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here's a lovely one, it even attaches to your pram somehow!
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Hi,
it was locked to the railings (set into the pavement tarmac) on the north side of wandsworth high street about 15 meters west of the Palace club, with a kryptonite new york chain through the front wheel, 3 railings, frame and my helmet. The crucial thing to note is that it was not closed with the original kryptonite shackle, but a heavy-duty security padlock (not as good but not so feeble as most padlocks) because i previously have had to cut the original shackle with an angle grinder when i broke the key last winter.It was locked up between 9pm and any time up to 3:15am, the railings are outside a kebab shop which is why I chose them because there's people about all the time, and also people are outside the club, security etc. But its not their job to look the right way is it, and most people are pissed by that time.
all these little precautionary things can mean fuck all if the padlock is not as strong as you thought, could have been kids or pros, spot the bike's there early on and then get the van and the cutting equipment... fucker couldn't have ridden it away unless they brought cycling shoes ;-D
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no sorry, unfortunately I've never really been much of a camera person.
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...oh and it had two tyres too, they were black I think....
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hi there, long-time listener first-time caller;
I had my bike nicked while i was in a club in wandsworth yesterday, so erm if anyone finds it for sale please don't buy it, as I will probably do something unspeakable to anyone I should see riding it, if they cant explain where it came from of course, or if by then I am more angry than shocked as I am now...
its:
a black dolan track frame 56cm with distinctive rub-marks on either side of the top-tube from my inner-thighs rubbing it.
black brooks saddle, black kona seatpost, black mpart headset, black something-or-other stem, nitto persuit bars, with black tape, and a black brake lever, black carbon 'spider' fork, 105 brake, condor wheels chrome hubs/black+chrome annodised rims(all condor branded no-name stuff), 105 bb, stronglight 175cm cranks, cheapy spd pedals, 46/16 gearing and it /was/ quite dirrrrrty. looks like its done a few miles, which it has (like 50+ per day since last autumn)....oh and there was a black specialized helmet too, which the bad-person will be needing when I find them (fat chance).
such is life.
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...the biro/kryptonite lock-pick :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl1gsW3KcBU
- couldn't find any using bolt-cutters, they didn't work at all when I tried, but then I'm not the strongest chap on the planet. Some people break the D-locks by putting a length of scaffolding pole in and levering them apart. But if you choose the right thing to lock to then there's no space left in the D to get anything in-between.
One of the best bits of advice I heard was (fairly obviously) that if you know someone who's had a bike nicked then don't buy the lock they had.
...I sometimes see just locks attached to railings with the 'private property no bikes'etc signs, I assumed caretakers just cut thru the bike and leave the lock as some kind of threat... just paranoia? anyone heard of this happening?
- couldn't find any using bolt-cutters, they didn't work at all when I tried, but then I'm not the strongest chap on the planet. Some people break the D-locks by putting a length of scaffolding pole in and levering them apart. But if you choose the right thing to lock to then there's no space left in the D to get anything in-between.
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I have one of the Kryptonite New York Chain s (a metre long version) theyre not /that/ heavy, and the key has a nice little light on it for something. Dont get old stock though, the ones from about a year or so ago had locks that could be opened with a biro.
And Re. the angle-grinding, I had to angle-grind mine a few months ago as the key broke in the lock (oil your locks!!!) and it was attached to this massive lamp-post and my bike, in whitechapel. Luckily there is a bell-maker's near and they helped me with the angle-grinding, it took 20 minutes tho. Not many people carry angle-grinders too. I heard that you can freeze them and smash them - dont know if it's true. Hacksaws and bolt-cutters dont even scratch the metal on a kryptonite though, theyre great...as long as you dont have to cut through one, as it is a complete pain in the arse to do....one bad thing is that the protective cover comes off pretty much straight away, but it can be replaced with a mtb inner-tube (top-tip!!)
....BALLS! it trimmed my url
....or if you click it twice to open 2 windows it work, but it's not funny now. fsckssake. :(