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Von Smallhausen · 24-09-2007, 17:06

It's a fair bet that it will be captured on camera Paul.

Dymetrie · 24-09-2007, 17:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Von Smallhausen

It's a fair bet that it will be captured on camera Paul.

OI!

That's my line

*Gives Huddy a hug*

*realises who he's hugging and runs off before he gets damaged*

Admiral Huddy · 24-09-2007, 17:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Von Smallhausen

It's a fair bet that it will be captured on camera Paul.

You would have thought so but we've been protesting for ages of the lack of cameras in the bike park area so it's a no go. In fact, Chelmsford station only had them installed a few years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by dymetrie

OI!

That's my line

*Gives Huddy a hug*

*realises who he's hugging and runs off before he gets damaged*

Come back biatch

Jhadur · 25-09-2007, 10:24

Sorry to hear about the bike Huddy.

My friend Dale knew someone that had the same thing happen to his
GSXR 600 that was locked to railing outside his house.
Came down in the morning to go to work and found just the frame.
They'd completely dismantled the entire bike and taken the lot.

Treefrog · 25-09-2007, 13:24

Damn! That sucks

It's for that reason that I put the lock through both wheels as well as the frame, and I'm seriously thinking about replacing the QR seatclamp with a plain bolted one.

Edit: Just a thought, but is your employer in the Ride to Work scheme? I don't know the official URL but all the info is on this site IIRC. Might be a good way to get one if you want a replacement

Treefrog · 25-09-2007, 21:45

AAAAAAARGH!!!!!!! ****ing thieving little bastards!

So I posted the previous post and then went into Hanley to meet Conor to get him some new trainers. Bike locked up to a cycle stand at 1550 outside a busy bookshop, 50 yards from McDonalds. Finish shopping and get back there at 1745 - big empty space where I'd left the bike. And yes, I'd put the lock through the frame twice and through both wheels as I always do.

According to the Police; because no-one saw it happen the case will be classed as 'closed' unless they receive any information from other sources. Which I assume means that they don't have the resources to investigate things like this

That bike has seen me through five years and over 3,000 miles. I've weaved through stationary traffic, beat cars into town on a Saturday morning, stopped with the back wheel a foot off the deck on more than one occasion due to people wandering/pulling out in front of me, trekked the 15 miles over to my parents on a weekly basis in the months before my Dad died in June, been over the bars and into trees when getting over-confident on single tracks as well as sliding off at around 25mph on a roundabout - lots of fun memories. It's got a lovely light and stiff frame and goes round corners like it's on rails and goes exactly where you point it. That bike was like your first proper bike all over again.

I am so ****ing pissed off right now. If I get my hands on the little toerag in the next 24 hours I'm likely to start breaking non-vital bits of him. Or them.

As the Police are unwilling to investigate this I guess it's up to me again. Hanley is supposedly covered by CCTV - anyone know how to get in touch with the camera operators to see if they can help? Dym?
And the staff in the shop it was outside may have seen something, they may even have a camera pointed in that direction. I can hope. And the chap who owns the scooter it was parked next to can tell me if it was still there when he unlocked his scooter and narrow down the time during which it was taken. And print up some more flyers with pics and details and go round all the second-hand shops and cycle shops in the area and hand them out. And stand around in Hanley and ask passers-by if they remember seeing anything, see if I can pick up any info while it may be fresh in peoples' minds.

Wish me luck.

Belmit · 25-09-2007, 21:50

Best of luck dude, hope something comes of it. Sucks.

SidewinderINC · 25-09-2007, 21:54

Thats so lame, and after posting that too. I guess it goes to show that no matter how careful you are it still happens.

An idea - It'll cost a little but revenge will be sweet.

Go to your local tip/recycling center and buy a bike that looks like somebody would want to nick it and then set up somebody to watch it and plant it for them to take.

Get them in the act, break them.

/keyboard warrior.

Treefrog · 25-09-2007, 21:58

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Originally Posted by kitten_caboodle

Hope you find the ******** Jim.

