Let's see if he gets his bike back

Barrie_G

I see on the news that David Cameron has had his bike nicked, lets see how many coppers get put on solving this one :roll:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7523144.stm

meagain

Should be easy: only way it'll fetch a decent price is if advertised as "....one previous politician owner."

Evil_Cod

You look on ebay It is bound to end up on there.

geoff_ss

The annoying thing for me is that someone (anyone) having a bike stolen is treated as a bit of a joke and quite trivial. OK Cameron's bike perhaps wasn't all that valuable and he can probably easily afford to replace it but one thing that stops me from using my bike to go into town more often is the lack of security. I'm sure that applies to a lot of people.

It's not such a big deal for me now that I qualify for a bus pass but it used to be. I even had a 'shopping bike' which had a 5 speed Sturmey Archer hub gear and had (I think) a Raleigh Lenton Sports frame sprayed all over with whatever my mate had in his spray gun at the time.

Geoff

andy_wrx

A spokesman for Tesco said: "We are very sorry that David's bike was stolen from outside our store.

"David's setting a great example to everyone by using his bike to get around so we'll make a donation to bicycling charity Sustrans that might help ease his loss."

I'm baffled by Tesco's logic...

Cougar

Apparently he locked it aound a bollard and all the thieves had to do was lift it over the top. There are better ways of securing your bike.

gkerr4

andy_wrx wrote:

A spokesman for Tesco said: "We are very sorry that David's bike was stolen from outside our store.

"David's setting a great example to everyone by using his bike to get around so we'll make a donation to bicycling charity Sustrans that might help ease his loss."

I'm baffled by Tesco's logic...

Indeed!

What they'd be better doing is actually creating some areas where bikes can be securely locked!!

If I take the bike to my local tesco I have to either lock it to some random railings at the other end of the car park, or risk it by locking it to the trolley park things (risk being trolleys dumped into it!) - there are NO facilities for locking the bike up at all!

dondare

andy_wrx wrote:

A spokesman for Tesco said: "We are very sorry that David's bike was stolen from outside our store.

"David's setting a great example to everyone by using his bike to get around so we'll make a donation to bicycling charity Sustrans that might help ease his loss."

I'm baffled by Tesco's logic...

Since when is Sustrans a "bicycling charity"?

They should give hime one of these:
http://img186.imagevenue.com/img.php?im ... _410lo.jpg

pedylan

andy_wrx wrote:

A spokesman for Tesco said: "We are very sorry that David's bike was stolen from outside our store.

"David's setting a great example to everyone by using his bike to get around so we'll make a donation to bicycling charity Sustrans that might help ease his loss."

I'm baffled by Tesco's logic...

Yes I am too. But I fully comprehend their cynicism when it comes to cheap media coverage.

idaviesmoore

Barrie_G wrote:

I see on the news that David Cameron has had his bike nicked, lets see how many coppers get put on solving this one :roll:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7523144.stm

Bet it was a sh@te bike anyway :twisted:

ricadus

I'd offer him one of mine, but only if I get on the New Year Honours list once he's PM.

redddraggon

ricadus wrote:

I'd offer him one of mine, but only if I get on the New Year Honours list once he's PM.

Bike for Honours?

Gavin Gilbert

I love a happy ending:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080726/t ... a1618.html

maybe Mr Theophile can help track down Gordon Brown's recently mislaid credability?

andy_wrx

Gavin Gilbert wrote:

I love a happy ending:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080726/t ... a1618.html

More stunning journalism...

It was found abandoned in a side street near where it went missing, minus the front wheel - which was replaced by the newspaper

- won't that affect the handling ?

Gavin Gilbert

andy_wrx wrote:

It was found abandoned in a side street near where it went missing, minus the front wheel - which was replaced by the newspaper

- won't that affect the handling ?

Whilst David tried to steer down the middle of the road, his bike had a tendancy to swerve towards the extreme right :?

Bear on a bike

What amazes me is the guy 'locks' his bike to a bollard thinking its secure and he wants us to trust him to run the country!!

Gavin Gilbert

Bear on a bike wrote:

What amazes me is the guy 'locks' his bike to a bollard thinking its secure and he wants us to trust him to run the country!!

Hell, the public will vote for anyone who doesn't put up the price of petrol, force them to recycle or stop them from borrowing money.....

gkerr4

Gavin Gilbert wrote:

Bear on a bike wrote:

What amazes me is the guy 'locks' his bike to a bollard thinking its secure and he wants us to trust him to run the country!!

Hell, the public will vote for anyone who doesn't put up the price of petrol, force them to recycle or stop them from borrowing money.....

that'll be good enough for me thanks!!

(although I don't need to borrow money - but thanks for the offer)

Mark Alexander

Big news, they found it. Who cars. the story was above a mass murderer.
I suppose that at least someone's bike was recovered. It makes a change.