Tyre Swapper?!

My girlfriends cheapo bike that was literally given to her for free, is kept outside, and although it is D-locked the front wheel is left exposed.

Last night though, someone took the front wheel off, swapped the tyre and put the wheel back on the bike.
I noticed this morning it had a different tyre.
It now has a cheap slick tyre instead of a offroad one, but who would do such a thing ?

Weird ! Things that happen in London honestly.

literally, swapped it? even put air in it??

the biggest irony is that the slick tyres is better for london than an off-road one.

yes, the wheel is the same one. same stickers and everything and yes, tyre was inflated.

slick is better, it is a better tyre lol ! winner !

fucking weird as shit right ?

They could have left a note,
or you could leave a note, if they come back

What's your address? I want to leave some of my stuff outside your front door so the Bicycle Pixies can come and upgrade my kit too.

i was thinking it was my neighbour perhaps, with a puncture and in a rush to get to work just swapped it.
I asked him and he knows "noffin mate" ~!
anyway, im quite glad the tyre was swapped. It better anyhow :)

What's your address? I want to leave some of my stuff outside your front door so the Bicycle Pixies can come and upgrade my kit too.

haha, i live ner a big tree with a hole in it. I guess that's where all the pixies live :)

by the way did i mention that the tyre is a shwalbe marathon ?

The Bicycle Pixies! perfect!

A Shwalbe Marathon actually a much better tyres, next time you lock the bike up (and locking the front wheel), leave a note on the bike "thank you bicycle pixies for giving me a better tyres!".

let see what happen.

strange thing is that my neighbours bike, a cheapo GT got nicked about a week ago also.
It's just ever so strange.

Tinkerbell loves bikes.

How do you guys know they didn't just steal the knobbles off the tyre? Huh? You don't.

Shwalbe over the moon surely?

So, there's no indication who the rubber was?

The police will need to tread lightly to catch this guy.

They'll have to be slick to track him down.

Although you had a tire nicked, don't get deflated

He certainly wasn't a smooth criminal.

My girlfriends cheapo bike that was literally given to her for free, is kept outside, and although it is D-locked the front wheel is left exposed.
Last night though, someone took the front wheel off, swapped the tyre and put the wheel back on the bike.
I noticed this morning it had a different tyre.
It now has a cheap slick tyre instead of a offroad one, but who would do such a thing ?
Weird ! Things that happen in London honestly.

As someone with experience in these kind of magical events, let me break down to you what really happened..

1. "Let's just go for a pint"
   
2. 8 pints later, "SHOTS!!!!"
   
3. "&^$ shots later, at home, now tired of midget-fondling you decide some bike maintenance would be a good idea.
   
4. Tyres swapped, you puzzle over what to do with the knobbie.
   
5. Your neighbor is now puzzling over where his FIAT Punto front-left has gone but appreciates his new mtb tyre.
   
   

...

"now tired of midget-fondling"

you funny fucker

Strong pixies (or lots of them) to get Shwalbe Marathon on

As someone with experience in these kind of magical events, let me break down to you what really happened..

1. "Let's just go for a pint"
   
2. 8 pints later, "SHOTS!!!!"
   
3. "&^$ shots later, at home, now tired of midget-fondling you decide some bike maintenance would be a good idea.
   
4. Tyres swapped, you puzzle over what to do with the knobbie.
   
5. Your neighbor is now puzzling over where his FIAT Punto front-left has gone but appreciates his new mtb tyre.
   
   

...

haha i did wonder. Actually,