Stolen Boris Bike

bdave262000

Spotted my first stolen Boris Bike yesterday being ridden around the back streets of Kingston by some oik who works in the supermarket. Had all the Barclays branding stripped of it. I wonder if there is a reward scheme for information leading to an arrest

SimonAH

Ha! That's like nicking a double decker to commute on and hoping nobody notices - what a numpty.

hfidgen

lol yeah, don't think he'll last long.

Saying that - if he's making a statement and setting up an alternative "free bike" system whereby anyone can borrow his nicked bike for short journeys then fair play. Doubt it somehow.

mudcow007

im not up with these "Boris bikes" but, to lend them do you have give credit card details or something?

if so someones going to get a shock when they get their statement

t4tomo

Yes if you don't return it you get charged £300 possibly plus a £50 hire charge for 24hrd rental.

However I assume said pikey will have used stolen card to release teh bike in the first place

edhornby

either that or someone has parked the borisbike to get a newspaper, come bank to find it missing....

hatbeard

here in farringdon I've seen people d-lock boris bikes up on street furniture and go into work.

baffling. there's 2 docking points within less than 2 minutes ride as well

Headhuunter

edhornby wrote:

either that or someone has parked the borisbike to get a newspaper, come bank to find it missing....

I should think this is the most likely scenario. Should have reported it to the police or Serco or whoever it is who manages the BoBike scheme...