Nicked bike story

next time something like this hapens, people should post it on this forum. if we can get 100+ people for a fucking bike ride, im sure we could get a good number for a bit of vigilante justice.

+1 about the police needing days - they need to do risk-assessments and paperwork. Their hands are tied!
Glad you tracked it down. can you post his phone number so I can abuse him via text message and sign him up for spam?

That sucks. I can understand why you've done that, being a lover not a fighter myself, though I'm sure you could have rustled up some support from here to help with the exchange. But it doesn't help stop bike theft.

There must be some way of persuading the police to turn up. Saying he had threatened to stab you if you turned up, but you were going anyway - or something? Don't they have to investigate threats?

How was it locked?

Madness. Fair enough you didn't know what sort of a guy you were dealing with, but I'd be so angry I don't think I'd care. I'd smash his face in and then do that gangster thing where you tuck the full £250 into his toothless mouth as he lies bleeding and broken on the pavement.

So you have his number? You know what he looks like? You have his home address? Email?

Please pass it on to this public forum.

yeah thats true. POST HIS NUMBER UP.

CID phoned up days later to apologise for 'not being much use'.... ha ha

Yeah, calm down everyone.

There's no way he should have paid to get his bike back and he could have done it differently and still got it back, but the point is he did get it back.

The problem with saying that this teaches kids that crimes pays is that they already know it pays.

The real issue here is that the cops didn't give a shit.

fuck sake Sano. let the lynching start!

next time something like this hapens, people should post it on this forum. if we can get 100+ people for a fucking bike ride, im sure we could get a good number for a bit of vigilante justice.

ohh thats music to my ears.

To be fair, you're more interested in getting back on your beloved wheels than railing against bike crime.

What did the crimbag look like?

There is a chance you lamp him and he see's your bike again one day and decides to get some revenge!

CID phoned up days later to apologise for 'not being much use'.... ha ha

Send them a box of Krispy Kremes with a photo of your stolen bike.

my brother was pissed up last week and looking to buy weed. Somebody made him an offer, took the money and gave him two bags of something that wasn't weed. My bro protested, at which point the guy advised him not to fuck around with rasta's and moved as if to remove some kind of weapon from his pocket.

My bro nutted him, got on top of him on the floor and elbowed him in the face a few times, basically fucked this guy up, then retrieved his money.

Problem is he can't really remember what the guy looked like, so now every time he sees a 6ft + rasta he's a little edgy. He has to watch his back, for the sake of £20

There are a lot of people on this forum who are brave, when they are on the forum. What you'd do is up to you, but fuck telling somebody else what they should have done.

I bet you right now the theft is laughing at how fucking stupid you are for paying to get your own bike.

(not a personal attack by the way).

next time,pay someone who needs the money £100 to get your bike back, leaving the thief out of pocket and maybe with something to remind him nicking bikes can get you into trouble.

paying thieves to get your property that they stole from you is inconceivable in my mind. what sort of world is this becoming?

There's a fuck of a lot of bravado on this thread and to be fair saying what you would do and then being in a situation that dodgy and what you do actually do are two completely different things.

If I was a cowardly little shit and I was going to collect £100 for a bike that the owner knew I'd nicked off him I'd make sure I had a weapon handy in case the bloke tried to whack me or whatever, knives are good because they're so available and have maximum scare factor. I'd also have a mate or two lurking nearby in case it did turn nasty.

You did well to get your bike back mate. OK you lost £100 but it was obviously worth it to you.

There are a lot of people on this forum who are brave, when they are on the forum. What you'd do is up to you, but fuck telling somebody else what they should have done.

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+1 about the police needing days - they need to do risk-assessments and paperwork. Their hands are tied!
Glad you tracked it down. can you post his phone number so I can abuse him via text message and sign him up for spam?

Why the fuck should the police need to do risk assesment. Is their job not to stop crime, defend the honest person. Their job IS RISK, they shouldn't need to fucking assess it.

And as they were worried of stabbyness surely that all the more incentive for them to be there. Plus if it goes the way they fear their collar becomes for three not two crimes. Useless lazy fuckwits.

Bad luck but good job northendave.

It's like something that would only happen to Mark Corrigan.

RPM's right; you could have had him scolded for £100 in the right pocket. But, you live you learn and all that. Unless you anthraxed the cash.

There's a fuck of a lot of bravado on this thread and to be fair saying what you would do and then being in a situation that dodgy and what you do actually do are two completely different things.

actually you don´t really need to be brave if you have enough people with you to get the bike back, all you have to do is to ask the rest of us if we mind volunteering to help you get the bike back, at least 5 or more people would help get the bike back safety (as well as requesting to see the bike in a specific location, such as a busy street than a back alley).

brave? nah, careful planning FTW.

It's harsh to have a go at this guy - he did get his bike back, after all, and he did it cheaper than by claiming on the insurance. On the other hand, paying thieves to return property is sending the wrong message totally.

The big problem is that if you did turn up with a group of people to get it back for free, thieves would start doing the same, and it would escalate. It's a lose-lose situation in the long-run, for victims in general.

The real scandal is that the police aren't willing or capable of turning up when handed the resolution to an open crime file on a platter. I suggest writing to people, lots of people; MPs, police, papers, and getting some attention from this craziness.

paying thieves to get your property that they stole from you is inconceivable in my mind. what sort of world is this becoming?

One where the police don't care so the victom has to pay either way (many times over: original purchase, insurance premiums, excess payments, increased insurance premiums ...)

Why the fuck should the police need to do risk assesment. Is their job not to stop crime, defend the honest person. Their job IS RISK, they shouldn't need to fucking assess it.

And as they were worried of stabbyness surely that all the more incentive for them to be there. Plus if it goes the way they fear their collar becomes for three not two crimes. Useless lazy fuckwits.

absolutely.

it's hard not to be cynical about the filth when you hear this kind of thing.

the pigs need to HTFU

northerdave, okay, you got your bike back, but it could have gone better.

Greasy_Slag is right, a few friends would have made all the difference.

Can't think of any friends to help?

You only had to ask mate. We'd be your friends like the Three Musketters.

Well, for that day anyway. :)

Glad you got it back anyway.

Anybody reading this, ask for help, if in the same situation.

I'm thinking something like this would be fantastic. Next time something like this happens you can count me in - imagine hundreds of us coming at them from all directions...

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it' scool you got your bike back. if you were at the rapha sale then i don't imagine a 100 notes is that big a deal ;)

The real scandal is that the police aren't willing or capable of turning up when handed the resolution to an open crime file on a platter. I suggest writing to people, lots of people; MPs, police, papers, and getting some attention from this craziness.

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If the police did the job we expect from them, then the OP wouldn't be in the position to either pay the thief or go vigilante..

Talk to people..

If you want to get in contact with your MP or a local council member go here: www.writetothem.com

It's simple and easy, just write your letter and the people at the website will get it to your MP etc etc

It's harsh to have a go at this guy - he did get his bike back, after all, and he did it cheaper than by claiming on the insurance. On the other hand, paying thieves to return property is sending the wrong message totally.

The big problem is that if you did turn up with a group of people to get it back for free, thieves would start doing the same, and it would escalate. It's a lose-lose situation in the long-run, for victims in general.

The real scandal is that the police aren't willing or capable of turning up when handed the resolution to an open crime file on a platter. I suggest writing to people, lots of people; MPs, police, papers, and getting some attention from this craziness.

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