Try to nick my bike will ya??

[yorkshiregoth]

Once had some guy who d-locked his bike on a very busy tube platform thereby blocking one stairway. I informed BTP and they said they weren't able to remove the bike by force as they would be liable for criminal damage. It wasn't until I started to evacuate the station as a security alert that a track fitter turned up with some HUGE bolt cutters that managed to cut the lock in seconds.

 

[Keith Oates]

Glad it turned out OK, Oddjob62, also impressed by the help you got, the letter will be well worth writing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Nice one. If that'd have been me I'd have been purchasing a gun with a scope and taking up residence on the roof of the building opposite, complete with tent, stove, sleeping bag and fishing line attached to my frame so I knew when the thieving scrotes came back.....

 

[Night Train]

Nice one. If that'd have been me I'd have been purchasing a gun with a scope and taking up residence on the roof of the building opposite, complete with tent, stove, sleeping bag and fishing line attached to my frame so I knew when the thieving scrotes came back.....

That's what I was thinking. Or replace the bike with one that is booby trapped.

Well done on saving your bike. I think the letter to the PCSO's would be much appreciated by them.

 

[rich p]

There was a local story on the BBC yesterday about Brighton police were locking trap bikes to railings etc with tracking devices installed. They either track the stolen bikes if they get nicked or word gets round and the thieves aren't sure if they going to be traced. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Oddjob62]

There was a local story on the BBC yesterday about Brighton police were locking trap bikes to railings etc with tracking devices installed. They either track the stolen bikes if they get nicked or word gets round and the thieves aren't sure if they going to be traced. We'll see how it goes.

Let me know when they add a small amount of C4 under the saddle, set to blow if the bike is moved more than 100ft from its original location

 

[HLaB]

A bit OT, I got sent this vid today and it remembered me of the thread's title.

 

[papercorn2000]

Let me know when they add a small amount of C4 under the saddle, set to blow if the bike is moved more than 100ft from its original location

I would only us e very small amount - enough to blow off a hand or a couple of fingers.
Then when you see him writhing and screaming in agony, you confront him and stamp on his other hand ensuring that all of the delicate bones are broken. Find out from him where he lives. Drag him round to his home and set it on fire - when his family run out escaping the flames, shoot them down in cold blood. Track down his parents and kill them. Blow up his local pub. Find his probation officer and decapitate him. Put out his eyes with a corkscrew and pull out his tongue with pliers. Hacksaw off his legs at the knees.
THAT should do the trick.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Of course it does make you wonder what the PCSOs would have done had you actually been the thief claiming someone else had put your lock in their bike!

 

[Oddjob62]

I would only us e very small amount - enough to blow off a hand or a couple of fingers.

I was aiming for a different target (imagine them cycling away on my booby-bike )

Blow up his local pub.

Sorry, but as a CAMRA member i cannot let you do that

 

[punkypossum]

I might be being thick here, but how did you prove to them it was your bike? I know your key obviously fitted your lock, but then, the potential thief's key would have fitted the other one, with no way of telling which lock was there first. What am I missing????


Edit: Oops...just realised flying monkey was wondering the same thing!

 

[Andy in Sig]

That's what I was thinking. Or replace the bike with one that is booby trapped.

Well done on saving your bike. I think the letter to the PCSO's would be much appreciated by them.

They should sell little bike thief maiming kits alongside punture repair kits. Just an ounce of semtex (around which you can pack shrapnel of your choice) in an innocuous looking tube, a detonator, some wires and a mercury tilt switch. It would be bound to be a big seller.

 

[simon l& and a half]

Of course it does make you wonder what the PCSOs would have done had you actually been the thief claiming someone else had put your lock in their bike!

exactly my thought...

 

[ufkacbln]

"Good PCSOs" would know the area...... all the locals know me and my bikes!

 

[Oddjob62]

The bike was parked outside the front door of my office, for which i also had a security fob. I also gave them all my details and showed them ID. TBH yes i could have been steeling someone elses bike, but to do that from in front of your own doorstep... that WOULD have been gutsy hehe.