James Jones bike theft North London (was in the papers) - sorry if repost

Been on holiday and see there was a lot of media attention to a bike theft in North London: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/victim-turns-to-twitter-in-bid-to-track-down-bike-thieves-2306987.html

Is it just me, or has the bike been locked through the seat post?!

SORRY IF A REPOST (but I did try searching)

lols really? In the independent? Cool!

Did that guy lock around the seatpost!?

OMG hope they catch.... etc etc etc

"James Jones, 27, had just been telling friends how his new, £500 bike had revolutionised his life when he watched it being taken away"

*"The picture has become an internet sensation since the incident at 8pm on Saturday. By yesterday it had been viewed by more than 30,000 people including comedians Danny Baker and Rufus Hound and the newscaster John Snow"*

wtf

ways not to lock etc >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

So let me get this right as I am having trouble understanding this.

A guy buys a new bike and locks it to some railings via the seatpost. He then watches a couple of chavs steal it, whilst someone has time to get their phone out and take pictures, but not enough time to walk over and kick their heads in? Am I the idiot here or is there something wrong with this scenario?

When they are caught, they will no doubt claim that someone borrowed their faces, unbeknownst to them and returned them before they realised they were missing

^ This. If there were really a 100 people out there a bit of a mob would have scared those to fucking little twats away sharpish, but no I think i'll take a photo of it on my phone...

Pointless using Twitter to act after the fact why not just act?

Then you wouldn't have proof to post on twitter

I think that's DT and Tom.!

What I don't understand is that all this happened on Pisti's manor.

Where's the respect?

What I don't understand is that all this happened on Pisti's manor.

Where's the respect?

Indeed. Wait 'til G gets hold of them.....

^oof

Hang on, the indy article suggests that the bike was retrieved, just that the thieves wandered off without getting a shoeing or caught by the fuzz.

It was definitely nicked. The guy is on Twitter, and actually just said he got it back: https://twitter.com/#!/rjamesjones/status/90777033591881728

oh. ok.

This guy is one of best friends. No joke. First class degree in Russian and he can't lock a bike up.

Why wasn't there a barrage of glasses and bottles flying at them, little pricks need d-locking round the head.

This guy is one of best friends. No joke. First class degree in Russian and he can't lock a bike up.

In Soviet Russia, bike locks lock? :)

@ Winch25. Probably because the theft didn't take place in a parallel world where Charles Bronson is Emperor.

@ Winch25. Probably because the theft didn't take place in a parallel world where Charles Bronson is Emperor.

Such a pity...

Have you been to Reading town centre ?

In Soviet Russia, bike locks lock? :)

I suspect that in Soviet Russia, bike locks were unnecessary as the police would steal the bikes whether locked or not.