Alberto Balsam
Senior Member
- Location
- Lancashire
Anyone lost a bike lock in the Ravenstonedale area recently...?
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sleuthey
Legendary Member
- Location
- South Gloucestershire
No but I found a bike abandoned in an alleyway in the Bristol suburbs 3 weeks ago. Was still there the morning after I found it. It's not ridable. I took it home and notified the council straight away. Had to report it as fly tipping as they needed a reg number for abandoned vehicles. I told them I would keep it for 28 days for someone to claim and after that I would break it for spares. I tried reporting it to the police first but they directed me to the council. I'm 95% sure it was flytipped. Problem is I don't think the police database of stolen bikes talks to the council's database. What would others do?
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Quite a few years ago I found a bike frame in a local hedge bought it home contacted the Police and got told to keep it 3 months and then it was up to me what to do with it.
Frame number wasn't recorded anywhere as stolen. I bet these days you can't ring and talk to actual local police station.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Yes, andnif the one you found looks expensive or comes with a wallet then the one I lost looks just like it.
OldShep
Über Member
- Location
- South West Scotland
I found a bike left in bushes I left it there and checked on it for 10 weeks. it never moved so I rescued it for some parts.
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Guest
I once found an Imperial 10" adjustable spanner at a road junction, which is great as it now matches my Metric 250mm adjustable spanner.
cisamcgu
Legendary Member
- Location
- Merseyside-ish
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
Many years ago when heading to a club 10 I found a pair of small pliers on a roundabout, which I duly rescued. Perfect size, dark green plastic handles ~ but by god they were stiff, I could barely get them to open and then closing them was no better, so their usefulness was limited. I kept them though, with occasional frustrated use and I tried to loosen them up many times over the years, without success. Then, I think as recently as last year I had another go at them, soaked with WD40, locked in the vice trying to waggle them loose, opening and closing them repeatedly until finally..... 🤬 aaargh! The buggers snapped shut and nipped the skin of one of my fingers which ended up with a ruddy great blood blister. In the recycling bin they went 
. I do hope no-one at the recycling centre found them........
. I do hope no-one at the recycling centre found them........
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
During West Highland yachting week which is based here for 3 days every year I noticed the earth had been disturbed in a wooded area near the harbour. Could have been a body of course but I poked around and something appeared metallic underground.
Dug down a bit and found a nice newish looking outboard motor wrapped in a bin liner.
Reported this to the local police station and 6 months later I got a receipt for a new to me outboard motor.
Dug down a bit and found a nice newish looking outboard motor wrapped in a bin liner.
Reported this to the local police station and 6 months later I got a receipt for a new to me outboard motor.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/gary-fisher-aquila-1998-mtb-now-sold-and-collected.285266/
this was found abandoned, rescued, reported, not claimed, fettled used for a goodly while and then sold on.
cassette, chain, middle ring, pedals and bar ends were renewed, probably did brake blocks and cables too.
this was found abandoned, rescued, reported, not claimed, fettled used for a goodly while and then sold on.
cassette, chain, middle ring, pedals and bar ends were renewed, probably did brake blocks and cables too.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I found a car abandoned on the road. After I’d picked the lock and got it started I took it home…
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I found a nice Topeak pump in the road. Well, it looked nice, but when I got it home and tried it, it didn't work. I want my money back.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
indeed , i tried reporting a van parked on zebra crossing hatches every night a couple of weeks ago and after maybe half and hour of trying to find the correct category on the website for reporting stuff i gave up .Its like plod dont want you to report stuff
ended up on crimestoppers site to submit a report that made sense
