Wally or what?

[Banjo]

Would you lock your bike to a bollard where it could be just lifted off? Surely noone could be that silly

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/david-camerons-bike-stolen-while-he-shopped-876200.html

Apologies if this has been posted before.

 

[jig-sore]

some people will nick anything, even if you lock it properly

 

[Will1985]

That was the first time. He's had it nicked again in the past month...

 

[montage]

some people will nick anything, even if you lock it properly

who would chain the bike that high on the lampost anyway?

Could be an insurance scam? claim on all the parts?
Not a bad idea for those feeling crooked - get double the parts then fleabay it.

 

[Sittingduck]

who would chain the bike that high on the lampost anyway?

Seen it done a fair few times. When folks can't find bike stands or skinny lamposts. There was a lovely Fixed Bianchi shackled in this fashion in Soho a couple of weeks back.

 

[pauljonhaz]

I must hold my hands up. When i was a lot younger I was stupid enough to lock my bike up to a sign at my work (it was about 6-7 foot high though). When I came out my bike was gone! I went to tell the security who just laughed at me and handed over my bike. I asked how on earth they got it. They simply picked up the sign which was just staked in the earth....doh!

 

[Tony]

some people will nick anything, even if you lock it properly

I have a similar pic of a diamond frame (and absolutely nothing else, certainly not chain rings) locked to a Sheffield stand in Vienna.
And I'm off there in July.....

 

[postman]

Frame looks a bit on the small side for him.


So did he lose it?

 

[Rockus]

I must hold my hands up. When i was a lot younger I was stupid enough to lock my bike up to a sign at my work (it was about 6-7 foot high though). When I came out my bike was gone! I went to tell the security who just laughed at me and handed over my bike. I asked how on earth they got it. They simply picked up the sign which was just staked in the earth....doh!

HAHAHA my appologies, i really shouldnt laugh but thats hilariuos LOL.......................................

CAnt believe i got away with locking my bike to thin air on more than one occasion LOL.............oh dear its getting properly nicked soon

 

[dav1d]

I've had a few bikes nicked in the past, but all but 1 I got back (though one did get nicked again, so it doesn't really count). First time was in Moss Side. Witnessed one of the thieves going into a house and leaving my bike outside. So I got it back. Another time, a thieve left my bike locked up in town with a combination lock on it. My sister took less than ten seconds to work it out and I got my bike back. Unfortunately that bike got nicked again. It was only a secondhand £5 bike though with no gears.

 

[Downward]

I've had a few bikes nicked in the past, but all but 1 I got back (though one did get nicked again, so it doesn't really count). First time was in Moss Side. Witnessed one of the thieves going into a house and leaving my bike outside. So I got it back. Another time, a thieve left my bike locked up in town with a combination lock on it. My sister took less than ten seconds to work it out and I got my bike back. Unfortunately that bike got nicked again. It was only a secondhand £5 bike though with no gears.

Love how the thieves felt the need to lock up the stolen bike !

 

[Cubist]

some people will nick anything, even if you lock it properly

That chain looks a bit slack..........

 

[psmiffy]

I am a little amazed that Mr Cameron does not have a security detail that can keep an eye on his bike while he pops into a shop