Thieving c*nt chased and caught and bike returned to owner!

Ok so here goes:

A couple of weeks ago, at about 10.10pm outside angel tube station i saw a guy fiddling with a bike chain attached to a brompton bike which was folded (surely the point of a brompton is that you take it with you instead of locking it up!!!!).

At first as i approached i was already suspicious because as you might have guessed this guy was in trackies with a hood on etc. He certainly was'nt your typical brompton rider!

The next thing i knew the chain had been broken and was lying on the ground and he ran off with the bike (still folded) under his left arm,
That evening i was returning from virgin active(gym) so i was pretty pumped up!
The second he ran off i knew he'd nicked it so i chased him for approx 100mt, as i was catching up, you could say i acted impulsively, i litterly fly-kicked him in the side in what was like a dangerously high football tackle. The guy fell (so did i, because i had just launched myself at him) and he dropped the bike, i grabbed the bike and this guy ran off... never got to really see his face because it was dark and he was wearing a hood etc.

The adreneline still pumping i suddenly realised the situation i was in, i had a titanium custom brompton with a brooks saddle on it (worth approx £1400) in my hands but it was'nt mine....

I began walking back to angel station wandering what the hell to do, (typically no one from the public had got involved) then all of a sudden the owner came running at me, she was women aged approx 25-30, she had just exited the station as the bike had been taken from the rack, and saw me running off after this guy... apparently she had shouted but i was listening to my ipod and had'nt heard or noticed her, she was pretty hysterical,shocked, crying etc. After handing the bike over (and apologising for the scratches to her new frame :) i said i had to go, she was incredibly greatful and took my details, a couple of days later she sent me £50 via paypal! all in all a good nights work!

If i ever am in the same situation again i will try and catch the thief and get him locked up!

good work.

Nice one!

Good work.

nice

nice one batman.
you wanna be my bikes bodygaurd?
whenever you dropkick someone you get £50.

one question how were you sure the bike was hers? could she not have been a quick thinking oppurtunistic scum herself?

but bloody good job anyway

It's good to hear a positive success story for once. You were lucky that she had seen it all and the situation was clear.

one question how were you sure the bike was hers? could she not have been a quick thinking oppurtunistic scum herself?

but bloody good job anyway

£50 from the woman or £50 from Brick Lane who cares money is money...........

Anyways, congrats on a job well done, now is the time to fight back.

was she fit?

I guess i wasn't 100% sure, but i was in no doubt at the time.

one question how were you sure the bike was hers? could she not have been a quick thinking oppurtunistic scum herself?

but bloody good job anyway

Nice work old boy. Glad you didn't get stabbed for your efforts too.

was she fit?

:) not bad looking acctually, but apparently her boyfriend had just bought her the bike, plus she was much older then me, i'm 19.

Nice work old boy. Glad you didn't get stabbed for your efforts too.

+1

Ok so here goes:

A couple of weeks ago, at about 10.10pm outside angel tube station i saw a guy fiddling with a bike chain attached to a brompton bike which was folded (surely the point of a brompton is that you take it with you instead of locking it up!!!!).

At first as i approached i was already suspicious because as you might have guessed this guy was in trackies with a hood on etc. He certainly was'nt your typical brompton rider!

That was me.

nice one batman.
you wanna be my bikes bodygaurd?
whenever you dropkick someone you get £50.

No problemo,

I reckon we set up a bicycle vigilante company....

The police do f*ck all about bike thieves so we should do something about it ourselves!

That was me.

:)

good work.

good work.

Thanks, wold have been better if I had got away though.

Nice one. What was playing on the ipod? Eye of the Tiger?!

Nice one. What was playing on the ipod? Eye of the Tiger?!

Nope, i think it was probably sandstorm!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSYxT9GM0fQ&feature=related

A couple of years ago I saw my old bike being ridden past my work about two days after it had been nicked from, you guessed it, outside my work; the thief was clearly not the sharpest tool in the box. The look on his face when he hit the ground was priceless. Unfortunately I couldn't hold onto him and my phone long enough and he got away before the police got there.

Anyway, good work Re-cycled that was good to hear.

A couple of years ago I saw my old bike being ridden past my work about two days after it had been nicked from, you guessed it, outside my work; the thief was clearly not the sharpest tool in the box. The look on his face when he hit the ground was priceless. Unfortunately I couldn't hold onto him and my phone long enough and he got away before the police got there.

Anyway, good work Re-cycled that was good to hear.

Good on you, it must have felt even sweeter since it was your bike.

Well done.

nice job dude. for some reason the bit about the boyfriend reminded me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBLhYziLMOI&feature=related