deccoo
Active Member
- Location
- Bounds Green, London
Beyond gutted.
My 8 week old Cannondale CAAD9 that I waited almost 3 months for got pinched today.
Cycled into London with the lady for the first time ever today as she is going to start commuting in and was going to have a potter around the South Bank. So, locked them together with a pretty decent D and kryptonite cable lock, but made an major ERROR - wanted to lock the helmets down so put the D through the front wheels/cycle rack and the cable through back wheels/helmets/frame/cycle rack. Thought had picked a good spot, 10 yards from a security guard, under a CCTV camera just down from the London Eye so busy as hell.
45mins later, return, Jess' bike is still there locked up and mine has gone! Kryptonite had been cropped and they had obviously clipped the spokes! So so annoyed with myself for not putting the D through the frames. Even more annoying as I never usually take the racer into town but use my ropey MTB. Just shows that it can only take that one time!
So, if any one sees a white 2009 Cannondale CAAD 9 with white bottle holder on the down tube, black on the seat tube, possibly a clipped spoke on the front wheel or likely a mismatching one (the back has distinctive blue ring on the tyres) please let me know!
Live and learn and safe to say will not be leaving the next one outdoors unattended ever again!
My 8 week old Cannondale CAAD9 that I waited almost 3 months for got pinched today.
Cycled into London with the lady for the first time ever today as she is going to start commuting in and was going to have a potter around the South Bank. So, locked them together with a pretty decent D and kryptonite cable lock, but made an major ERROR - wanted to lock the helmets down so put the D through the front wheels/cycle rack and the cable through back wheels/helmets/frame/cycle rack. Thought had picked a good spot, 10 yards from a security guard, under a CCTV camera just down from the London Eye so busy as hell.
45mins later, return, Jess' bike is still there locked up and mine has gone! Kryptonite had been cropped and they had obviously clipped the spokes! So so annoyed with myself for not putting the D through the frames. Even more annoying as I never usually take the racer into town but use my ropey MTB. Just shows that it can only take that one time!
So, if any one sees a white 2009 Cannondale CAAD 9 with white bottle holder on the down tube, black on the seat tube, possibly a clipped spoke on the front wheel or likely a mismatching one (the back has distinctive blue ring on the tyres) please let me know!
Live and learn and safe to say will not be leaving the next one outdoors unattended ever again!
