Things you've had stolen from a bike

[captain nemo1701]

My bike was once locked up with two locks in central Bristol. Came back to find out that some twat had nicked my saddle. Had to ride home standing up.

 

[keithmac]

My bike had a trunk bag and clip on lights - all easily removable - so that's what caused the note.

I needed the trunk bag for the shopping, but it did cross my mind to remove the lights before setting out.

Back - almost - on topic I saw a woman in Glasshouse Street, central London, years ago struggling to start her parked 125cc motorbike.

Turned out someone had nicked the kickstarter, so I jump started it for her.

We had a customer last year, parked her nearly new moped in town and when she came back realised some scrote had stolen the transmission case!.

Have had 4 bikes back for poor tickover, all the same model and all had their idle screws pinched..

 

[Oldbloke]

Some scrote nicked the saddle off my folder when parked in the bike shed at Colchester station in the '70s.

Made for a hurried ride home that night

 

[Levo-Lon]

My heap of junk bike for school that no one wanted was fine, they stole my frigging combination lock!!

 

[postman]

Nothing stolen,but some schoolkids let the air out of my mates rear tyre while we were in a cafe.Once and only once some cycling scrote i knew who it had been tried to take off my Brooks saddle,it was all wobbly when i left the cafe.And i had seen his mate standing next to my bike kidding to be sheltering from the rain,he was hiding his mate,that's what i realized after.Scum.

 

[Gixxerman]

Nothing personally, but a work mate had his saddle knicked whilst it was was locked up outside Halfords Tritton Road, Lincoln. They must have been tooled up too as it wasn't even a quick release. It wasn't even that good a saddle. Odd.

 

[mjr]

Nothing personally, but a work mate had his saddle knicked whilst it was was looked up outside Halfords Tritton Road, Lincoln. They must have been tooled up too as it wasn't even a quick release. It wasn't even that good a saddle. Odd.

Might have been a saddle-sniffer.

 

[southcoast]

Had a padlock stolen, but they left they bike!

 

[Zimbob]

I've been lucky, never had anything pinched from any of my bikes, but when I was wee our garage got broken into. My brother had an upright 'Jeep' bicycle, I had a 'Commando' and even as a 6 year old I used to laugh at his deeply uncool bike.... The thieves obviously felt the same, as they pinched his frame-pump and left the bike

 

[Alex H]

Left my bike outside Milton Keynes railway station, while I went to work. Got back to find the axle for the front wheel missing. Managed to very carefully slowly ride the 4 miles home, trying to avoid kerbs, potholes and associated drops / jumps. (and I didn't fall off!)

 

[numbnuts]

Flag off my trike like this

 

[mjr]

Left my bike outside Milton Keynes railway station, while I went to work. Got back to find the axle for the front wheel missing. Managed to very carefully slowly ride the 4 miles home, trying to avoid kerbs, potholes and associated drops / jumps. (and I didn't fall off!)

The axle or the skewer? Or did you wheelie the whole way?

 

[palinurus]

Nothing that I can remember but sometimes people put rubbish in the front carrier of my Elephant Bike.

 

[Chris S]

Somebody stole my combination-lock and cable but left the bike!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Once had a pair of pedals nicked.

It's a very odd feeling, getting on your bike, try to pedal, realise there's something wrong (has my chain come off??) then the penny drops.