A Thankyou and a Warning.

parkez

To all, a warning: Today I went with a friend to a a not too distant mountain biking spot in a place called Leckhampton, near Cheltenham. It had some great downhill and its always nice to try somewhere new. However on the way back home we noticed that we were being followed by some pikeys in a metro at first we thought it was just a coincidence but being paranoid we checked, we pulled over - so did they, we went twice round a roundabout and so did they. They were probably after our bikes, following us back noting the house and planning to break in at a later time. Luckily we managed to lose them due to a fortuitous set of traffic lights.

A Thankyou: To the hairy biker that warned us about the white metro, that they often tried to follow people back, and had previously looted people treasured rides. If it wasn't for the heads up I probably wouldnt have thought much of the trailing motor.

Scary to think what some people will do to get their thieving mitts on your ride

So if you are riding at Leckhampton watch out!

Yukon Lad

:shock: thats just creepy, you could have called the police for intimidating behaviour though, next time do it cos i'm sure theres some time of law against it and then get the plates as well.

Yukon Lad

KB8

I always carry a topeak hummer multi-tool - so they'd have the option of cerebral haematoma or an 8mm stab wound. Certainly wouldn't hesitate. Fuck*n scumbags

johnsav

ahh things like this really wind me up.
Fucking pikey scum bags

Chaka Ping

Report it to the police. Seriously.

skullthaw

I f*****g hate those sorts of bastards i got followed down a cycle path once then 5 others jumped out from a bush tried to nik my bike so i kicked him as hard as i could in the face as i rode past broke his nose :twisted: it was a right bloody mess these chassed me for a mile 8until a guy in a car stopped and helped me get rid of them!!

thankyou ramdom driver!!!

so reported it to the police and they got him due to his broken nose :twisted: he nd his piky mates had stoled nearly £20 grands worth if bike in 4 months :evil:

a warning to usesers of the derby cycle path after bout 5.30pm

Vegeeta

Bloody pikeys... at least you'd be able to outrun them since they were in a Metro

HansRoaming

The police need to know about this.

.blitz

parkez wrote:

To all, a warning: Today I went with a friend to a a not too distant mountain biking spot in a place called Leckhampton, near Cheltenham. It had some great downhill and its always nice to try somewhere new. However on the way back home we noticed that we were being followed by some pikeys in a metro at first we thought it was just a coincidence but being paranoid we checked, we pulled over - so did they, we went twice round a roundabout and so did they. They were probably after our bikes, following us back noting the house and planning to break in at a later time. Luckily we managed to lose them due to a fortuitous set of traffic lights.

:shock:

Pity you didn't get the (false) number on their (stolen) Metro so you could report the pikey b*stards. Being on the receiving end of the light-fingered scum is the worst thing ever, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

ddraver

KB8 wrote:

I always carry a topeak hummer multi-tool - so they'd have the option of cerebral haematoma or an 8mm stab wound. Certainly wouldn't hesitate. fark*n scumbags

next time would you ask them beforehand why they think they have the right to do it for me please?

I'd just love to know their answer - Are they that self centred not to realise what they re doing or do they think they re gods or something?

motherhucker

skullthaw wrote:

I f*****g hate those sorts of bastards i got followed down a cycle path once then 5 others jumped out from a bush tried to nik my bike so i kicked him as hard as i could in the face as i rode past broke his nose :twisted: it was a right bloody mess these chassed me for a mile 8until a guy in a car stopped and helped me get rid of them!!

thankyou ramdom driver!!!

so reported it to the police and they got him due to his broken nose :twisted: he nd his piky mates had stoled nearly £20 grands worth if bike in 4 months :evil:

a warning to usesers of the derby cycle path after bout 5.30pm

Glad you did something for the community Where abouts was it on the cycle track? Im pretty lucky never to have been troubled on there other than the odd group of chavs with and impolite request for my bike, although i did hear of some incedents near the bmx track in alvaston.

mtb.boy

Once I was riding along the country road around here. My friend was ridng beside me on his brand new scooter (cost about £2500). Then we noticed a shitty 125 motorbike following us. I was only doing 10mph so it was obvious after 5 mins that he was following us.

So we stopped. The bike went past, but then stopped about 50m up the road and the guy pretended to check something on his bike. My mate then decided to go home quickly. He would not wait for me. Once he had gone the motorbike followed him. On the way into town the biker almost rammed him off the road. I think the bike he was on was stolen and he was after a newer one.

dirtbiker100

the police probably know about it as i think i've seen signs up in that (daisy bank?) carpark. heard about the white metro at least. glad you managed to lose them.
good idea to tell the police anyway. always wondered what i'd do if i saw them following me. i'd probably keep going round a roundabout ha ha.

on another note, how muddy were the dh trails up there? keep meaning to hit those dh's properly. haven't for ages.

howsmyriding27

parkez wrote:

However on the way back home we noticed that we were being followed by some pikeys in a metro at first we thought it was just a coincidence but being paranoid we checked, we pulled over - so did they, we went twice round a roundabout and so did they. They were probably after our bikes, following us back noting the house and planning to break in at a later time. Luckily we managed to lose them due to a fortuitous set of traffic lights.

Scary to think what some people will do to get their thieving mitts on your ride

scary stuff - wouldnt want it to happen to me... good thinking on the roundabout thing - I remember seeing that on that SAS program they had on TV ages ago...

David Lund

Little Feckers :evil:

Belphegor

When I first moved to Bristol some little sh!t jumped me and kicked me off my bike, and started laying into me. It was basically a test to find out how hard I was because I was new to the area. His mates started riding around on my bike and it was pretty hard to keep one eye on the bike and the other on this little thug who was actually a fair bit younger than me and not exactly pulling any punches. The entire neighbourhood including a good few parents turned out to watch, which was nice. After my kicking some older kid got my bike back, took me back home and told me "fair play mate" like I'd done really well or something. Just shows how easy it is to unseat someone if you're not expecting it.

