stopping my bike getting stolen!

[SkipdiverJohn]

£20 ........ probably nicked.

For £20, probably not stolen. There's easier ways of scamming twenty quid than nicking a bike and going to the trouble of listing it on the 'Bay. Like a bit of shoplifting followed by flogging the haul down the pub no questions asked. Loads of meat and chocolate goes AWOL out of the local Sainsbury's this way. I've bought two bikes at that price or less and was 100% satisfied the sellers were kosher. I've known enough rogues in my time to know the difference between a genuine seller and a toerag punting out bent gear. The sort of premises you have to collect an item from is a dead giveaway for starters.

 

[mjr]

Bike register

Doesn't stop it getting nicked. If bike register are as bad as immobilise and leak your property details, it may even encourage home visits to nick it!

 

[Brains]

I just had my shed broken into where my bikes are stored, three custom steel bicycles including a very nice Pegoretti. They were all secured with heavy duty Pragmasis locks and an anchor bolt secured to the floor. None of the bikes were stolen. The shed door will need replacing, but all three bikes are there safe and sound. Very glad I spent the money on the heavy duty chain, locks and anchor bolts.

They now know the bikes are there.
So next time they come back it will be with a grinder.
I'd move the bikes for a couple of months

 

[byegad]

I 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

Give the mercenary an Uzi machine pistol too!

 

[Alfa GT]

The mango is a no go. The messages I've received from the guy haven't filled me with confidence. Most probably nicked

 

[vickster]

The mango is a no go. The messages I've received from the guy haven't filled me with confidence. Most probably nicked

Whatever said above, I'd be v suspicious about a £20 mango bike

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Take a look at an ebay seller's feedback history, and see what sort of items they've been selling previously. If a large number of sales have been used bikes at very low BIN prices, then possibly they are dodgy, but equally possibly they just do a bit of wheeling and dealing and acquire unwanted bikes legitimately - house clearances, rubbish removal etc. Not everyone is clued-up about used bike values (hence there are some real bargains to be had), and some sellers just want rid of something because it is in their way or they might be moving house soon etc - so they are not fussed about obtaining a high price.

 

[Levo-Lon]

My little inventive brain " little being the operative word" is thinking Fake poo..
Smother on handle bars and seat.

Patent pending, tho its a deterrent that will stop just about any would be thief.
You would need the removal wash tho which you will be able to purchase when ive marketed it.

 

[Alan O]

My little inventive brain " little being the operative word" is thinking Fake poo..
Smother on handle bars and seat.

Patent pending, tho its a deterrent that will stop just about any would be thief.
You would need the removal wash tho which you will be able to purchase when ive marketed it.

Wouldn't real poo work better?

 

[mjr]

Wouldn't real poo work better?

Anyway, you can already buy sham poo in many shops.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Wouldn't real poo work better?

Probably, But

 

[Drago]

Wouldn't real poo work better?

Comes in a handy dispenser too.

 

[Illaveago]

Brambles or Blackthorn bushes are a good deterrent . You would have to be pretty determined to dig one out.

 

[fatblokish]

Doesn't stop it getting nicked. If bike register are as bad as immobilise and leak your property details, it may even encourage home visits to nick it!

Not sure anything can stop it getting nicked, it's all about reducing the risk of it getting nicked. Simple, cheap and easy measures first...

 

[Alfa GT]

I'm not sure that there is such a thing as an unstealable bike looking at the bikes dumped around Cambridge, but I guess you just have to try to make it as hard as possible by finding the right location and getting a decent lock (maybe not the 'patent pending' poo idea). My work are thinking of doing a bike marking scheme of some sort so I'll probably use that as well.