Stolen bikes
EAlcock94
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Hi there everyone,
I've been lurking around here for a while, finally decided to post.
Something I've noticed in my time looking on these forums and various groups and seeing dodgy adverts in the UK is the amount of bikes that get stolen every day/week/month/year. And the frequency of this really did astonish and worry me (and persuade me to get a much bigger padlock for the family shed!). Even a few weeks ago, my friend woke up to find someone had taken a crowbar to his shed door.
Now, I spend a lot of my time in France, and I have to say I find the difference astonishing. At home, no matter where I lived, I don't think I'd feel my bike was safe unless it was left in the shed with the padlock on at all times, here, I'll gladly leave it out under the completely open roofed area in the garden, not locked, with nothing more than a good kick of the gate needed to get in, no alarm systems or anything, whenever I'm not riding it, and it's still here (touch wood). I know it's not the lightest, most carbon, fanciest thing on the planet, but it serves me perfectly well. (2013 Trek Domane 2.0 with a new wheelset).
I just find it a bit astonishing to be honest. And if were to be stolen from either place, I'd be more surprised if it were stolen from France than a padlocked and alarmed shed. Has anyone else felt like this or noticed this?
Elliott
I've been lurking around here for a while, finally decided to post.
Something I've noticed in my time looking on these forums and various groups and seeing dodgy adverts in the UK is the amount of bikes that get stolen every day/week/month/year. And the frequency of this really did astonish and worry me (and persuade me to get a much bigger padlock for the family shed!). Even a few weeks ago, my friend woke up to find someone had taken a crowbar to his shed door.
Now, I spend a lot of my time in France, and I have to say I find the difference astonishing. At home, no matter where I lived, I don't think I'd feel my bike was safe unless it was left in the shed with the padlock on at all times, here, I'll gladly leave it out under the completely open roofed area in the garden, not locked, with nothing more than a good kick of the gate needed to get in, no alarm systems or anything, whenever I'm not riding it, and it's still here (touch wood). I know it's not the lightest, most carbon, fanciest thing on the planet, but it serves me perfectly well. (2013 Trek Domane 2.0 with a new wheelset).
I just find it a bit astonishing to be honest. And if were to be stolen from either place, I'd be more surprised if it were stolen from France than a padlocked and alarmed shed. Has anyone else felt like this or noticed this?
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Maybe it's just my mentality with spending too much time out here, but it's simply a thought I had.
In which direction? My kids live on the road to Clermont Ferrand
If we stop buying stuff like that, I rather suspect a lot less will get stolen.
Paul.
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Is that a safe pace for them? Would they not be safer in a house than in the middle of a road 8)
That said, I store my racers inside the house.
You would be surprised how many bikes get stolen from this place. Not necessarily for selling on, but just dicks jumping on a bike and dumping it. But for the time I have spent on this base , which is an old RAF base so it is massive, bike thefts have always been a problem. I used to blame the civilian guard element. Driving around at night, they had the opportunity and means of cutting locks and transporting bikes out. Just because there is a wire to live behind does not mean crime is eliminated. Do you think all forces are saints who would never commit a crime? On a base with near 2000 people on it, civvy and mil, you are going to get some arseholes.
North. Near to Magnac-Laval.
+1 - I try to never leave my bike unattended - when I commute it sits in my office with me, much to the amusement of work colleagues. At home its all inside and locked up. I do have a 'pub' bike which I will lock up, but its one that most tealeaves would not consider worth stealing.....
"Let's just all be really careful out there folks!"
Nice!! 2 minutes and they have taken it.
I would like to think they are caught by anpr or something but it goes to show this being a £300 bike it could well have been a £3000 bike and people are obviously not embarrased about just literally taking something from someones front garden..