Me too

After I got my last bike back - the dickhead had used his letter from the Magistrates Court as ID when he sold it to the s/h shop - I was a good boy and gave the info to the Police. AFAIK it didn't even go to court in spite of what appeared to be an open and shut case.

As they're so overworked, underfunded and understaffed, surely it would be my civic duty not to burden them with such a trivial matter?

Admiral Huddy · 26-09-2007, 09:13

Jim I feel like if jinxed you

24-09-2007, 17:06	#11
Von Smallhausen I'm Free Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tyneside Posts: 3,061	It's a fair bet that it will be captured on camera Paul. __________________ " Well, old bean, life is really so bloody awful that I feel it’s my absolute duty to be chirpy and try and make everybody else happy too." David Niven, 1910-1983.

25-09-2007, 10:24	#14
Jhadur Peter Pan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lost Inside My Head Posts: 1,068	Sorry to hear about the bike Huddy. My friend Dale knew someone that had the same thing happen to his GSXR 600 that was locked to railing outside his house. Came down in the morning to go to work and found just the frame. They'd completely dismantled the entire bike and taken the lot. __________________ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."

25-09-2007, 13:24	#15
Treefrog Survivor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,761	Damn! That sucks It's for that reason that I put the lock through both wheels as well as the frame, and I'm seriously thinking about replacing the QR seatclamp with a plain bolted one. Edit: Just a thought, but is your employer in the Ride to Work scheme? I don't know the official URL but all the info is on this site IIRC. Might be a good way to get one if you want a replacement __________________ Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty Last edited by Treefrog; 25-09-2007 at 13:46.

25-09-2007, 21:45	#16
Treefrog Survivor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,761	AAAAAAARGH!!!!!!! **ing thieving little bastards! So I posted the previous post and then went into Hanley to meet Conor to get him some new trainers. Bike locked up to a cycle stand at 1550 outside a busy bookshop, 50 yards from McDonalds. Finish shopping and get back there at 1745 - big empty space where I'd left the bike. And yes, I'd put the lock through the frame twice and through both wheels as I always do. According to the Police; because no-one saw it happen the case will be classed as 'closed' unless they receive any information from other sources. Which I assume means that they don't have the resources to investigate things like this That bike has seen me through five years and over 3,000 miles. I've weaved through stationary traffic, beat cars into town on a Saturday morning, stopped with the back wheel a foot off the deck on more than one occasion due to people wandering/pulling out in front of me, trekked the 15 miles over to my parents on a weekly basis in the months before my Dad died in June, been over the bars and into trees when getting over-confident on single tracks as well as sliding off at around 25mph on a roundabout - lots of fun memories. It's got a lovely light and stiff frame and goes round corners like it's on rails and goes exactly where you point it. That bike was like your first proper bike all over again. I am so **ing pissed off right now. If I get my hands on the little toerag in the next 24 hours I'm likely to start breaking non-vital bits of him. Or them. As the Police are unwilling to investigate this I guess it's up to me again. Hanley is supposedly covered by CCTV - anyone know how to get in touch with the camera operators to see if they can help? Dym? And the staff in the shop it was outside may have seen something, they may even have a camera pointed in that direction. I can hope. And the chap who owns the scooter it was parked next to can tell me if it was still there when he unlocked his scooter and narrow down the time during which it was taken. And print up some more flyers with pics and details and go round all the second-hand shops and cycle shops in the area and hand them out. And stand around in Hanley and ask passers-by if they remember seeing anything, see if I can pick up any info while it may be fresh in peoples' minds. Wish me luck. __________________ Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty

25-09-2007, 21:50	#17
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Best of luck dude, hope something comes of it. Sucks. __________________

25-09-2007, 21:54	#18
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	Thats so lame, and after posting that too. I guess it goes to show that no matter how careful you are it still happens. An idea - It'll cost a little but revenge will be sweet. Go to your local tip/recycling center and buy a bike that looks like somebody would want to nick it and then set up somebody to watch it and plant it for them to take. Get them in the act, break them. /keyboard warrior. __________________ No Sig.

26-09-2007, 09:13	#20
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	Jim I feel like if jinxed you __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log