Theft Warning......do you use a cycle computer e.g. Garmin??

[mcshroom]

I'm safe from that one. No idea how I reset my car's sat nav to a new home address so it directs me back to the old one half a mile away

 

[Piemaster]

Same thing with Facebook too. Post pictures of the lovely holiday you are having and let the local scrotes know you ain't at home. Sort of a modern day equivalent of forgetting to cancel the milk.
All comes down to your privacy settings.

 

[bpsmith]

Which is exactly why I don't let the missus say we're away, until we arrive home. Lol.

 

[Dave7]

Same thing with Facebook too. Post pictures of the lovely holiday you are having and let the local scrotes know you ain't at home. Sort of a modern day equivalent of forgetting to cancel the milk.
All comes down to your privacy settings.

I cant believe the number of people who tell the world "my house is empty-----come and rob it"

 

[Stu Smith]

I cant believe the number of people who tell the world "my house is empty-----come and rob it"

This is why I don't store my caravan on the drive..Might as well put a sign in the window when the caravan as gone on a Friday evening come and rob us we won't be back until Sunday at the earliest..

 

[siadwell]

I have to ask, if all your rides are private why the extended privacy zone ? following your tip I have just extended my zone

Paranoia!
And I don't think there's a setting to make all rides private by default, so they are public until I get the chance to edit them.

 

[Arjimlad]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...tch-high-tech-apps-after-spike-in-thefts.html

Brought up again following reports in Dorset of thieves targeting bikes using training apps..

 

[jefmcg]

The fact that police have suspected this for 1 year but have yet to have a single example makes me very skeptical.

 

[cd365]

I always start and finish my rides outside someone elses house

 

[Milkfloat]

The fact that police have suspected this for 1 year but have yet to have a single example makes me very skeptical.

I am also very sceptical of the skills and resources of the police.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

slow news day then!

 

[Banjo]

I always start and finish my rides outside someone elses house

I allways start and finish my rides outside your house

 

[Apollonius]

This is assuming intelligence, work, research and application on the part of the scumbags who steal. If they had those abilities, then they would not have to resort to theft to make money!

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Is there anything the authorities won't blame on the cyclist's own fault? You got hit by a car? Your fault for failing to be so luminous that you're visible from space. You had your bike stolen from your house? Your fault for leading them there via Strava. What a load of bollocks.

That said, how long before insurance companies get wise to this and refuse to pay out for a stolen bike because your privacy settings don't hide where you live? That may sound far-fetched, but IMO that's a loophole waiting to be exploited.

 

[ufkacbln]

The real truth is a potential bike thief always be on lookout for a target

In Portsmouth there were suggestions that thieves were waiting on the main commuting routes or observing events then following attractive cycles home