My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.He buys clapped out cheap bikes and puts a 30gbp D lock on, but recently every so often the bikes at the station get harvested , presumably by the professional skalliwags with a van.I am told that the locks appear to be hardly damaged in the process and are left hanging in rows on the stand. I have suggested getting worse bikes, but it's hard to see how that could be achieved.For several years until recently he didn't even need to lock it. Recommendations please. Does painting it all over with pink emulsion work? Removing the saddle?I suppose they are dismantled for parts and the thieves steal it before inspecting it.Would a motorbike chain and padlock do better or would they just chop the frame? He has a folder but for some reason finds it inconvenient.
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My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.He buys clapped out cheap bikes and puts a 30gbp D lock on, but recently every so often the bikes at the station get harvested , presumably by the professional skalliwags with a van.I am told that the locks appear to be hardly damaged in the process and are left hanging in rows on the stand. I have suggested getting worse bikes, but it's hard to see how that could be achieved.For several years until recently he didn't even need to lock it. Recommendations please.
Multiple locks???
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Does painting it all over with pink emulsion work?
<Linda Barker mode>
Ooh yes, I can see the Barbie influence there in a tasteful way, with ponytails scrunchies in a contrasting shade of yellow around the seatpost just setting it off nicely.
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Removing the saddle?I suppose they are dismantled for parts and the thieves steal it before inspecting it.Would a motorbike chain and padlock do better or would they just chop the frame?
Anything that is removable should be locked or removed before leaving the bike.
Cheers, helen s
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He has a folder but for some reason finds it inconvenient.
My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.He buys clapped out cheap bikes and puts a 30gbp D lock on, but recently every so often the bikes at the station get harvested , presumably by the professional skalliwags with a van.I am told that the locks appear to be hardly damaged in the process and are left hanging in rows on the stand.
Buy still cheaper bikes and don't bother to lock them? Presumably the bikes are less valuable than the £30 locks he has to buy to replace the broken ones? Either that or hanging, drawing and quartering of the culprits, and displaying their severed heads on sticks to 'discourage the others' (in French).
I submit that on or about Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:46:10 +0100, the person known to the court as "wafflycat" <waffles*A*T*v21net*D*O*T*co*D*O*T*uk> made a statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's bundle) to the following effect:
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Ooh yes, I can see the Barbie influence there in a tasteful way, with ponytails scrunchies in a contrasting shade of yellow around the seatpost just setting it off nicely.
I submit that on or about 4 Aug 2005 11:29:37 -0700, the person known to the court as [email hidden] made a statement (<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's bundle) to the following effect:
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My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.
My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.He buys clapped out cheap bikes and puts a 30gbp D lock on, but recently every so often the bikes at the station get harvested , presumably by the professional skalliwags with a van.I am told that the locks appear to be hardly damaged in the process and are left hanging in rows on the stand.
It could be that they are all the (common) type of D-lock that can be opened with a biro tube. In which case just get a non-vulnerable D-lock.
-- Tony
"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon
My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.He buys clapped out cheap bikes and puts a 30gbp D lock on, but recently every so often the bikes at the station get harvested , presumably by the professional skalliwags with a van.I am told that the locks appear to be hardly damaged in the process and are left hanging in rows on the stand.
H'mmm... I think the clue is 'London'. Speaking geographically, there's at least three quarters of the land area of the British Isles where bike theft is vanishingly rare. London hasn't been fit for human occupation for many decades.
My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.He buys clapped out cheap bikes and puts a 30gbp D lock on, but recently every so often the bikes at the station get harvested , presumably by the professional skalliwags with a van.I am told that the locks appear to be hardly damaged in the process and are left hanging in rows on the stand.
Whinge at the council AND transport for London AND South-west Trains AND Network Rail demanding secure cycle parking. Maybe one or another will have some money to do something.
And report all thefts to try to shame the police into doing more.
My brother-in-law leaves a bike at the station in east sheen daily.He buys clapped out cheap bikes and puts a 30gbp D lock on, but recently every so often the bikes at the station get harvested , presumably by the professional skalliwags with a van.I am told that the locks appear to be hardly damaged in the process and are left hanging in rows on the stand.
Buy still cheaper bikes and don't bother to lock them? Presumably the bikes are less valuable than the £30 locks he has to buy to replace the broken ones? Either that or hanging, drawing and quartering of the culprits, and displaying their severed heads on sticks to 'discourage the others' (in French).
There used to be one of those on the corner of the rue St Jacques & the rue des Fossés St Jaques in Paris (a replica I suppose) but even that got nicked in Mai 1968... All the best Dan Gregory
