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• Stolen bikes

  in General • 13 years, 7 months

  

  Yeah there are people who don't really seem to care about those bikes costing you quite a lot if you don't return them pretty quickly.

  Anyway if you think it's stolen you might as well write down the numbers on them and check with TfL if you want to be good. :)

• Ways not to lock your bike

  in General • 14 years, 1 month

  

  pitty steal?

  Seriously, sometimes I think it needs to be done. Had my hands on an only partially locked beasty in glasgow 2weeks ago, was something pretty nice (mish mash of parts but nice) with decent looking D lock through front wheel and down tube, so could wheel away. Poked at it for long enough seeing what was what, then the guy turned up wondering why I was prodding his bike. He then realised he hadn't actually locked it to the bike station thing and did so, but wasn't happy about it. Like it was my fault for making him come out of his office and lock his bike properly. I should have taken it, would have saved me my bus fares for those few days :/

  What the hell? I'd be quite angry too if I saw someone prodding at my bike because it obviously looks like that person wants to steali it.
  You seem very frustrated here as well... no matter how badly someone locks (or doesn't) lock his or her bike, you have no right to take it.

• London Cycle Hire

  in General • 14 years, 3 months

  

  Signed up too - got the key next day, I was impressed by that. I might use it on Monday because I need to get to a meeting in town which I can't bring my own bike to, and the tube strike will be on.

• Ways not to lock your bike

  in General • 14 years, 3 months

  

  This is how they do it in Boston, USA.
  

  Photo taken yesterday by my friend, no-one took the bike even after many hours.
  Hah, the optical illusion lock method.

  Saw this yesterday in Fulham - great use of the bike rack here.
  

• Stolen bikes

  in General • 14 years, 3 months

  

  This thread is always so sad. :( Thanks for the heads-up on The Beavoir Square, and hope you're doing better.

  And it would be great if everyone in here posted about what lock(s) was (were) used and how, just to help others avoid this in the future.

• Tube strike, London

  in General • 14 years, 4 months

  

  It was awful but also quite fun at the same time. I got really quite scared with the number of clearly inexperienced cyclists who seemed to have no environmental awareness and kept no distance at all from parked cars etc.

• Good service

  in General • 14 years, 4 months

  

  This might be a new record... I think I actually got 5 bags of Haribo from Wiggle when I got my new bike pump last week. Too bad I sort of had to share them with the rest of the office once they saw them.

• North Drinks. Every Week, Wednesday 6pm - The Maynard N8

  in Social • 14 years, 6 months

  

  Well we'll all be there from around 6.30 tonight!

  Definitely can't do tonight, but hopefully some time soon!

• North Drinks. Every Week, Wednesday 6pm - The Maynard N8

  in Social • 14 years, 6 months

  

  Hi there! Am still very new to this but might see if I can pop in at one of your visits to the Flask!
  I live in NW1 myself, up Camden Road / near the Lord Stanley.

• North Drinks. Every Week, Wednesday 6pm - The Maynard N8

  in Social • 14 years, 6 months

  

  I lived in the Harringay Ladder (the streets North of Finsbury Park, west of Green Lanes, east of the railway) too and really quite liked it. It's cheap, it's got alright transport in case you can't use your bike, it's got the big Sainsbury's, loads of local food places and Finsbury Park itself.

  If you're working in Kentish Town, also check out Kilburn/West Hampstead/Stoke Newington where rent shouldn't be too high and it's all pretty close to work.