no option but to leave it in town unfortuantely. It won't fit in my pocket and I need it to get to work.Don't leave it in town?
Get a folder, keep by your desk?no option but to leave it in town unfortuantely. It won't fit in my pocket and I need it to get to work.
I had a chat with a woman with a pink bike recently. She was told that a pink paint job is a great thief deterrent as most bike thieves are young (late teens) and male...get a pink bike instead All her families' bikes had got stolen,,,her pink roadbike, the most valuable, remained untouchedI do have a coffee shop near where I would plan to leave it so that seems like a great option as well as a beasty lock and perhaps some sort of mercenary with a sword
Get a folder, keep by your desk?
Is there anywhere in Cambridge that is more secure? Outside a police station or somewhere with a lot of foot traffic? Maybe pay secure parking?
Doesn't have to be a Brompton, there are other foldersYeah did think about that but my work mate has a Brompton that admittedly very nice to ride but I just don't like them... and I might have taken the mick to much to be able to get one myself!
Don’t ulglify. Leave it nice but unstealable and they’ll move on to a weaker victim.
Ever thought about moving (I’m sure @odav can recommend nice bits of Liverpool which will probably be cheaper than even the least nice part of London where you appear to reside)They may well do that, but if they're malicious scum, not before smashing up your nice bike as "punishment" for you depriving them of being able to steal it. Where I live anything nice will either get nicked, or if it can't be nicked it will get vandalised instead. The only way you can be fairly sure that your bike will not get either stolen or smashed up is to use a shabby-looking disposable hack bike for town use that's worth less than the D-lock you use to secure it. It's all very well to say insure it, but having to insure a bike increases the cost of cycling and if you make too many claims for thefts, your premiums are going to get steep. Keep your nice bike for rides where you don't leave it unattended, and have a cheap rat bike for everything else, so that if it does go missing, all you're out of pocket is the cost of a round of drinks, not serious money.