Step away from my bike!!

[Sandra6]

Sitting in the pub, having lunch with my brother, bike outside where I can see it.
Two blokes, having a smoke, and they take an interest in my bike. Having a good look.
That's fine, they can look. Then one gets a bit closer and is leaning over it - still not touching. I'm not particularly happy, but I guess he's not doing anything wrong????
He steps back, looks at it some more, goes back for another look.
Now they weren't chavvy young blokes who looked like they carried wire cutters in their back pockets or I'd have been out there like a shot, just two old blokes having an afternoon pint. But still, I wasn't happy.
Then he stands back and reaches out a foot, under the frame and nudges the chain behind it's guard. WTF?! Who even does that??
I was all for going out and telling him to back off, but my brother stopped me.
Then he leans in for another look before stepping away.
I went to the loo, and they'd gone when I came back -if they'd still been out there when I went to get the bike I'd have been having words, especially when I realised he'd flicked the gears and moved them!!

 

[G3CWI]

Brings to mind the thread about cyclists touching cars.

 

[mark st1]

Brings to mind the thread about cyclists touching cars.

 

[Sara_H]

Then he stands back and reaches out a foot, under the frame and nudges the chain behind it's guard. WTF?! Who even does that??

That's a nudge too far, I'd have been out there if I'd been you

 

[ianrauk]

It was me and Fossy on one of our stealth 'checking how clean CC members bike are'

 

[fossyant]

It was me and Fossy on one of our stealth 'checking how clean CC members bike are'

Oi, less of the old blokes eh. Just cos I am grey and ian has no hair. Sheesh

 

[Sara_H]

It was me and Fossy on one of our stealth 'checking how clean CC members bike are'

And how clean was it?

 

[biggs682]

It was me and Fossy on one of our stealth 'checking how clean CC members bike are'

ianruak you not doing those random spot checks again are you

 

[BSRU]

A smoker at work decided to have too close a look at my bike, they didn't realise it has a motion sensitive alarm on it. The 120dB siren made them move away very sheepishly .

 

[fossyant]

And how clean was it?

Below standard. No signs of Mr Sheen

 

[G3CWI]

Below standard. No signs of Mr Sheen

Seems harsh. Do we need to keep cleaning materials to hand to polish bikes during rides now? Should I mickle my chain between rounds?

 

[Kies]

Seems harsh. Do we need to keep cleaning materials to hand to polish bikes during rides now? Should I mickle my chain between rounds?

YOU NEED TO ASK!!!!

 

[Sandra6]

Below standard. No signs of Mr Sheen

Well I hope you got oil on your suede loafers!
As for touching cars - I wouldn't do that either!
Look with your eyes, and all that!

 

[cyberknight]

D lock em

 

[pauldavid]

D lock em

What, the old men?


I have a bike that gets masses of interest from passers by. I would imagine their thinking "who's just left this rusty pile of scrap here"












Still gets me to the shops and back though, although I admit to having woried about whether I was going to get home or not a few times as it has a tendency to make some peculiar "I'm about to have a catastrophic failure" sort of noises from time to time.