Bike stolen at sportive registration by thief dressed as cyclist

[thegravestoneman]

When ever I have cause to leave my bike I always undo the qr's on the wheels so at least any body riding it away will come a cropper, til they read this. Bad luck mate

 

[nickyboy]

There is no reason what so ever not carry a small retractable cafe lock as @Banjo said previous. Small enough to fit in a jersey pocket and light enough for any weight weenies. It's something rather then nothing.

Spot on. It's like having a house alarm. It won't stop a determined thief but the objective, tbh, is to make your house/bike less of a target than the one next to it

 

[400bhp]

To add to the above:

If my bike went, it wouldn't be a case of "oh s***, there goes £xxxx and the fuss of a claim" it would have a MASSIVE impact on my life, I ride to get around, for leisure, I race as a hobby (and take it seriously), to socialise and spend time with people, ALL of my friends and many of their partners are cyclists, pretty much all of my none work time is related to cycling somehow, either in the shape of riding a bike or through some activity to complement cycling, the people I will be with etc. Yet I don't own a lock! Go figure, it makes sense to have a lock and always lock your bike up, except when it doesn't!

I have NEVER seen a bike locked up at a time trial or hill climb, I am sure the same thing goes on at road races and crits too. It is common on club rides to just pile the bikes up too.

I think times will change unfortunately Rob.

It will happen that a large amounts go walkabout on a club run at a cafe-bunged into the back of a tranny van. I generally do an @fossyant and leave my bike in the line of sight.

I'm fortunate that if my bike goes I do have others and i could just go and buy another one. However I'm pretty risk averse and something always niggles at the back of my mind when the bike isn't locked.

 

[ColinJ]

They are worth more than you could imagine to people but there are just times or situations where it isn't the norm to lock your bike up, it is a rather odd scenario to be in and I find it uncomfortable at times, I just try to keep my bike within line of sight.

To add to the above:

If my bike went, it wouldn't be a case of "oh s***, there goes £xxxx and the fuss of a claim" it would have a MASSIVE impact on my life, I ride to get around, for leisure, I race as a hobby (and take it seriously), to socialise and spend time with people, ALL of my friends and many of their partners are cyclists, pretty much all of my none work time is related to cycling somehow, either in the shape of riding a bike or through some activity to complement cycling, the people I will be with etc. Yet I don't own a lock! Go figure, it makes sense to have a lock and always lock your bike up, except when it doesn't!

I have NEVER seen a bike locked up at a time trial or hill climb, I am sure the same thing goes on at road races and crits too. It is common on club rides to just pile the bikes up too.

TBH Rob, I was surprised to see all the bikes (including yours) unlocked outside event HQ at the recent Cragg Vale TT.

It may be the norm, but I have heard of too many people having bikes nicked. I have taken part in a few audaxes and sportives where bikes were stolen. I had my bike stolen from school when I was a teenager, and a mate had his bike stolen from the front of my parents' house, which involved some toerag walking up the garden path, and out in front of the bay window inside which the family TV was located, and which was being watched by my folks at the time!

I always lock my bike up unless someone I trust is standing with it. I don't expect the lock to necessarily stop it being taken, but at least I know my insurance would cough up for a replacement bike.

 

[Crankarm]

When ever I have cause to leave my bike I always undo the qr's on the wheels so at least any body riding it away will come a cropper, til they read this. Bad luck mate

Like in the Likely Lads when some one loosened the axle nuts on their bikes .......

 

[Herbie]

When ever I have cause to leave my bike I always undo the qr's on the wheels so at least any body riding it away will come a cropper, til they read this. Bad luck mate

I hope you always remember to tighten them up again? like your style though

 

[Dusty Bin]

TBH Rob, I was surprised to see all the bikes (including yours) unlocked outside event HQ at the recent Cragg Vale TT.

Thieves go where the expensive bikes are - and that (mostly) means sportives, not races...

 

[Cyclist33]

Its bad enough having your bike nicked without people here rubbing it in

How about a bit of sympathy here everyone..it is the thief who is the twat, not the victim !

correct. nonetheless, it is mindboggling that one would spend good money on a bike then leave it unlocked in public. even if you dont watch all the myriad scaremongering stuff on telly about the state of our nation, you cant go through life in the uk nowadays and not be aware of this sort of risk.

i mean, people spend many hundreds of pounds on led wraparound smart tvs and you would never ever just leave it in a car park outside currys while you went back in to do some window shopping. why would anyone do likewise with a bike?!

but as the o p says, lesson learned. it really sucks when you get a bike nicked that was securely locked though. especially when the f,ing insurance co wouldnt pay out.

stu

 

[Cyclist33]

I hope you always remember to tighten them up again? like your style though

awesome. never thought of that.

 

[PK99]

When ever I have cause to leave my bike I always undo the qr's on the wheels so at least any body riding it away will come a cropper, til they read this. Bad luck mate

another suggestion is to leave the bike parked in top gear - very confusing for Mr Light Fingers when he tries to jump on and ride away

 

[Trickedem]

quote="Adrian, post: 2775639, member: 1252"]A clever idea is to keep one of the tyres flat. Makes it too much bother to take.[/quote]
Lol. I'm now the butt of the flat tyre jokes now tat someone else has learnt how to use a pump