bike theft
thelawnet
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Locked my son's bike up with a poundland lock, and lost the key.
Just went out to remove it, went with my poundland hacksaw & 1200 lumen light. Spent about 5 minutes sawing, heard someone talking nearby, but nobody challenged me. Took the bike home in my bike's pannier
Not the best tool for the job, I could have done it with a pair of cable cutters in 5 seconds, but equally I could have brought an angle grinder and gone through a 100 quid lock...
Turns out bike theft is easy!
Just went out to remove it, went with my poundland hacksaw & 1200 lumen light. Spent about 5 minutes sawing, heard someone talking nearby, but nobody challenged me. Took the bike home in my bike's pannier
Not the best tool for the job, I could have done it with a pair of cable cutters in 5 seconds, but equally I could have brought an angle grinder and gone through a 100 quid lock...
Turns out bike theft is easy!
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thelawnet wrote:Turns out bike theft is easy!
Who'd 'ave thought it!0 -
to be honest I imagine most bike theives don't turn up on another bike.
I assume you have either a small son or large panniersBianchi Infinito CV
Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Ultegra
Brompton S Type
Carrera Vengeance Ultimate Ltd
Gary Fisher Aquila '98
Front half of a Viking Saratoga Tandem0 -
It's astonishing what you can get away with if you do it in full view - and even more so if you're wearing industrial HiViz.FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
SimonAH wrote:It's astonishing what you can get away with if you do it in full view - and even more so if you're wearing industrial HiViz.
i remember watching a tv show an they were saying theives wearing Hi Viz jackets go onto building sites and just drive machinery away, because they are wearing hi viz no one thinks to question them
shocking reallyKeeping it classy since '830 -
when my previous bike was stolen while my father was using it is was taken from outside sainsburys in exeter.
The bike stands there are based right by the exit of the store and next to the cash machines, so there would have been plenty of witnesses. however the bike has never been found.
A theft in plain sight is hardly seen.Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men0 -
thelawnet wrote:Locked my son's bike up with a poundland lock, and lost the key.
Just went out to remove it, went with my poundland hacksaw & 1200 lumen light. Spent about 5 minutes sawing, heard someone talking nearby, but nobody challenged me. Took the bike home in my bike's pannier
Not the best tool for the job, I could have done it with a pair of cable cutters in 5 seconds, but equally I could have brought an angle grinder and gone through a 100 quid lock...
Turns out bike theft is easy!
:? How small is your son and thus his bike?Life is like a roll of toilet paper; long and useful, but always ends at the wrong moment. Anon.
Think how stupid the average person is.......
half of them are even more stupid than you first thought.0