The solution to bike theft

motionman

I recently discovered the ultimate way to ensure you can commute and not have to worry about your bike or its bits and bobs being stolen - get a FOLDING bike and keep it indoors!

Is that brilliant or what? I shall get one myself. Even going to a cafe to meet friends, you can pack it up and keep it at your side, it's nothing more than a slightly big bag. It's just a lot better than leaving your bike at the mercy of London or any similar city. Oxford too - I remember I had a bike nicked just weeks after I bought it. Sod's law, eh?

snakehips

I was at Waterloo station yesterday evening and I was heartened to see the number of people with folders.

rb1956

motionman wrote:

I recently discovered the ultimate way to ensure you can commute and not have to worry about your bike or its bits and bobs being stolen - get a FOLDING bike and keep it indoors!

+1 from me

biondino

Wouldn't this have been suitable for spitchips-banned's informative tips thread?

Clever Pun

There's no shame in riding a folder except the actual shame of riding a folder

Littigator

Clever Pun wrote:

There's no shame in riding a folder except the actual shame of riding a folder

Is that like...zen or something?

I am yet to see the sight of the man mountain that is you perched precariously on a Brompton

Clever Pun

Littigator wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

There's no shame in riding a folder except the actual shame of riding a folder

Is that like...zen or something?

I am yet to see the sight of the man mountain that is you perched precariously on a Brompton

I scalped Lit after the christmas party... she mentioned something about just setting off blah blah blah

lost_in_thought

Clever Pun wrote:

Littigator wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

There's no shame in riding a folder except the actual shame of riding a folder

Is that like...zen or something?

I am yet to see the sight of the man mountain that is you perched precariously on a Brompton

I scalped Lit after the christmas party... she mentioned something about just setting off blah blah blah

Ahem... Oi! You so didn't.

It was bloomin' hilarious I tell you - a compact fellow - Bassjunkie - zips past on a roadie followed by cp on a brompton! Benny hill theme immediately jumped into my head, and I suddenly understood why bromptons are referred to as clown bikes...

gb155

Clever Pun wrote:

There's no shame in riding a folder except the actual shame of riding a folder

+1

robbarker

You wouldn't catch me riding a folding bike.

I haven't got one, see.

il_principe

They're blooming expensive though... well Bromptons are, and you've gotta have a Brompton surely.

ris

i've had the odd problem sneaking a less than compact airnimal into pubs and cafe's but generally there is a space somewhere to park it.

because of its folded size you do get some evil looks when moving it around, but at least i don't have to worry about the thing getting nicked! if they tried they'd be unable to reassmble it anyway

don_don

Public execution for bike thieves...

Cheaper than buying a folder. I'll build the gallows myself for free :evil:

nwallace

I've always thought the solution is in high capacity capacitors.
The problem is they only work once per charge.
So if anyone tries to nick the bike while the paramedics are dealing with the first theif it's going.

coffeecup

my dahon kicks ass..... but it's still a clown bike.... :oops: