Stolen bike

"Chris A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I recently had my bike nicked from outside the gym.
About a fortnight later I was in the pollution chariot stopping off for
a pint of milk when I saw three lads about 17 outside the shop and one
sitting astride my bike. I got the shopkeeper to ring the police who
said they would be an hour and a half. After a heated discussion, I
got the bike back and showved in the back of the car with a big grin.
One for the good guys!

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police. The youths will receive no criminal record or become known to
the police and will just go and pinch someone else's bike to make up for the
loss of this one. They will most probably take a can of spray to the next
one to make it less recognisable.

I can't see this as a win-win situation.

elyob said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police. The youths will receive no criminal record or become known to
the police and will just go and pinch someone else's bike to make up for the
loss of this one. They will most probably take a can of spray to the next
one to make it less recognisable.

I can't see this as a win-win situation.

It's not perfect, but I'd say it was at least a win on points compared
to not having a bike at all...

Pete.
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elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police.

Yes, and apropos another thread your mistake was in not phoning up the
police and telling them the youths were playing football in the street ;-)

--
Tony

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wildly inaccurate..."
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Tony Raven said:

elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police.

I once got my bike back too. It was stolen from my garage as 'get
away' transport for some bloke who had just done over the local
garage. I had SPDs on at the time and the idiot also put it straight
onto the big cog, which was massive at the time because I was using it
for TTing. He got a few hundred yards. The bike was with the police
for ages as 'evidance' and I've still got a red tag on it they put on
as a momento.

Quoted message said:

Tony Raven said:

elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police.

I once got my bike back too. It was stolen from my garage as 'get
away' transport for some bloke who had just done over the local
garage. I had SPDs on at the time and the idiot also put it straight
onto the big cog, which was massive at the time because I was using it
for TTing. He got a few hundred yards. The bike was with the police
for ages as 'evidance' and I've still got a red tag on it they put on
as a momento.

I got mine back.

Made about 100 A4 photocopied "posters" and put them about - made sure
there was one in EVERY cycle shop. Reward was offered.

A few weeks later got a telephone call from the owner of my favourite
cycle shop saying a "young fellow" had been looking at the poster and
asking questions. Two days later I got another call - from a young
fellow - and that day I went and got the bike, except for the Brooks
(this still rankles).

Then I called the local police in case they ever in their boredom
decided to look for it and found _me_ astride; could have been a bit
of a bother.

Quoted message said:

... I went and got the bike, except for the Brooks
(this still rankles).

Then I called the local police in case they ever in their boredom
decided to look for it and found _me_ astride; could have been a bit
of a bother.

Yes, from what you've written above they might have had some difficulty removing
you. Especially if you had riden over any large bumps :-)

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Tony Raven said:

elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police.

I once got my bike back too. It was stolen from my garage as 'get
away' transport for some bloke who had just done over the local
garage. I had SPDs on at the time and the idiot also put it straight
onto the big cog, which was massive at the time because I was using it
for TTing. He got a few hundred yards. The bike was with the police
for ages as 'evidance' and I've still got a red tag on it they put on
as a momento.

some twit tryed useing a bike as a get away where i worked before, the
fact that the bank isn't far from his home, and the police staion was
very close.

the bike was the iceing on the cake though, whats your escape plan out
of a steep sided valley? a bicycle....

as it was he didn't make it out of the bank...

roger

Roger Merriman said the following on 22/03/2007 15:39:

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as it was he didn't make it out of the bank...

Must have been at the end of the queue on a Friday when brains were
being handed out :-)

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Chris A said:

I recently had my bike nicked from outside the gym.
About a fortnight later I was in the pollution chariot stopping off for
a pint of milk when I saw three lads about 17 outside the shop and one
sitting astride my bike. I got the shopkeeper to ring the police who
said they would be an hour and a half. After a heated discussion, I
got the bike back and showved in the back of the car with a big grin.
One for the good guys!
Cheers.
Enjoy the ride.

You probably violated their human rights by taking your property back.

--
Three wheels good, two wheels ok

www.catrike.co.uk

Paul Boyd usenet.dont.work@plusnet said:

Roger Merriman said the following on 22/03/2007 15:39:

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as it was he didn't make it out of the bank...

Must have been at the end of the queue on a Friday when brains were
being handed out :-)

not the sharpest tool it must be said....

still he gave the town plenty to talk about!

roger

Tony Raven said:

elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police.

Yes, and apropos another thread your mistake was in not phoning up the
police and telling them the youths were playing football in the street ;-)

--
Tony

And apropos yet another thread, you could have made a citizen's arrest
of the hoon on your bike, and ended up in a cell yoursel', charged
with assault.

On 22 Mar, 12:23, Chris A <Chris.A.2nu...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

I recently had my bike nicked from outside the gym.
About a fortnight later I was in the pollution chariot stopping off for
a pint of milk when I saw three lads about 17 outside the shop and one
sitting astride my bike. I got the shopkeeper to ring the police who
said they would be an hour and a half. After a heated discussion, I
got the bike back and showved in the back of the car with a big grin.
One for the good guys!
Cheers.
Enjoy the ride.

--
Chris A

You're braver than most. Well done!

Tony Raven said:

elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of the police.

Yes, and apropos another thread your mistake was in not phoning up the
police and telling them the youths were playing football in the street ;-)

Seen elsewhere (on uk.comp.sys.mac where on-topic involves goats):

'ROUND LIKE A SHOT
=================
Going to bed the other night, I noticed people in my shed stealing
things. I phoned the Police but was told no one was in the area to help.
They said they would send someone over as soon as possible.

I hung up. A minute later I rang again. "Hello", I said, "I called you a
minute ago because there were people in my shed. You don't have to hurry
now because I shot them."

Within minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, plus
helicopters and an armed response unit. They caught the burglars
red-handed.

One of the officers said: "I thought you said you'd shot them."

To which I replied: "I thought you said there was no one available."'

Luke

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Lincoln City 0-2 Southend United (AET)
Swansea City 2-2 Southend United
We went up twice with Tilly and Brush

"Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the
uselessness of the police.

Yes, and apropos another thread your mistake was in not phoning up the
police and telling them the youths were playing football in the street ;-)

Or someone has just been shot!

Alan

Chris A said:

I recently had my bike nicked from outside the gym.

If you had a bike, what need had you for a gym?

(Thinks carefully, ah yes. Fit girls in lycra.)

Al C-F said the following on 23/03/2007 12:36:

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If you had a bike, what need had you for a gym?

Well......

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(Thinks carefully, ah yes. Fit girls in lycra.)

....you sussed it! I walk past a gym on my way into town, and it always
strikes me as ironic that all these people drive there. It's only a
small town - nowhere is far to walk or cycle to or from!

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

I'm amazed this thread got so far before someone said this. Amen to it!

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You're braver than most. Well done!

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:38:36 +0000, Paul Boyd

usenet.dont.work@plusnet said:

Al C-F said the following on 23/03/2007 12:36:

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If you had a bike, what need had you for a gym?

Well......

Quoted message said:

(Thinks carefully, ah yes. Fit girls in lycra.)

...you sussed it! I walk past a gym on my way into town, and it always
strikes me as ironic that all these people drive there. It's only a
small town - nowhere is far to walk or cycle to or from!

Cue the photo of the fitness centre with escalators to the front door.

http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/fitness

"raisethe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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And apropos yet another thread, you could have made a citizen's arrest
of the hoon on your bike, and ended up in a cell yoursel', charged
with assault.

After waiting over an hour for the police to turn up to sort it out as
well.....