Is your bkie still there?

vermin
vermin Posts: 1,739
edited August 2012 in Commuting chat
More than 26,000 stolen in London last year apparently. :shock:

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  • Blacktemplar
    Blacktemplar Posts: 713
    No, but my bike is! :D

    Oh, and I don't live in London, so that was really just an unneccessary 'spelling Nazi' moment.... :wink:
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  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    Blacktemplar wrote:
    No, but my bike is! :D

    Oh, and I don't live in London, so that was really just an unneccessary 'spelling Nazi' moment.... :wink:

    :llo:
  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    if that number was right.....

    at any point of all the bikes on gumtree / ebay 71 (or so) are hot items

    assuming they are london based
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    vermin wrote:
    Blacktemplar wrote:
    No, but my bike is! :D

    Oh, and I don't live in London, so that was really just an unneccessary 'spelling Nazi' moment.... :wink:

    :llo:

    :lol:
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • Yukirin
    Yukirin Posts: 231
    vermin wrote:
    More than 26,000 stolen in London last year apparently. :shock:

    my mountain bike and 2 others from my block of flats.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    As it sits in my office at work or garage at home it is far less likely to get taken ...

    Actually I can just look over at it now ... it's a bit dirty ... perhaps I should go over and clean it ...
  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    vermin wrote:
    More than 26,000 stolen in London last year apparently. :shock:
    This was on the news this morning wasn't it? It was also reported that if bikes were marked and registered properly, a significant number which were recovered could be returned to its rightful owner. Something I haven't gotten round to doing on my bikes admittedly.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    How do you register a bike?
    _
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    How do you register a bike?

    Number plates. Duh.
    Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.
  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    How do you register a bike?
    I presume they were referring to registering the serial no. or a postcode marking against a registrar. Then it can be traced back to someone.
  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    How do you register a bike?
    The police do it for free, using https://www.bikeregister.com/
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  • London_Falcon
    London_Falcon Posts: 150
    Both my bikes were bought from Cycle Surgery who offer Alpha Dot security marking for free on all new bikes.

    And as stated above there are other free versions around so no real excuse not to get it sorted.
    Black Specialised Sirrus Sport, red Nightvision jacket, orange Hump backpack FCN - 7
    Red and black Specialized Rockhopper Expert MTB

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