Re: Thieving Scum :-(

My bike sleeps at the bottom of my bed, under my pillow is a hammer, on the
dresser at the side of my bed is a set of ornamental sammurai swords in my
wardrobe is a 72lb barnett saffari (bow and arrow) i love my bikes.

When i have done polishing my bikes i pass the remaining of my time
polishing and sharpening my samurai's.

I have had 2 bikes stolen one when i was a kid, my very first racer that i
took a paper round to pay for, then a magnessium alloy mountain bike 🙁 so
when i lock them up now its always through the front wheel back wheel and
frame. on occassions i have seen bikes with a front wheel missing and a
front wheel locked up in the parking next to it, obvious to me that a little
earlier someone found and made themselves a bike from 2 bikes that hadn't
yet been lost.

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"Simon Connell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Moral of the story, get yourself the biggest lock you can possibly find,

or

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better yet keep your bike indoors. We've both kept bikes there for 2

years

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with no problems, so there's obviously a bit of a crime wave in Bath at

the

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moment. Oh, and consign yourself to the fact that however much you like

your

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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

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obviously still thought it worth taking.

Stolen property is money to a thief. To the thief the original value is
unimportant.
It may bring a package of cigarettes, a coffee or a drug of choice. We
hear
all the time my bike isn't worth anything. A rusted bike costs more
than most
are willing to pay to replace it.

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Oh, and finally if anyone spots a large green Kona wth green tires being
ridden anywhere, can they drop me a mail?
Simon

Wave goodbye to the Kona unfortunately. I leave a note in my bike tubing

to

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ask any person that will change the bottom bracket to email or call me if
they find the note. I can then tell them whether the bike was nicked off

me.

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Knowing how to use a decent lock is as important as buying a decent lock.

I

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always pop my Kryptonite New York through the frame and rear wheel. This
leaves no room for a car jack to be put in.

Excellent.

I then secure the front wheel

Absolutely necessary, too.

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with a cable lock and remove everything that is nickable.