what a day to have my bike nicked, gutted

andy83

beautiful sunshine, planning nice ride in fresh air to find bike nicked this morning

absolutly gutted

why do these little rats feel it their right to take someones pride and joy

police actual came round though which really shocked me

most annoying thing is was going to turn bike into mountain again as ordered new trek 1.2 on friday

at least its insured and i have pictures and receipts for nearly all the parts i put on it

gutted

ThanksBye

Unlucky Mate,

What bike was it?

andy83

gt agressor but was upgraded a lot and just fuming they had the cheek to take it

more annoying that i built it myself and had components bought for me by family for birthday. shocked the police actualy came round after only a few hours after ringing, but wont see it again probably

only shing light is an area about 2 mins away can be dodgy and i know a lbs owner lives near and said he gets offered a lot of bikes so will be straight to the shop tomorrow

just getting money together for new forks aswell

ThanksBye

At least its insured, allothough if many of the parts were bargins i dunno if you would get the same price again

andy83

could only get it insured on house due to being in a shed and type of place i live so only upto £500, prob taking a loss of around £150 - £200 after paid the excess

fossyant

Try and get a shed shackle - you've got to bolt them down.......

downfader

andy83 wrote:

beautiful sunshine, planning nice ride in fresh air to find bike nicked this morning

absolutly gutted

why do these little rats feel it their right to take someones pride and joy

police actual came round though which really shocked me

most annoying thing is was going to turn bike into mountain again as ordered new trek 1.2 on friday

at least its insured and i have pictures and receipts for nearly all the parts i put on it

gutted

Gutted for you. The bike owner ends up doing all the work such as visiting local shops and car boot sales too.

Thankfully I've not had more than a reflector stolen off the pedal as yet.

cjcp

That's a bunch of a@rse.

Let's hope karma gives them what's due to them.

tardington

Have you whizzed round the local cash converters type places?

You never know?

andy83

fossyant wrote:

Try and get a shed shackle - you've got to bolt them down.......

we rent the property and owner not too happy with us doing stuff like that, but we are moving soon

Have you whizzed round the local cash converters type places?

You never know?

have emailed all local bike shops. police said people from round here will try sell it on locally and one of my only saving graces is i know someone who does get offered a lot of bikes cos he works in a bike shop

im really hoping they take it into a shop to get a front mech put on, cos i doubt very much they will be able to do it themselves.

i feel lost, would usually do everything on bike, i refuse to get buses and cant be assed to use car sitting on drive.

how annoying im off work all week, with no bike with glorious sunshine

to be honest if it was recovered i couldnt use it, would have to break it down and sell it but its just the fact i built this bike to help me learn bike mechanics, and to clean and maintain it properly and these scroats will just sell it for some drugs

police who came round was a rider and when i said it had no front mech he said thats strange, and would be a good thing to notice if they suspected anything dodgy

nation

tardie wrote:

Have you whizzed round the local cash converters type places?

You never know?

Pawn shops are usually required to notify the police of everything they take in (or at least, they were back home, I think it might vary from council to council). So as long as you gave the police a decent description and serial nos, etc. it should turn up if they try that.

andy83

cheers for that. hopefully you mean birmingham as back home

didnt have the serial number, put it in a safe place lol

but gave a hefty description and its not a stock bike, in fact only frame and forks are from original purchase

rang up few local bike shops and emailed them description

its wierd cos if i do get it back dont think i could ride it knowing some slimeball had nicked it, prb have to break it down,m but at least saves on insurance

andy83

havent been round local pawn shops etc but think its long gone

did have police get me go and identify a bike similar to mine in a way but the ironic thing was it was actually better than mine but still straight away said no and looked gutted, bet some people could just say it was theres

anyway i dont understand how some little rat can nick my pride and joy and all the hassle it puts me through, constant phone calls to insurance, insurance premium rising as a result, spent last 2 hours getting screen shots of all receipts for parts and photos ready to email to insures, surely its not right having to do all this

now got to wait for 3-5 working day sfor insurance to make decision, its just not cricket

spen666

what a day to have my bike nicked, gutted

Is there ever a good day to have your bike nicked?




PS sorry to hear re your loss

FyPunK

Gutted for you mate. Hope it does return back to its rightful owner. Out of interest, how many on here use the Datatag system? It seems a small price to pay if the chances of recovery are much higher.

andy83

very true, no good day to have a bike nicked

i dont use the datatag system although i may get something similar on next bike as it will be a standard road bike so there may be quite a few about, mine was very unique before so easily noticable, the fact that its a mountain bike with no front mech on is distinctive enuogh lol

only shining light is just awaiting cycle to work vouchers to come

TopSpin

Just had my 2 month old bike stolen last night. I was walking home with it when 2 guys on a scooter zoomed past really close and grabbed it off me and sped on! My friend (who was with me) and I were stunned. There were fair few people around also. That's the second bike taken from where I live this year. Not sure I can keep being bothered to replace it.

downfader

I think when these little scroats are caught they should be made to pay back all the insurance money thats had to be divvied up...

...there again they'd prolly steal that too. :roll:

dilemna

TopSpin wrote:

Just had my 2 month old bike stolen last night. I was walking home with it when 2 guys on a scooter zoomed past really close and grabbed it off me and sped on! My friend (who was with me) and I were stunned. There were fair few people around also. That's the second bike taken from where I live this year. Not sure I can keep being bothered to replace it.

You should look at this to protect against future robbery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2AwTfVkpbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMp_FIkfNOo

downfader

dilemna wrote:

TopSpin wrote:

Just had my 2 month old bike stolen last night. I was walking home with it when 2 guys on a scooter zoomed past really close and grabbed it off me and sped on! My friend (who was with me) and I were stunned. There were fair few people around also. That's the second bike taken from where I live this year. Not sure I can keep being bothered to replace it.

You should look at this to protect against future robbery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2AwTfVkpbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMp_FIkfNOo

Thats only any good if you catch them at it and suprise them. :?

cyclepooch

Hi Mate,

Sorry to hear you have had your bike stolen. I can understand how you feel, the same thing happened to me yesterday.

I am now putting mine in the house, it's the best place and even locking it up too!

Apparently in my area there have been lots of reports recently of Bikes being stolen.

OldSkoolKona

andy

Gutted for you - out of interest how was it locked?

Just intered to know which locks people have had when they've had their bike nicked, as its something I'm paranoid when taking the bike into town. Happy that its secure at work, but still never comfortable leaving it locked up in the street. Perhaps watching vids on youtube of people cutting through locks like a knife through butter doesn't help :?

andy83

my new bike definitely being moved into the house now. even considering an extension being built to house bike and rabbits so something for me and the better half

i had been on a ride few days before and got back tired and left lock in bag. was locked in the shed, they couldnt get through the locks on there so decided to tip the bloody thing over, its a purpose built bike shed

with new bike coming i have a granit x plus lock so will feel safe when out and about

a gt bmx got nicked the same night as mine around the corner

dilemna

andy83 wrote:

...... was locked in the shed, they couldnt get through the locks on there so decided to tip the bloody thing over, its a purpose built bike shed

with new bike coming i have a granit x plus lock so will feel safe when out and about

a gt bmx got nicked the same night as mine around the corner

:shock: Where do you live?

andy83

lol sounds bad i know but apparently lots of bikes getting nicked as people finding them easier to sell now people trying to save money and not use cars as much

live in birmingham btw