Things you've had stolen from a bike

[Tangoup51]

I met a fellow cycle tourer pushing his seatless bike in a city somewhere in England who claimed his seat had been stolen.

I knew a bloke who had the same thing happen to him.

Luckily it was on his bmx

 

[Biff600]

When I was a lad, I had a 'rattler' that used to get me about on, I locked it up outside the cinema for Saturday morning pictures and when I came out some toerag had taken all the good air out of the tyre and left me with the rubbish flat air !!!

 

[Tangoup51]

When I was a lad, I had a 'rattler' that used to get me about on, I locked it up outside the cinema for Saturday morning pictures and when I came out some toerag had taken all the good air out of the tyre and left me with the rubbish flat air !!!

Blimey. Good air is hard to come about these days.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Some say my bike is made from stolen parts. Poppycock I say.

 

[Arjimlad]

Not happened to me personally, but I think some thieves will pinch an unsecured front wheel to attach to a bike which has been shoddily locked up by its front wheel.

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

I only leave my bike unattended at work in the bike shed locked up, I wouldn't leave it in a public area too risky imo. I know some people dont have a choice so like others have said taking off lights and other easily removed items will help

 

[Domus]

Small Rohan pack bag containing my waterproof jacket from my rack outside Costa.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

At university, some git had my saddle and seatpost along with, wait for it.....

The brake blocks. The saddle theft I noticed straight away. The blocks took a little while longer!

 

[Welsh wheels]

A polite note was left on my bike while parked outside Sainsbury's from a 'fellow cyclist' warning me that he/she had had lights and a basket stolen while parked in the same place.

Unpleasant theft, particularly the lights, because that could lead to the cyclist riding home unlit.

But the note got me thinking about things stolen from bicycles.

I've never been a victim, but I did see a cyclist in London walking his bike without a front wheel, which he told me had been nicked.

What have you had stolen from your bike?

I had a saddlebag full of stuff including my favourite multitool stolen once. They also took the back light but bizarrely left the front light.

 

[Welsh wheels]

At university, some git had my saddle and seatpost along with, wait for it.....

The brake blocks. The saddle theft I noticed straight away. The blocks took a little while longer!

You must have been doing a lot of out of the saddle work on the way home!

 

[MontyVeda]

Pump and a front wheel... wasn't too fussed about the pump but was livid to exit a pub to find my unicycle

 

[User16390]

I had a Giant mountain bike nicked out of the back garden of my previous residence, I had a d lock through the frame and back wheel, still didn't stop the scrotes nicking it and a front wheel nicked of an old mountain bike outside Tesco's Five Ways in Birmingham, I found out later that this was a popular site for bike theft

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

It would be interesting to see whether the incidents of thefts of parts of the bike itself involved decent, tidy looking bikes, or scruffy-looking old pub hacks. I'm firmly of the opinion that it simply isn't worth riding anything that doesn't look like a scrapper if you are going to leave it parked unattended out of your line of vision.

 

[annedonnelly]

Front lights. And given where it was I expect they were simply taken off and then chucked away a bit further on. No doubt someone would think that sort of thing funny.

I've always removed the front lights since. I don't think the rear ones are quite so vulnerable and they're a bit more difficult to clip off.

 

[HLaB]

I've never left anything on a bike. A mate of mine used to take his seat post with him too, he got back one day to find some feic'r had nicked his clamp