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gasinayr
Über Member
- Location
- Ayr Scotland
Yes, the CC footage has been passed to the beat cops for that area, so we will wait and see what happens
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gasinayr
Über Member
- Location
- Ayr Scotland
Son was asked to go to police station today to give a statement, seems the Jakies are known to police and he might get some compensation if they are taken to court. While he was at police station he got a call from work advising that a clients bike had just been stolen from same bike rack he had used.
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
The majority of the time when I leave a bike unattended I am less than a hundred yards away from it, but I rarely have a constant clear line of sight to it. TBH, I also have better things to do with my time when out and about than being on constant high alert bike watch. If nothing else, it's very tedious and distracting from the activity I actually went out to do in the first place. Peace of mind is worthless hack flavoured when it comes to urban utility cycling.
- Location
- London
what's your bike?
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
Bike insurance is expensive because generally the only people who bother to have it are the ones who own expensive bikes and insist on using them in high risk locations. That means the whole insurance risk pool is dodgy and is not diluted by having a large number of insured low-value, low theft risk bikes. i suspect there's also a disproportionate amount of bike insurance fraud being perpetrated compared with motor or household domestic claims.
classic33
Leg End Member
And some folk only have one bike, so why not get the best they can afford?Storage space, at home, can be a limiting factor as well.
Why this constant dragging down of people who buy expensive bikes, especially if it's their only bike.
- Location
- London
I'd leave that suitably locked in a suitable place in london, or get a second bike for locking if possible. Plenty of things to be doing in town(at least outside this hell) and can't be cramping your style with having to bikesit.
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
No-one is forced to only have one bike no matter how tight your storage space is. A cheap hack can always live outside, even on the street chained to a railing or lamp post if you haven't got a garden. Two of mine are currently locked up in the garden, with carrier bags over the saddles. The chains get a quick squirt of lube before being ridden and that's all they need.
Even if you only have one bike, why the need for it to be an expensive one? Plenty of people only have one car, and they aren't all Rolls-Royces. There's absolutely nothing wrong with only having cheap bikes, cheap cars, cheap phones, cheap jeans or cheap anything else - so long as the item is functional and fit for purpose.
I wouldn't lock up a bike I paid £10 for in my neighbourhood. It wouldn't be there in the morning. And that's the sad reality of many places in the UK.
- Location
- London
During the day?
I wouldn't generally leave a bike overnight anywhere.
I was responding to skipdiver john's quote "A cheap hack can always live outside, even on the street chained to a railing or lamp post if you haven't got a garden. " I couldn't even leave a cheap bike outside for much over half a day where I live. Even during the day, it would be gone.
