[Misc] To top it off.......

[spongy]

Got back to Burgess Hill train station last night already in a bad mood to find my mountain bike had been stolen from the cycle racks.

It was padlocked and under station CCTV.

This was my work transport and my means of trying to keep fit.

Gutted beyond words really. It's been reported to British Transport Police and it is insured but that's not the point.

I work ****ing hard for things and some thieving **** thinks they can just take it.

I've got a lot on my plate right now and this is the last ****ing thing I need.

 

[Motogull]

Got back to Burgess Hill train station last night already in a bad mood to find my mountain bike had been stolen from the cycle racks.

It was padlocked and under station CCTV.

This was my work transport and my means of trying to keep fit.

Gutted beyond words really. It's been reported to British Transport Police and it is insured but that's not the point.

I work ****ing hard for things and some thieving **** thinks they can just take it.

I've got a lot on my plate right now and this is the last ****ing thing I need.

Thieves really are vermin. A mate of mine had his nicked off a balcony. How tough did you think your lock was?

 

[Worried Man Blues]

I've sprayed gold outline of seagulls on mine so it's individualised and hope that puts the cretins off. Look for ward to a nice new bike

 

[Southcoast Corsair]

My sympathies. I lived in west and east London for ten years and had two decent bikes nicked. Like yourself my bike was a means to get to work, keep fit and as an outlet to unload or cheer myself up. Each time I got the police involved but it was futile really. Don’t give a sh*t about phones or cards but a bike is personal. Whatever junk those thieves buy with the money they get from your bike, I sincerely hope it leaves them cold.

 

[zefarelly]

That sucks, hopefully you can find something cheap n cheerful to tide you over.

I remember back in early '92 having spent 6 months bricking it about redundancy, I got my first flat, having sold my car in the process I was commuting 10 miles on an old Vespa 90, which got nicked. I was gutted, a mate sold me a bike for £30 and I was cycling to work . . . . Until the bike got nicked! The trains were unreliable then and I got a warning about being late for work. Tough times, but we soldier on.

 

[Weststander]

When I rarely trust my bike being parked up in public, I use two gold rated locks, different types.

They weigh a fair bit .... a shame we have to alter our lives because of vermin.

 

[Sorrel]

How do countries that have a lot of cyclists - like Holland or Denmark - deal with bike thefts? Does it not happen there? Does everyone ride bog-standard cheap bikes?

It's the main thing that puts me off cycling. I used to like using my bike to get to places, but was fed up with the need to double lock everything in a public place so I had any chance of getting the bike back again.

 

[vegster]

Tbh I think it's not worth having a decent bike as anything valuable will be targeted, buy yourself a bottom of the range bike from Halfords and it should not nicked like than the £1200 bikes.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

How do countries that have a lot of cyclists - like Holland or Denmark... Does everyone ride bog-standard cheap bikes?

Yes. Sorry about your bike spongy, it's so shit.

 

[BNthree]

Hope the bike thief pains painfully and slowly. Scum. Trouble is police don't even seem in the slightest bit inclined to investigate thefts.

 

[spongy]

Been on the phone to the insurance company this morning.

I asked the wife to put it on the insurance when I got it new last year. Because its registered as a speciality item the excess is £350!!!!!

We've got baby no 2 due in July and have been frantically saving to cover her drop in maternity pay. I just dont have 350 quid laying about. The bike was "only" £600.

I got it on cycle to work scheme last July so I still haven't finished paying for it yet.

****ing **** who stole it better ****ing die a slow miserable death and burn in hell. But the truth of it is that they'll just sell it and carry on as normal.

 

[zefarelly]

Send the club an email. £350 out of Dale Stephens pay packet this week perhaps.

 

[SollysLeftFoot]

Got back to Burgess Hill train station last night already in a bad mood to find my mountain bike had been stolen from the cycle racks.

It was padlocked and under station CCTV.

This was my work transport and my means of trying to keep fit.

Gutted beyond words really. It's been reported to British Transport Police and it is insured but that's not the point.

I work ****ing hard for things and some thieving **** thinks they can just take it.

I've got a lot on my plate right now and this is the last ****ing thing I need.

Happened to me, though i left mine at Scunthorpe station. So i pretty much asked for it to happen..

 

[Mr Banana]

Very sorry to hear that. So irritating. I have a crappy old spare, which I mainly keep for the inevitable day when my latest one is pinched, if it's any use to you, although it probably needs a full service.

Baffles me why they do it. These bikes can't be worth very much. I can't imagine it's worth ruining someone's week/month over.

 

[kjgood]

Very sorry to hear that. So irritating. I have a crappy old spare, which I mainly keep for the inevitable day when my latest one is pinched, if it's any use to you, although it probably needs a full service.

Baffles me why they do it. These bikes can't be worth very much. I can't imagine it's worth ruining someone's week/month over.

Well done Sir, thats very kind of you to offer your spare up. There are decent people around.

 

[Nottseagull]

they'll just sell it

You could try looking for it on Gumtree although being stolen from a train station, I suppose it could be anywhere between London and the south coast. What sort of chain/shackle did you use? Whatever it was, it's still going to be vulnerable to battery angle grinders; they must be a game-changer.

 

[portlock seagull]

Been on the phone to the insurance company this morning.

I asked the wife to put it on the insurance when I got it new last year. Because its registered as a speciality item the excess is £350!!!!!

We've got baby no 2 due in July and have been frantically saving to cover her drop in maternity pay. I just dont have 350 quid laying about. The bike was "only" £600.

I got it on cycle to work scheme last July so I still haven't finished paying for it yet.

****ing **** who stole it better ****ing die a slow miserable death and burn in hell. But the truth of it is that they'll just sell it and carry on as normal.

Feel for you. Happened three times to me at our local train station. They would literally steal parts from if couldn’t take the entire bike. Had so many locks in the end it weighed a tonne. Eventually gave up. Walked and got lifts. Even if it’s a scruffy chipped knackered old bike someone WILL steal it eventually in my experience. However much you try to protect. Sad state of affairs but people just don’t care, they’ll take what they want and screw everyone else. Personally I’d like to see such types working in chain gangs as part of community service.

 

[BNthree]

They would literally steal parts from if couldn’t take the entire bike. .

The bike rack by my work can get quite full. One day some scrote went through the rack and (depending on what was chained up and what wasn't) stole a front wheel from 1 bike, a rear wheel from another and a frame. Screwed over 3 different people to get themselves a whole bike.

 

[mothy]

Tbh I think it's not worth having a decent bike as anything valuable will be targeted, buy yourself a bottom of the range bike from Halfords and it should not nicked like than the £1200 bikes.

Partly true. But I've had 2nd rust buckets that cost me £40 nicked. If there's not a decent deterrent (strong lock) then they'll nick anything. 1 had 2 locks bolt cut off it..


My current bike was well locked up so they cut the brake cables out of spite..

 

[Weststander]

Very sorry to hear that. So irritating. I have a crappy old spare, which I mainly keep for the inevitable day when my latest one is pinched, if it's any use to you, although it probably needs a full service.

Baffles me why they do it. These bikes can't be worth very much. I can't imagine it's worth ruining someone's week/month over.

Because they’re wnkrs, who’ll will never work, and take anything in sight.