what do you think

Quoted message said:

I just want to help you to make sure that it doesnt happen to
you!....

I take it you just forgot to mention that you have no connection with
the company and that this is not really just thinly veiled spam? Very
careless of you.

d.

Quoted message said:

Hiya,

I'm sure you might have seen this post in other places but what do
you think to this? http://www.timani-ltd.co.uk
I just have been soooo [censored] at how many times i've had my bike
stolen, I just want to help you to make sure that it doesnt happen to
you!....

Thanks, Tim Rycroft. Is it possible you have any connect with the Timothy
Rycroft who registered that domain.

--
Ambrose

davek said:

Quoted message said:

I just want to help you to make sure that it doesnt happen to
you!....

I take it you just forgot to mention that you have no connection with
the company and that this is not really just thinly veiled spam? Very
careless of you.

But apparently he's 'Caring, honest, and easy to get on with',
according to http://faceparty.co.uk/tim6.

Colin

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Quoted message said:

Hiya,

I'm sure you might have seen this post in other places but what do you
think to this? http://www.timani-ltd.co.uk
I just have been soooo [censored] at how many times i've had my bike
stolen, I just want to help you to make sure that it doesnt happen to
you!....

<quote>

Our Alarm has been developed to be robust, reliable and
will give an unexpected shock to anyone trying to move
your bike. Relying on motion sensor technology our alarm
is an unexpected deterrant against theft of your bicycle.

</quote>

What happens if the bike is moved accidentally ?

In crowded areas where bike racks are in short supply, bikes
are being moved or jostled all the time. Especially bikes
with wide bars.

How do you expect any innocent bystanders to react?

michael adams

....

Ambrose Nankivell said:

Thanks, Tim Rycroft. Is it possible you have any connect with the Timothy
Rycroft who registered that domain.

Can't be because in his post to rec.bicycles.misc he said he bought one
of the alarms just last week. That must be a different Tim Rycroft.

--
Dave...

dkahn400 said:

Ambrose Nankivell said:

Thanks, Tim Rycroft. Is it possible you have any connect with the
Timothy Rycroft who registered that domain.

Can't be because in his post to rec.bicycles.misc he said he bought
one of the alarms just last week. That must be a different Tim
Rycroft.

It is confusing when people have common names like Tim. Why can't everyone
be called Ambrose? (Not Bruce, because then the Python Police will have
words, and nobody expects...)
--
Ambrose

Colin MacDonald said:

But apparently he's 'Caring, honest, and easy to get on with',
according to http://faceparty.co.uk/tim6.

.....and he says he's hoping to be a millionaire with this new company of
his. Perhaps he's fallen for the "How to make a million by spamming" pitch.

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

michael adams said:

What happens if the bike is moved accidentally ?

Or deliberately. The oldest trick in the book. Set off the alarm, if
no-one comes running you are clear to do your nicking.

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

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Quoted message said:

michael adams said:

What happens if the bike is moved accidentally ?

Or deliberately. The oldest trick in the book. Set off the alarm, if
no-one comes running you are clear to do your nicking.

--
Tony

....

I'm wondering how long the alarm goes off for. If it got seriously
annoying - outside someone's house or place of work, you'd imagine
they'd simply try and remove the bike, and sling it over the nearest
hedge. At least metaphorically speaking.

michael adams

....

Quoted message said:

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

in message <[email hidden]>,

(') said:

Hiya,

I'm sure you might have seen this post in other places but what do you
think to this? http://www.timani-ltd.co.uk
I just have been soooo [censored] at how many times i've had my bike
stolen, I just want to help you to make sure that it doesnt happen to
you!....

It can't hurt, and might deter the less experienced opportunist thief.
But as a society we've become so used to ignoring alarms that I wouldn't
get your hopes too high.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; in faecibus sapiens rheum propagabit

michael adams said:

I'm wondering how long the alarm goes off for. If it got seriously
annoying - outside someone's house or place of work, you'd imagine
they'd simply try and remove the bike, and sling it over the nearest
hedge. At least metaphorically speaking.

You've clearly not noticed how much attention car alarms get when they
go off (Clue: its a round number)

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

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Quoted message said:

Colin MacDonald said:

But apparently he's 'Caring, honest, and easy to get on with',
according to http://faceparty.co.uk/tim6.

....and he says he's hoping to be a millionaire with this new company of
his. Perhaps he's fallen for the "How to make a million by spamming"
pitch.

..... and I think he may started a teaser thread about bike alarms over at C+
under a false name in the Beginners section (1 post and from York .... )

RG

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Quoted message said:

michael adams said:

I'm wondering how long the alarm goes off for. If it got seriously
annoying - outside someone's house or place of work, you'd imagine
they'd simply try and remove the bike, and sling it over the nearest
hedge. At least metaphorically speaking.

You've clearly not noticed how much attention car alarms get when they
go off (Clue: its a round number)

....

Ever tried slinging a car over a hedge ?

Or carrying it around the corner so as to give someone else a headache ?

michael adams

....

Quoted message said:

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

and there I was thinking the "unexpected shock to anyone trying to move your
bike" would be of the electrical variety.

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Quoted message said:

and there I was thinking the "unexpected shock to anyone
trying to move your bike" would be of the electrical variety.

Given the "thinking" that's gone into it, that wouldn't be a
surprise. Except for the size of the batteries you'd probably
need. A car battery on a carrier on the back maybe.

The idea of it giving people or small children who accidentally
brushed against it hearts attacks etc. would certainly generate
plenty of publicity, to say nothing of the compensation claims.

Clearly another project for "The Dragons's Den".

michael adams

michael adams said:

Given the "thinking" that's gone into it, that wouldn't be a
surprise. Except for the size of the batteries you'd probably
need. A car battery on a carrier on the back maybe.

The idea of it giving people or small children who accidentally
brushed against it hearts attacks etc. would certainly generate
plenty of publicity, to say nothing of the compensation claims.

Electric shocks don't mean big batteries and heart attacks. You can
quite easily design a high voltage low current source that is both
painful and safe.

Muses....wonder whether I could build a Wilmshurst machine into the
front wheel?

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

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Quoted message said:

michael adams said:

Given the "thinking" that's gone into it, that wouldn't be a
surprise. Except for the size of the batteries you'd probably
need. A car battery on a carrier on the back maybe.

The idea of it giving people or small children who accidentally
brushed against it hearts attacks etc. would certainly generate
plenty of publicity, to say nothing of the compensation claims.

Electric shocks don't mean big batteries and heart attacks. You can
quite easily design a high voltage low current source that is both
painful and safe.

....

The heart attack would be the result of the sudden and unexpected
nature of the experience. I don't think anyone is necessarily suggesting
"electric chair" type experiences here.

....

Quoted message said:

Muses....wonder whether I could build a Wilmshurst machine into the
front wheel?

....

Quite possibly. Having sparks suddenly arcing off the handlebars
as the perp rides in front of a fully laden bus would certainly
get around the problem of their possibly wearing gloves.

michael adams

....

Quoted message said:

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

Tony Raven proffered:

Quoted message said:

Electric shocks don't mean big batteries and heart attacks. You can quite
easily design a high voltage low current source that is both painful and
safe.

As they always said: "It's the volts that jolts, but it's the mil's that
kills."

Becky