About a fortnight ago, I walked out of the front door to the
feeling of 'something's not right'. When, ten seconds later,
I twigged what it was, I realised someone had stolen my
singlespeed commuter. It's a 1991 Kona Cinder Cone, in a
light metallic green, with black P2's an green Michelin semi
slicks. They'd gone straight through the lock with a pair of
blot croppers
:-(
Yesterday morning, on the way out to visit the inlaws, I
found my girlfriends bike laying on the pavement. When I
tried to pick it up, I saw it was still just about chained
to the railings, with the lock wrapped around the spokes. It
seems they got halfway through cutting the lock, were
disturbed and tried to ride off on the thing, only to fail
and abandon it, tearing the saddle and denting the frame in
the process.
Moral of the story, get yourself the biggest lock you can
possibly find, or better yet keep your bike indoors. We've
both kept bikes there for 2 years with no problems, so
there's obviously a bit of a crime wave in Bath at the
moment. Oh, and consign yourself to the fact that however
much you like your bike(s), if someone of the criminal
persuasion takes a fancy to them, they'll have them. My
girlfriends was a 6 year old, £200 Muddy Fox, but they
obviously still thought it worth taking.
Oh, and finally if anyone spots a large green Kona wth green
tires being ridden anywhere, can they drop me a mail? Simon