The Bristol - Bath cycle path is well known for muggings particularly at the inner city Bristol end, and while it's mostly mobiles and mp3 players I don't imagine many would turn down the prospect of a few hundred quids worth of bike.

carlosthejackal

I'd love some little scrote to ask me for my bike. Alas, it will never happen...

Chaka Ping

dirtbiker100 wrote:

the police probably know about it as i think i've seen signs up in that (daisy bank?) carpark. heard about the white metro at least.

But they need to know every time something like this happens.

I don't have time to listen to anybody moaning about crime if they don't report it.

Whether people think the police will do anything or not doesn't matter.

papasmurf.

Yeah Bristol Bath at the Easton and St pauls end..surprise surprise..but they got the gang that was doing the muggings..

I'm sure every cycle path in the country has a similar story

parkez

dirtbiker100 wrote:

the police probably know about it as i think i've seen signs up in that (daisy bank?) carpark. heard about the white metro at least. glad you managed to lose them.
good idea to tell the police anyway. always wondered what i'd do if i saw them following me. i'd probably keep going round a roundabout ha ha.

on another note, how muddy were the dh trails up there? keep meaning to hit those dh's properly. haven't for ages.

HaHa sounds like a good escape tactic! Yeh i was surprised how good the trails were seemed really dry compared to the stuff on Cleeve hill. Where do you normally ride?

dirtbiker100

yeah i often ride cleeve, birdlip, forest of dean and wales. haven't ridden lecky since i got a full face and body armour so want to attack it properly. hope the car didn't put you off too much. might see you around the area sometime.

p.s. i'm not the one in the metro ha ha ha

parkez

Ok finally got around to reporting it the Gloucestershire police, they said they hadnt had reports before, so quite glad i let them know now. They said that they would do a drive by of the area and see if they could find anything out. What would be really great if anyone local has something similar if they could report it to just so we could build a bit of a case against these scallys!

Surf-Matt

Belphegor wrote:

When I first moved to Bristol some little sh!t jumped me and kicked me off my bike, and started laying into me. It was basically a test to find out how hard I was because I was new to the area. His mates started riding around on my bike and it was pretty hard to keep one eye on the bike and the other on this little thug who was actually a fair bit younger than me and not exactly pulling any punches. The entire neighbourhood including a good few parents turned out to watch, which was nice. After my kicking some older kid got my bike back, took me back home and told me "fair play mate" like I'd done really well or something. Just shows how easy it is to unseat someone if you're not expecting it.

The Bristol - Bath cycle path is well known for muggings particularly at the inner city Bristol end, and while it's mostly mobiles and mp3 players I don't imagine many would turn down the prospect of a few hundred quids worth of bike.

Bristol is AWFUL for bike/cr theft. Had to sell a rather treasured car after moving back to Clifton from London because of attempted wheel theft and vandalism. Everyone I know there has had a car or bike nicked. It's out of control.

But not here in Cornwall where if anyone actually finds our house, they get rumbled by the steep gravel drive and the dog

My crime paranoia still hasn't quite worn off - but if anyone tried to take my bike, they'd be in Treliske hospital within minutes.

cjw

Surf-Matt wrote:

- but if anyone tried to take my bike, they'd be in Treliske hospital within minutes.

Why? Is it a fast bike or do you live close to the hospital

parkez

Oh god. Im a student in Bristol, living in Clifton and taking my bike up for the first time this semester. May need to invest in some more security. :shock:

Surf-Matt

Parkez - REALLY look after your bike - get the best D lock you can buy. Take the saddle off every time you leave it.
I held onto my Stumpy because I used to take it into the office with me.

I saw bikes being nicked several times - chased a few away but others got nicked (when it large groups). Clifton is lovely but you need to watch yourself at all times.

parkez

I wont be leaving in anywhere, as I live near the centre I can walk most places. Ill only be using it for mountain biking. I live in a first floor flat but will be leaving my bike in the entrance hall, so it will be behind a locked door and shall lock it to the stairs with this: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8489 or http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8494 . What do you think? Need to get some insurance too... argh so much to worry about!

cjw

Many years back I lived in a flat (with a supposedly locked front door to the communal areas). Problem was people often left the door open :shock: Also, chaining it to stairs probably not a good idea as they will be the weak link (so to speak) and it would be pretty easy to cut them and take the bike away to work on at leasure. Remember, once someone is in the communal area they can shut the door and work undisturbed (most people will be out at work - apart from the pikey scumbags :evil: )

As you say you will be walking but leaving the bike in the communal area, it sounds rather vulnerable to me. Can you not get it into your flat (take wheels off for example)?

Surf-Matt

Parkez - that should do the trick - as long as the stairs aren't easy to get through!

As long as you are prepared and a bit paranoid, you'll be fine - our two bikes (one a pretty expensive Stumpy) survived 8 years there - but we were very careful.

Cable locks are as good as useless. D locks needs to be "car jack" proof (no big gaps) and MUST have a yale type lock not a barrel one (easy to open by bending a drinks can into it), don't use a combination lock and take anything valuable and/or replace all quick release items (wheels, saddle) with allen key/lock ones.

Sorry to be a pain but it was a big issue when we lived there!

parkez

Cripes! Yeh ill look into it a bit more thoroughly. Its a Victorian style property and i think stairs are cast iron so should be fairly difficult to get through.

cjw

parkez wrote:

Cripes! Yeh ill look into it a bit more thoroughly. Its a Victorian style property and i think stairs are cast iron so should be fairly difficult to get through.

Sounds better... mine was new (at the time) and stairs were wooden.