Planet X Road Bike - Stolen 8/3/2014 from Cock Pit Farm Tea Rooms Weston Near Otley

[phil_hg_uk]

I am posting this for someone who is not a member of this forum.

Planet X Road Bike Stolen from Cock Pit Farm Tea Rooms at Weston near Otley today, if you have any information please contact @Gregweatherhead on Twitter.

 

[mickle]

What a bummer. Hope he gets it back.

 

[400bhp]

Was it locked?

Popular cyclist haunt?

Wondering if we are going to see an increase in this sort of theft.

Quite a distinctive bike so let's hope it's spotted by someone.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

What a bummer. Hope he gets it back.

Yes it was only his second time out on it.

I just happened to spot his post on twitter, I go to that tea rooms all the time and apparently there has been quite a few bikes getting stolen from there recently.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Was it locked?

Popular cyclist haunt?

Wondering if we are going to see an increase in this sort of theft.

Quite a distinctive bike so let's hope it's spotted by someone.

No it wasn't locked unfortunately.

Yes the tea rooms is on the back road between otley and ilkley and is visited by hundreds of cyclists, in summer it is always full.

 

[ColinJ]

Damn!

Phil told me about Cock Pit farm in 2012 and we went there on my last forum ride just before I got ill. It is a really nice place.

I have heard of this happening at many popular cycling cafes. Thieves often turn up in cycling kit so they don't look suspicious going off with bikes.

 

[classic33]

Damn!

Phil told me about Cock Pit farm in 2012 and we went there on my last forum ride just before I got ill. It is a really nice place.

I have heard of this happening at many popular cycling cafes. Thieves often turn up in cycling kit so they don't look suspicious going off with bikes.

Similar has happened down your end o'valley.

 

[ColinJ]

Similar has happened down your end o'valley.

It is happening all over the place!

I have heard about bikes disappearing from outside The Dalesman in Gargrave, the cafe at Chipping and so on ...

I like to keep my bike in sight if possible. After a ride with a friend yesterday, we took it in turns to get takeaway coffee/cake and watch the bikes.

 

[classic33]

It is happening all over the place!

I have heard about bikes disappearing from outside The Dalesman in Gargrave, the cafe at Chipping and so on ...

I like to keep my bike in sight if possible. After a ride with a friend yesterday, we took it in turns to get takeaway coffee/cake and watch the bikes.

Hijacking the thread, but it was with your planned ride this month I thought I'd let you know.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

It is happening all over the place!

I have heard about bikes disappearing from outside The Dalesman in Gargrave, the cafe at Chipping and so on ...

I like to keep my bike in sight if possible. After a ride with a friend yesterday, we took it in turns to get takeaway coffee/cake and watch the bikes.

It seems a lot of people are not locking up their bikes, they assume that because there are lots of cyclists around they are safe.

Either that or they are weight weenies who dont want to haul locks around with them.

 

[ColinJ]

Hijacking the thread, but it was with your planned ride this month I thought I'd let you know.

It seems a lot of people are not locking up their bikes, they assume that because there are lots of cyclists around they are safe.

Either that or they are weight weenies who dont want to haul locks around with them.

I have already been worrying about the bikes at Glasson Dock!

If we have 40+ riders then we won't really have a clue which bike bike belongs to which new face, so a stranger in cycling kit bending over a bike isn't going to draw much attention unless he happens to be openly wielding a set of bolt cutters or other tools!

I think we should lock our bikes together in a set of parallel 'chains' so each bike is locked at least twice, maybe 3 or 4 times. I would imagine that would put off most thieves!

I noticed that many bikes at Cock Pit Farm tended not to locked up but the safety in numbers thing only works if people can identify bikes and riders. Plenty of you lot know that I ride a rare blue steel Basso with a triple chainset and Crud mudguards, so you would quickly spot a stranger with it. I wouldn't know who (e.g.) a CF Trek or Al Focus bike belongs to, so I would be hesitant to challenge somebody moving it.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

The cock pit farm is ok in summer as you can lock the bike to the table when you sit outside and keep and eye on it that way rather than putting it over buy the wall.

But I think they need to think seriously about installing some cameras and the situation will only get worse as the TDF draws closer.

 

[Big Nick]

Hope he gets it back but on another note would you leave a couple of grand in cash unattended and unsecured outside a cafe while you were inside.
I don't know anyone who would yet every day I see expensive bikes unlocked outside a well known cyclists cafe next to where I work

 

[400bhp]

If I owned a cycling cafe I would have a bunch of combination locks that I would give out-along with a deposit.

Tempted to open a cafe, but that would mean it would take up precious cycling time. I can't win.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

If I owned a cycling cafe I would have a bunch of combination locks that I would give out-along with a deposit.

Tempted to open a cafe, but that would mean it would take up precious cycling time. I can't win.

The problem I can see with that is that if you did that and a bike got stolen wouldnt there be a danger that the owner could take action against you as it was your lock used to secure it.