Stolen & recovered - how fixed gear meant I got my bike back

OK, so this just happened to me tonight,

I get home after work takeaway in hand, pop through the front door, park the bike up in my bin yard, through main door and chow down with the missus. Suddenly I hear our front door close and I think "Hang on, we don't have anyone coming round" so out I pop.

The front door onto the street is shut but there is no sign of my bike. Fucket fuck. So full of singapore noodles out into the street I rush and see some cnut wobbling down my road towards Holloway Road. "On no you fucking don't" I think so for the first time in about 5 years run like I mean it after this guy.

As I'm running as fast as I can - which isn't very fast - I see a delivery driver getting back on his moped. Needing some help as I'm running past I shout at him "thatscuntsjuststolenmybike" and hope he understands. The tea leaf is getting away and I'm hoping that this guy hasn't ridden fixed or i can wave bye bye.

Luckily as he gets to holloway road, he isn't too sure how to stop and so jumps off. THe moped man over takes me and I shout "The orange bike is mine" and I start catching up. Just next to the Bailey pub I catch the guy and grap him by his shoulder. "Give me my bike back you cunt" Cue a bit of pushing, shouting and long story short I get my bike back and the guy starts walking off without any extreme violence. I start following him on my bike and I call the police, in the priocess of riding on the pavement being on the phone and the adrenalin I lose the shitbag. Shame as the police were there in 3 minutes.

Main thing is I got my bike back, the police were great and the only regret was not having a d-lock on me to wrap around the guys head. I have no doubt if it wasn't fixed I'd not be seeing the bike again.

nice one dude
he must have watched you come in and leave your bike where you left it?

Yeah mate, possibly, the door is normally locked and there is no way of seeing over the wall so think he must have just been in the right time at the right place. Just relieved I don't have to take myself down Brick Lane this weekend hoping to spot it

Probably good that you didn't smash his head in with a d-lock. Good going though!

Probably good that you didn't smash his head in with a d-lock. Good going though!

I think I prefer saying that than actually doing it. I did ask the police and they did say there was a line where you can clain it as self defence. I think a d-lock might be the wrong side of it

good news man, glad you got your bike back.

Bike thieving scum! Shame he didn't take a dive over the bars and break something!

Win

Result. Final thought - riding brakeless prevent bicycle theft.

Good one!

I did wonder a while back how someone who had never rode a fixed gear bike without brakes would get on trying to nick it - as you've shown not very fucking well!!

WIN! and you didn't booked for GBH. Double win.

Should have up chucked the noodles all over him.

riding brakeless prevent bicycle theft.

Leave tempting badly locked brakeless single speed in road? Just dreaming like.

Leave tempting badly locked brakeless single speed in road? Just dreaming like.

With spd's as well so his feet slip off the pedals.

Leave tempting badly locked brakeless single speed in road? Just dreaming like.

it would be awesome to leave a bike half way down highgate hill, then wait till its nicked and then chase the fucker down the hill....

Oh and well done on getting your bike back!

it would be awesome to leave a bike half way down highgate hill, then wait till its nicked and then chase the fucker down the hill....

Oh and well done on getting your bike back!

Knowing today's society the bastard would probably break his arm/leg/back and sue the bike owner.

Glad you've still got your bike!

With spd's as well so his feet slip off the pedals.

With eggbeaters. Brakeless ss the size of Max's Cannondale.
I'd love to see that.

With eggbeaters. Brakeless ss the size of Max's Cannondale.
I'd love to see that.

Set up a camera and make yourself £250 off you've been framed (is that still on?)

That was a thoroughly exciting and uplifting tale.

Good look on getting the bike back....and there's no need for ultra violence....just a little tussle and a win to justify the run.

With eggbeaters. Brakeless ss the size of Max's Cannondale.
I'd love to see that.

I think fixed rather than SS, at least with SS they can put their feet on the floor. if they'd never ridden brakeless fixed before they'd be fucked and the spinning cranks would stop feet braking

That's crackin news PQR, one of the lucky ones. News just in... just this second walked past a frenzied police scene on Shoreditch High Street (ironically, at the exact point I had my bike nicked last week). From what I could gather from bystanders, a couple of bike thieves on mopeds were being chased by police, and one of the thieves ended up taking a big spill and broke his leg. The little scrotes had a full on set of tools, croppers etc.

It seemed a bit of a heavy handed response (about 10 cars and a couple of vans) but I'm not gonna lie and say I didn't feel a large sense of karmic justice had been served!

I thought the police had stopped chasing kids on mopeds for that exact reason, they so often end up splattered accross the road in their efforts to escape

I think a broken leg was pretty much the extent of the injuries. I walked past and caught the eye of the other guy they were throwing in the van... although he looked pretty sorry for himself, something about his expression said 'as soon as he gets out of this I'll be at it again'. If there hadn't been so many police on the scene I'd quite liked to have inflicted a few more injuries on them I can tell ya!

good.

But what if he needed a quick £200 for medicine otherwise his whole family died that evening?