I had my Marin commuter bike stolen from work a week gone Wednesday. It was
locked up in a security cage set into in a building at work. Some toe rag
came on site cropped the lock off the door and pinched mine and a mates
bike.
I called my home contents insurance company expecting the usual 'Bikes
aren't covered away from home' saga but surprise surprise they said yes you
are covered, how much was it worth and what else was stolen with it, which
included lights I had just fitted the day before and my helmet and gloves
which were hung on the handle bars.
Within 15 minutes of putting the phone down Wheelies of Swansea phoned me
and to cut a long story short by the following Monday (5 Days) I had a nice
new shiny MTB delivered and the insurance company sent me a cheque for £93
for the helmet and gloves.
I bought a more expensive bike and paid the difference, less 22% discount.
As promoting commercial businesses is not allowed on this newsgroup I can't
say which insurance company it was but "Never in the field of human conflict
has so much been owed by so many to so few etc etc".
Even so I miss my Marin, this would have been my second year commuting on
it, it fitted me nicely, like a pair of favourite slippers. If I get hold of
the scum bags who stole it I will castrate them.
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