http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Stolen TT Bike - Porty Prom en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:21:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-119559 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:56:27 +0000 gembo 119559@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know a man lives on the prom, very fine chap. Always having his garage broken into and his scooter stolen. Definitely a crime hotspot </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-119382 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:11:56 +0000 kaputnik 119382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Seems like Porty might be a bike crime area </em></p> <p>I know a man who has a lockup down there for his mechanic business who would second this opinion - to the point of parking nearly immobile old vans across the doors of his business as sort of modern-day mobile portcullis. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-119365 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:34:29 +0000 chdot 119365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seems like Porty might be a bike crime area -</p> <p>"<br /> Stolen-Bikes.co.uk (@StolenBikes_UK)<br /> 25/07/2013 07:30<br /> #stolenbike Trek 6300 in #Edinburgh, can you help us find this bike @CyclingEdin by RTing - </p> <p><a href="http://www.bit.ly/14HwIe5" rel="nofollow">http://www.bit.ly/14HwIe5</a></p> <p>"</p> <p>"<br /> Description<br /> Women specific design (WSD) mountain bike, along with 3 other family bikes. stolen from locked garage. White forks and had a fitted frame front mudguard and the fitting on the seat post for the rear mudguard.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118148 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:26:08 +0000 rust 118148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent news on getting the bike back - interesting that it was kids and interesting that they spent a couple of days playing around on it before trying to sell it. Kinda makes you wish there was a way they could be convinced to try cycling properly and have them on the track or out on the road rather than nicking bikes.</p> <p>Was it a light weight lock or a case of kids with industrial bolt cutters? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118142 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:34:25 +0000 alistairsmith 118142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This would have been ever harder to shift as it was a TT bike. The police did finally get the CCTV and although they had hidden their faces I think the constable had a reasonable idea of who it was (but I've not spoken to him in detail on it). I'm pretty sure it was kids, not pros. They spend a couple of days skidding around on it (so back tyre trashed) and then managed to sell it to someone gullible. That someone did their research after buying it and soon realized it was plastered all over every forum going as being nicked. He did the honest thing and got in touch (via stolen-bikes.co.uk). We met up and I got it back. I paid him a small reward (I had indicated on the website I would). I think his story was legit i.e. not just one of the kids selling it back to me - and the police are likely to follow up with him for more details in due course. I basically got lucky - the bike was so different (v mountain or even road) that unless you were a pro outfit it was going to be hard to pass on. What I did get right was getting it up on every forum I could and e-mail every shop in Edinburgh as quick as possible (and thanks to kaputnik for getting it on here as well). Next project is to upgrade locks - even if just for the house (won't be leaving it on porty prom again any time soon). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118129 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:33:42 +0000 gembo 118129@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin, could be the downside of Froome., wiggins etc but still not spotted any road bikes in wester hailes, pilton or Craigmillar </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118121 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:28:38 +0000 stiltskin 118121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think as road bikes have become more fashionable and expensivre, so they have become more of a target for theives. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118103 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:06:40 +0000 gembo 118103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@mkns that is correct. You cannot sell drop handlebars for ten pounds in the gunner pub in muirhouse. Mountain bikes go for ten to twenty quid, big names, high volume. It is a shocker I know. Same with guitars, Gibson knicked from student bedroom will go for twenty in boozer then work its way back through series of exchanges to legit shop</p> <p>I too would like to know details of return. Could be permanent gang operating on porty prom who are educated in what a good bike is and have somewhere to store stolen gear. The operation iI knew in wester hailes lived upstairs from each other and the thief sold on to the fences who kept the bikes in electricity cupboard. Couldn't keep too many polis would get suspicious.</p> <p>These were all mountain bikes - kona, barracuda etc and idea was to shift them quickly.</p> <p>Other possibility that occurs to me is stolen to order?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118090 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:47:12 +0000 allebong 118090@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"I'll be honest with you, I don't think anywhere is a safe place to leave a decent bike locked up"</em></p> <p>Sadly this is my view as well. I've previously had bikes stolen via a shed break in so I can't even trust that anymore with my most expensive bikes. Inside is the only 'guaranteed' safe place as I don't think there's much overlap between burglars and bike thiefs. </p> <p>I'm content to leave my rusty old town hack bike chained up anywhere with just the basic kryptonite silver lock. I don't see it being targeted as it usually ends up chained up next to more expensive bikes secured with worse locks in town. Plus as you note losing a battered workhorse bike that can be replaced reasonably cheaply isn't so traumatic compared to say having a £2000 mountain bike dragged from under you in the street - speaking from experience....</p> <p>If I absolutely have to leave a shiny expensive bike chained up I use a kryptonite New York lock through the frame and back wheel and a thick armoured cable through the frame and front wheel. It doesn't make it theft proof but it does mean it won't be going anywhere quickly without a struggle. That's the best you can do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118089 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:42:17 +0000 cc 118089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Yes, but there is the issue of riding a superlight bike and carrying a superheavy lock. </em></p> <p>Make the bike superheavy too, then you don't much notice the lock's weight on top. Works for me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118088 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:38:13 +0000 Kenny 118088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> There's been a theory on here that 'bikes with dropped handlebars don't get stolen'</em></p> <p>I'd have thought that road bikes typically cost more? Maybe they are harder to shift, though.