bike theft

thelawnet
thelawnet Posts: 719
edited March 2011 in Commuting chat
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!

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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    thelawnet wrote:
    Turns out bike theft is easy!

    Who'd 'ave thought it!
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    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 panniers :D
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    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.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    edited March 2011
    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 really
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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    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 men
  • dilemna
    dilemna Posts: 2,187
    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?
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