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Monday morning my shower was interupted by a hysterical wife, some scrote had stolen her bike off the street. It was a 1972 ish Raleigh Sport which had spent it's whole life parked on the street by the look of it, but still a good fully functioning bike with new tyres. I bought it because nobody was stealing those old Raleighs in the neighborhood and it looked like a piece of junk to the untrained eye, recently someone stole our seats by cutting the heavy cables I had them "secured" with and she was still smarting from that so that just compounded the issue.
I've had many bikes taken over the years and deal with it by taking a deep breath and thinking about something else till the grieving period is over, but this is only the second bike she's had taken and she was equal parts hurt and murderous. God help anyone she ever catches nicking our stuff in the future.
Anyway, to console her I gave her my Raleigh Sport, which is much, much nicer. With a heavy heart I was going to sell it anyway as I have to thin the herd, at least it's still in the family and I can use it from time to time, some cash would have been nice though.
What I tried to tell her was that there is no profit to be had from hanging onto the anger and resentment when some bastard robs you or whatever, it only hurts you more, let it go and move on. Not easy but I've had lots of practice
How have you lot coped with bike theft? Any good come uppence stories to warm the cockles of our hearts?
I've had many bikes taken over the years and deal with it by taking a deep breath and thinking about something else till the grieving period is over, but this is only the second bike she's had taken and she was equal parts hurt and murderous. God help anyone she ever catches nicking our stuff in the future.
Anyway, to console her I gave her my Raleigh Sport, which is much, much nicer. With a heavy heart I was going to sell it anyway as I have to thin the herd, at least it's still in the family and I can use it from time to time, some cash would have been nice though.
What I tried to tell her was that there is no profit to be had from hanging onto the anger and resentment when some bastard robs you or whatever, it only hurts you more, let it go and move on. Not easy but I've had lots of practice
How have you lot coped with bike theft? Any good come uppence stories to warm the cockles of our hearts?