</p> <p><em> there is the issue of riding a superlight bike and carrying a superheavy lock</em></p> <p>Aye indeed! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118087 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:33:23 +0000 chdot 118087@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I'll be honest with you, I don't think anywhere is a safe place to leave a decent bike locked up"</p> <p>There's been a theory on here that 'bikes with dropped handlebars don't get stolen'. </p> <p>Looks like thieves are getting 'educated'. </p> <p>"is there a lock that anyone would consider strong enough to prevent even the most enterprising of thieves out there?"</p> <p>Yes, but there is the issue of riding a superlight bike and carrying a superheavy lock. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-118086 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:27:06 +0000 Kenny 118086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent news indeed. I rarely mention CCE threads to the wife, but I did mention this one to her as it was such grim news. The thing is...:</p> <p><em>Porty Prom is not a safe place to leave a decent bike, even if locked up</em></p> <p>I'll be honest with you, I don't think <em>anywhere</em> is a safe place to leave a decent bike locked up. It's just not worth it, IMHO. I'll leave my workhorse commuter locked up pretty much anywhere, and much as I'd be gutted if it got nicked, it wouldn't be the end of the world, but there's no chance I'd leave my summer bike locked, even with a fahgettaboudit on it.</p> <p>Maybe I'm being overly paranoid though - is there a lock that anyone would consider strong enough to prevent even the most enterprising of thieves out there? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-117991 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:43:02 +0000 SRD 117991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-117987 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:33:35 +0000 cc 117987@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(joins in the cheers) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-117972 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:45:54 +0000 ARobComp 117972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"like" </p> <p>Wait - this isn't Facebook. I actually have to engage. Woo Yay.<br /> <img src="http://deeperbeige.com/site/silly/photoshop/wooyays/reductionist_ninja_woo_yay.gif"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-117963 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:19:17 +0000 Darkerside 117963@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ditto hurrah! Be intrigued to hear what happened in due course - good to know what methods end up being successful. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-117951 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 22:27:29 +0000 Snowy 117951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent news, well done to whichever citizen/policeperson that tracked it down. For such a good frame, it might be worth a small investment to get the frame professionally checked out prior to concluding dealings with your insurance company. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673&page=2#post-117945 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 21:25:08 +0000 DaveC 117945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great news!! I'm not sure how many bikes are returned to their owners. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117940 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:38:33 +0000 chdot 117940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did CCTV help? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117939 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:36:26 +0000 amir 117939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's great news </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117938 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:28:10 +0000 kaputnik 117938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let me be the first to say "hurrah!".</p> <p>I started the thread so have set it to resolved. Hope you get the bike back on the road without too many issues. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117937 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:15:21 +0000 alistairsmith 117937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bike returned!! Not sure how to tag this as resolved? Thanks for everyone for keeping an eye out. Can't go into details at moment as police still following some things up. Main lesson is Porty Prom is not a safe place to leave a decent bike, even if locked up. Bike needs some TLC but hoping nothing structural. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117731 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:46:00 +0000 chdot 117731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seems to be a lack of clarity on 'process' between police and Ed Leisure staff. </p> <p>Hope things will be easier in future. </p> <p>Apparently there was an attempt (presumably unrelated) at Commie Pool on Monday. </p> <p>Thief on car roof but scared off by Pool staff. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117710 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:08:02 +0000 alistairsmith 117710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had an update from the police today - they finally got hold of someone at Ed Leisure that would help and they will download the footage from Porty later this afternoon . . . think the PC made his feelings known to Ed Leisure on their lack of helpfulness! Probably missed the window of opportunity now unfortunately though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117685 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:50:50 +0000 cc 117685@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the subject of bike theft, a couple of boys were caught in the supposedly secure University bike shed in Potterrow last night, so be careful if you use that, use a hefty strong lock.<br /> (I say "caught", but "discovered" would be more like it as apparently they got away.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117661 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:14:16 +0000 SRD 117661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@alistairsmith that is appalling. hope you lodge formal complaint. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117655 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:03:07 +0000 alistairsmith 117655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think the problem is you need to go to a central Ed Leisure IT department and the police just get told there is no-one available who knows what to do! Have to say though the manager at Porty Baths on Sunday when the incident happened couldn't get rid of us fast enough - he told the police he didn't know the number to call for the central IT dept so there was nothing he could do. Luckily the receptionist was much more helpful! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117647 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:18:10 +0000 gkgk 117647@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think it sounds more like an old defunct camera rather than a caught out bother deficit, but time'll tell maybe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10673#post-117639 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:56:59 +0000 Snowy 117639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds like someone hasn't been bothering to put the tape in the CCTV or switch it on and has now been caught out! </p>