Fenchurch Street Lockdown Fears

So, sorry for a rather dull thread of a Friday morning but would be grateful for any knowledge - turns out I am working in "The City" next week, which I'm sure you can imagine is traumatic enough for me what with my suitophobia, but just been told the place I'll be skulking around on Fenchurch Street has no off-street bike lock-up. Apparently I lock up by Next/Sainsbury's..On The Street....

Now is this a wise location to lock up for eight unsupervised hours a day or is the CS, despite dissuasive modifications and certainly not looking as loved as it is, gonna get nicked? Should I take my black "hybrid" (everybody:eeurrrrgh) and, godwilling, that will get nicked? Or is there a much more secure place very very close (walking feels strange these days)?

Thanks most kindly for any help. Please don't start 'avin a laff and recommending for example a sapling by a borstal, I just want to do whatever is possible not to gets me lovely bike stolen and a bit nervous about leaving it outside work where I can't hear its screams of panic..cheers :)

sorry - want to make it clear this is just a request for knowledge of any* better* places in the immediate area than this Next/Sainsbury joint - not trying to make my bike invincible, not saying "if it gets nicked I'll blame you", of course not, well aware you takes your chances wherever you are. Maybe someone who works daily round there and has to lock up on the street too? Maybe pm me?

Thanks again.

Can't offer any direct advice I'm afraid, but If you're got a couple of good locks, you should be fine. Most people lock their bikes up like shit, so a well locked bike is much less likely to be swiped. That said, if they want it, they'll get it, no matter how well locked it is.

I have locked my Bob Jackson (lots of nice parts) all day in Smithfield and have never had a problem (touch wood)

Good luck, dude.

Can't offer any direct advice I'm afraid, but If you're got a couple of good locks, you should be fine. Most people lock their bikes up like shit, so a well locked bike is much less likely to be swiped. That said, if they want it, they'll get it, no matter how well locked it is.

I have locked my Bob Jackson (lots of nice parts) all day in Smithfield and have never had a problem (touch wood)

Good luck, dude.

...is it the Bob Jackson with green deep v's - very nice!

this thread is a red herring to where you guys actually lock your bikes huh?
;)

cheers Sano, yeah the CS comes nowhere near your Bob, I think I've just got a bit paranoid these last few weeks reading all the lock nightmares / nicked bike threads.. I roll a D lock and a kryptonite hoop both of which will be coming into play for what that's worth..

anyway time to stop grinding my own thread to a halt here...

Shinscar you rumbled me already... er no no red herring, this is a real thread which now looks rather silly. I'll trust noone knows what the CS looks like outside the forum.. I've a feeling anyone lurking with intent will be in for a nasty disappointment...

jeez Ray now I really have to find another lockup point....you are either an angel or a devil. Or both, you saucy wench..

yeah i always lock my bike here...

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phil, you called shinscar by his real name, bad forum etiquette.

look it was very very early in the morning for me. let's call the whole thing off. Anyone who can offer hope rather than Shinscar's gleeful panicmongering, please pm me if you can be ringed, I will be very grateful.

I am aware I have just posted one of the dumbest threads of all time.

phil, you called shinscar by his real name, bad forum etiquette.

like the old carrie fisher starwars blooper...HBMF!

like the old carrie fisher starwars blooper...HBMF!

First off, apologies Andrew.

Shinscar WTF is this...a rare clue?

phil, you called shinscar by his real name, bad forum etiquette.

^^ eh?? The forum must be as sleepy as me.

First off, apologies Andrew.

Shinscar WTF is this...a rare clue?

hey man dont flip your shit thread on to me. ;)
fenchurch st yeah gotcha...bolt cutters check

you're not sleepy enough to rise to my bait however....Andrew...

PJS, just lock it in immediate sight of wherever you are working. That way only a window stands between you and any would be thief, and you could descend in a shower of glass to rein death on anyone foolish enough to try and steal your beloved CS.

my name is alex, peter.

another thread unravels, frighteningly quickly in this case and much at my own hand.

serves you right for posting so early pippin ;)

Take the hybrid for the first day. Sound like 2 locks will be enough.
Make it a booby-trap bike.. under the CCTV with disconnected brakes. werd.

oh asm and I thought you knew I was trying to lure you into saying your real name!

oh dear. eh who's peter though?

anyway I might change my forum name, too many twa's round here (there's a comeback to that one..) might not seem like such a bad day in light of this little exchange..

I'll be paranoid as fock come Monday, you'll see. I like the descent in a shower of glass idea - it would be a fair descent though as I'll be on about the sixteenth floor of one of those mighty pantheons to commerce you get round there.

I know all your real names - ahahahahah! Except I forgot PJS was ****, not ****, and **** is not ***, and I'm someone else. - Prav
coffee..

real name thread is *NOT* needed!

there's someone you can trust - provenrad. Someone You Can Trust.

You certainly have proven rad this time, provenrad. provenrad flies off over pantheons to commerce