The worst place to leave your bike in England and Wales

[numbnuts]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-thefts-rife-Cambridge-London-Portsmouth.html

 

[HLaB]

Curiosit had me looking for Peterborough. Its quite depressing that Peterborough's worst street (number 22) is a busy pedestrian street (except for access) https://goo.gl/maps/tix7h74t7s52 but thinking about it I've never seen a bike parked there. Its got those plant pot type bike racks

 

[DaveReading]

What a badly-written article.

 

[Lonestar]

Don't think I've ever reported my bike stolen even though it happened in 1988 and 1990.@ Tottenham and Waterloo.

 

[Oxo]

The Oxford Canal.............or it was till someone nicked it.

Perhaps you should have locked it up!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Perhaps you should have locked it up!

How do you lock a canal up?

 

[mjr]

What a badly-written article.

Looks like a list of the biggest bike parks in a few places. Of course, if there's a few thousand bikes parked there (Station Road, Cambridge), a few dozen thefts isn't as bad a chance as somewhere with a dozen thefts from a much smaller cycle park.

All thieves should be keel hauled, though.

 

[Drago]

It seems Mike Tyson is a suspect for some of these thefts.

 

[Dave 123]

5- Parkside, Cambridge.
Where the big police station is

 

[threebikesmcginty]

It seems Mike Tyson is a suspect for some of these thefts. View attachment 153325

It's nice he's been able to pass his bike on.

 

[mjr]

5- Parkside, Cambridge.
Where the big police station is

It's probably more that Parkside swimming pool and the cricket ground are there too: two locations where thieves can expect a reasonable chance of working unmolested until the end of a session. I know other sports venues with surprisingly high bike thefts and one gym that put the treadmills and spin bikes overlooking the cycle parking to discourage theft.

 

[G3CWI]

The worst place to leave your bike is in the garage or shed, unloved and unused. Sadly, I suspect it's where most bikes are.

 

[numbnuts]

It's the Daily Wail... what did you expect?

Of course The Times would not have an article on stolen bikes far to common...what ! and one less bike has to be good

 

[byegad]

I expected the answer would be Scotland as if you're in either England or Wales it would be damn difficult to ride if it was in Scotland.


I'll get my coat now!