just had my bike stolen

MRLEON83

I'm so annoyed, cut straight through my lock... GUTTED! ...

that is all..

mudcow007

swines!

what lock was it?

insured?

essex-commuter

Damn I feel for you.

MRLEON83

its just a regular canon lock, and like a t@at I hadn't got round to insuring it(after speaking to the insurance company they told me it would cost and extra £2 a month... which makes me feel even worse) ), it only cost £350.... ... but godamn its gunna be a long walk home....

MRLEON83

the question now is... it was a hybrid,.... is this the cycling god telling me I need to get a road ?

rick_chasey

MRLEON83 wrote:

is this the cycling god telling me I need to get a road ?

Yes.


Yes he is.

Fireblade96

Cut their goolies off !

MRLEON83

so is it just evans cycles that does interest free ?

bails87

MRLEON83 wrote:

so is it just evans cycles that does interest free ?

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cards/ ... edit-cards

sketchley

Cycle to work scheme is interest free

Bad luck about the bike.

noisepolluter

Sorry to hear it - hope you get a nice new bike (and two good locks!)

sophidog

i've recently got a new toy and reading this thread i'm wondering where is the best place to register it. I've registered it with cannondale but there must be somewhere more 'cycling society' orientated, and i'm just picking the phone up to make sure it's covered on the house insurance....
as for the thieves, the law enforcement's punishment would not fit the crime!

noisepolluter

sophidog wrote:

i've recently got a new toy and reading this thread i'm wondering where is the best place to register it. I've registered it with cannondale but there must be somewhere more 'cycling society' orientated, and i'm just picking the phone up to make sure it's covered on the house insurance....
as for the thieves, the law enforcement's punishment would not fit the crime!

We've signed up to bikeregister.com (free for basic signup), as well as taking out a policy with cycleguard as the cycle to work scheme gave a 10% discount voucher

wheezee

Dolan do what looks like a good scheme:

http://www.dolan-bikes.com/index.php?ro ... tion_id=12

veronese68

If you report your bike stolen and have the frame number it is not recorded on any central database, daft. If you get the old bill to id mark it for you that will be flagged up on a central database if it's stolen and the police get to recover it somehow.
Mr Leon, sorry about your bike. Keep an eye on Ebay, Gumtree and others. Mine turned up on Ebay 6 weeks after being nicked and the police recovered it and returned it. After many phone calls from me.

ZippyBungleGeorge

You're not the first and you certainly won't be the last. The main reason why I left London all those years ago :evil:

veronese68

Don't bikes get stolen anywhere else? Who'd have thunk it?

Jay dubbleU

I use these guys - got my bikes done for free as part of a crime prevention initiative

http://www.bikeregister.com/?gclid=CLCi ... 4QodwFHORg

Still sucks though

EKE_38BPM

Sorry to hear about your bike.

A bloke at work had a Canondale Lefty single speed in XL stolen from outside his house yesterday. It was its first night outside after giving in to his wife's nagging him to take it out of the lounge! He thinks the scum used hydraulic cutters as they went through the lock "Like a hot knife through butter."

The only good thing is that its such a distinctive bike that if he sees one, he'll kick the rider off it and take it back (he's a big bloke).

nicklouse

EKE_38BPM
bet his wife is feeling bad now.

cjcp

Rick Chasey wrote:

MRLEON83 wrote:

is this the cycling god telling me I need to get a road ?

Yes.


Yes he is.

And the Lord looked down upon thee and said, "Get thee a road bike with a 10-speed Ultegra compact groupset and other trimmings and all shall be fine again".

Sucks. Know how you feel. Let's hope they get a paper cut in their "old boy" and that it's sprinkled with salt.