Bike theft scam?

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asterix

Comrade Member
Location
Limoges or York
A friend has locked his good bike to a sheffield stand in town only to find that someone else has locked a not very good bike to both.

This is a bike stand that bikes notoriously get pinched from (I had one stolen there a few years ago).

It could be a scam whereby tooled up thieves appear later and remove both bikes or it could be a genuine error.

What would you do?!
 

NormanD

Lunatic Asylum Escapee
I'd be ringing a mate to bring his tool box,but not leaving the bike alone for one minute.
 

NormanD

Lunatic Asylum Escapee
If it's a genuine mistake by another cyclist then a replacement cheap lock is only a few quid ...if it's a scam, the scummy tw@t owner of the lock is not going to come forwards to complain. Either way I'd be hacking away at it to remove it.
 
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asterix

asterix

Comrade Member
Location
Limoges or York
Sorted. It was genuine error. Just as well really, after we'd cut the lock we'd have cut up the bike shaped object. And wouldn't have been too nice if it had been a thief.
 
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