Bike theives, read this or die

[Andrew_Culture]

The police just rang to say the CCTV footage didn't show anything interesting but a lot of thefts have been reported at the college so they're going to get proactive. Result as far as I'm concerned.

 

[cyberknight]

Get OCD
Take anything like lights, bags off you bike and lock it up so they cant get the wheels off either.
I am about the only one in the lockable work bike sheds that does this and everyone else whizzes in and out leaving what not on their bikes but they are the ones that are going home lightless if some one decides to "borrow" something.

 

[Sara_H]

Get OCD
Take anything like lights, bags off you bike and lock it up so they cant get the wheels off either.
I am about the only one in the lockable work bike sheds that does this and everyone else whizzes in and out leaving what not on their bikes but they are the ones that are going home lightless if some one decides to "borrow" something.

I admit, if I am in locking bike shed at work I leave lights attached. In public I take them off. Pannier bags are attached with cable ties to make life difficult for would be pannier theives.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Get OCD
Take anything like lights, bags off you bike and lock it up so they cant get the wheels off either.
I am about the only one in the lockable work bike sheds that does this and everyone else whizzes in and out leaving what not on their bikes but they are the ones that are going home lightless if some one decides to "borrow" something.

Now my lights are on my helmet and I carry one of THESE instead of having a saddlebag on both my bikes

 

[e-rider]

Co2 is not toxic. Jus sayin.

you will suffocate if you have a lung full of CO2
I put my head in a dry ice freezer once (only for a second) and the lights almost went out immediately, if I hadn't been in a ventilated room, and took another few seconds of pure CO2 I would now be dead! Natural CO2 degassing from a lake in Cameroon has been blamed to total loss of life in nearby villages, with all cattle wiped out too!

 

[Arjimlad]

CO2 is what kills people who fall into vats of beer. Their heads break the surface but there's no air immediately above the surface.

 

[Linford]

The hard lesson in this is to not leave anything of value and walk away from it..this is the reason I don't carry a lock when I ride...it removes my temptation to be as stupid as the peanuts who might want to spirit the nice bits away (as well as the bike itself)
Anyway bad luck chap...hope the ringpieces catch their chopper in their zip next time they take a waz

 

[PBB]

I usually remove as much as possible, but judging by the OPs experience will now make sure I do every time.

Yes it will increase the "faffing around" time before and after my commute (which already seems to take my ageing bones ages to get changed, lock and unlock etc), but my sympathy for the OP, as although it might not have been of great value it's a pain to have to rebuild your kit from scratch.

 

[lil miss maro]

My mate had his bike stolen from Trafalgar Rd Moseley Birmingham yesterday between 1830-2100. We wanna know who did it and try and get it back. There's a few gone missing from that part of Moseley so if you have any info, please share it.

 

[colly]

CO2 is what kills people who fall into vats of beer. Their heads break the surface but there's no air immediately above the surface.

It's because once rescued...........they keep on jumping back in again.

 

[SteCenturion]

To the thieves who just stole my lights (including my long-awaited Cree that had just arrived from China) there's something you need to know about the contents of the saddle bag you also stole.

The bag is worth a tenner new, that bag has been through two winters. It is far from new.

The rear light was part of a set from a 99p shop.

The puncture repair kit cost 99p and needs refilling with everything. The tyre levers are lethal, if you aren't careful they become sprung- loaded eye-gougers with the slightest amount of beefy use.

The inner two inner-tubes cost £1.98 each. They ain't great but they should get you home. Not sure how well they'll work on your Sports Direct BSO.

The multi-spanner thing in the bag is terrible. It came with a Raliegh MTB I bought when I was 14. If you get any use out of it you must have greater mechanical sympathy than I do.

Those two silver canisters in the saddle bag might look like the nitrous-oxide 'laughing gas' you do with your mates but they are in fact Co2. Huff them and you will die.

Love your post culture - (not how it was forced upon you).
Hope the SmackHeads have a dabble @ the laughin' gas !!

 

[Twelve Spokes]

They will nick anything if it isn't bolted down.Scumbags.Had my lights nicked from the bike racks at work.

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Not a bad idea! Annoyingly I snipped off the CREE torch I had attached with zip ties and replaced with my new CREE headlamp just before heading out! I'm looking at clippy saddlebags so I can remove them when I leave the bike. I need lights right now so I'm off to the 99p shop later today.

So jealous that you have a 99p shop - we only have the more expensive Poundland!

 

[compo]

So jealous that you have a 99p shop - we only have the more expensive Poundland!

We have both, but then it is Harlow.

 

[mrandmrspoves]

We have both, but then it is Harlow.

Does that mean King's Slime (Lynn) is more up market?