they care about what has happened to you, not just say, "You shouldn't have phoned 999". It's difficult to exercise that judgment when the only phone number you have going through your head to get in touch with the police is 999. Hence me putting up the switchboard number, which is publicly available but poorly advertised.

yeah, it's a good point, there should be a second 3 digit number, like 900 or something, for general police assistance.

'Oh, you're bikes been vandalised?'

'Yes, I'm on Brick Lane, can you send someone over please?'

'Well, we're extremely busy at the moment, I'll try and get someone over as soon as possible'

......3 hrs later, nothing.....

And RE CCTV. Do you think they'll be arsed over a bike being smashed up? Get real mate, they didn't wanna know when I had my car smashed up outside my flat, CCTV 30yrds away, looking down my road. They didn't do a fucking thing, I had to PAY, yes PAY the council to view it. Que'l surprise, they couldn't find anything. Good for fuck all, they really are

whip up some 'what a cunt' (or similar) posters (something along the lines of ' a cunt lives here' etc) photocopy x 30, get some paste and smother that shit's house.

Dog turd in a flaming bag?

Thanks, i just had one

hello everyone,

thank you for the massive outpouring of support. having slept a bit, read your comments, and looked at the bike again, i'm feeling better. my friend from home built me deepVs for london "because they're bombproof" and essentially he's right. the front wheel needs truing, but looking at the dents i think they are only cosmetic. the rear rim has a dent where the clincher bit looks almost as though it's folded on itself, but it's isolated to a small area and i'm hoping someone who's handy with pliers can sort it out. amazingly, there is only one spoke broken, though it sure made a hell of a lot of noise for just being the one.
also, my girlfriend, who paid this month's rent for me, said it can wait until i get the bike sorted, so i now have some cash to replace saddle, chain, tyres and tubes.
@sparky, as long as the saddle does the job, i'll take it, we'll figure out where to meet up, just let me know how much you want for it
@nimhbus, i'll happily take the chain, again, just let me know how much
to everyone else, thank you again and be careful.

local or new to brick lane, deciding the pavement outside you window is part of your property is bullshit. "its brick lane mate..." tosspot really. I read that article about 'lock an item to a fence' think it might have been MT but that would be funny and not at all aggressive. They just locked weird shit to this wankers fence who stole their bike. Weekly; different items would appear on the fence anything from a mini fence to a tea pot and kettle. I honestly think we should make that bike tree that chris mentioned, but everyone bring a skeleton bike they have liberated from a fence somew

hippy Report it all to the police. You may or may not be allowed to leave your bike there, but that's fscking criminal damage!

REPORT HIM!

Once a few months of inactivity have gone by, whisper his address to a few people.
He will quickly find the cost of replacing his window every week is more than the hassle of having a bike locked up outside his fskcing house/business/whatever.

This is a 'eye for an eye' public service announcement. The bible made me do it.

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hi flip,

phil here. we met on the ossie day night ride.

sorry to hear about your bike. (there are some horrible people around).

i gotta saddle you can have. i will whisper you my number in a minute.

these days i never park my bike where i cant see it. i dont go where i cant.

i have all my local police station numbers in my phone. the numbers are in yellow pages and it takes just a few mins to plug them in.

London hates bikes.

stevo_com But if you phone 02072301212 (the New Scotland Yard switchboard) and ask to be put through to the nearest police station, you sometimes find they're more helpful as they see it as you being more clued in.

thanks for that one mate, I wish I'd known about it sooner! got my bag nicked from the Spread Eagle(shittyest pub in the world) on the corner of shoreditch high st and old st the other week, and that would have been well useful...

and Flip, bad luck. Glad the bike got a bit better after some sleep!

police, yes, but a smear campaign can't hurt too, right?

@flip
If Sparky's doesn't ring your bell, I've got a yellow Flite and a black something or other saddle that you can have. I was going to flog them as I'm emptying my bits bin, but for a worthy cause, it's all yours. If anything show up that might be useful I'll let you know (pretty sure I've got a stem or two kicking about).

As a Brick Laner, I'd like to apologise for the pricks that live around here. There aren't that many, when you consider the number of cool, lovely people around here, but what they lack in number, they do certainly make up for in cunthood. And, as someone else said, it's not just a Brick Lane thing: North, South, and even West, motherfuckers like that are everywhere.

With the chaining bikes theme. Maybe some kind of variant of the white ghost bike idea. Maybe paint a few rust-buckets the most lurid colour possible before attaching them? And bonus points for "What A Cnut" stickers all over it.
Actually, scrap that. Revenge is wonderful. But subtlety makes it sweeter.

tynan London hates bikes.

But it loves them too sometimes..don't forget that.

Horrible stuff! There's so much shit going on round there.

The guy in the window might not have done it. I can imagine a lot of people lock their bike's there and he has to sit and listen to thieves trying to wedge/smash bikes off his railings. That's me reasoning. He still sounds a cock.

If thieves can't get your bike they smash it in:
1:Because they're pissed off they can't get it.
2: in the hope you abandon it ('til the morning) so they can get proper tools and have it in the middle of the night.

Then there's just the haters.
My girlfriend had a huge rock thrown at her head from a passing car. It missed but is not funny.

We all know what Brick Lane's about.
You just can't take your bike there.

And better curry houses can be found elsewhere!

Not on!
Hope you get your (v.nice) bike sorted.

agreed.
it's a bum ride just for a shit curry.

it's gonna change there soon, it's already happening..for better or worse, who knows?