http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Six bikes a week stolen as thieves cash in on boom" en Sun, 17 May 2026 16:51:49 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1993 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:36:01 +0000 wee folding bike 1993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spoke angle can be an issue on 349mm wheels and hub gear flanges don't help. I had a problematic wheel on my second Brompton which was eventually rebuilt by Alistair Gow. His wheels don't cause any bother but he does poke fun at Bromptons. He doesn't keep the rims in stock so I keep at least one in my store of odd parts.</p> <p>I weigh around 11 st, 3 pounds over today but it will be back down again by Easter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1991 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:42:09 +0000 gembo 1991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Watched the film, loved the comment about the puny lock "I could chew through that"</p> <p>Also, read some comments and it develops into a "How heavy must you be before you are too heavy for a folding bike?" 220lbs for a Brompton BUT fortunately there is a bespoke company that goes up to 320 lbs. I am thinking at these weights any bike would be struggling, indeed the folders with smaller wheels might stand up to the weight better. Broken spokes being a big issue for the heavier cyclist. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1982 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:48:30 +0000 chdot 1982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><center>Well Worth Watching</center></p> <p><a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/28/streetfilm-grading-your-bike-locks-part-ii" rel="nofollow">http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/28/streetfilm-grading-your-bike-locks-part-ii</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1981 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:19:54 +0000 Dave 1981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ever seen those youtube videos of people sawing off bikes in busy streets while everybody studiously ignores them? It would be ironic if you *then* got stopped for suspiciously riding bareheaded ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1958 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:04:15 +0000 gembo 1958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>if that Tweed thing happens, especially if anyone wears leather head gear, the police will nick everybody for looking suspicious. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1949 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:04:57 +0000 chdot 1949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I started a Flickr a while ago where people could put bike details (NOT including frame number) so that they (+ photo) would be available if the worst happened.</p> <p>But the idea never really took off.</p> <p>My Bicycle in Edinburgh</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/bicycles-in-edinburgh" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/groups/bicycles-in-edinburgh</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1947 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:37:09 +0000 wee folding bike 1947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brompton have section on their web page where you can register your serial and frame numbers.</p> <p>51104843 is the only one I remember. It's a '50s Claud Butler. My Longstaff has a postcode stamped on it... but I haven't lived there for 14 yrs.</p> <p>I've never had any bike stolen but these days I rarely leave them where I can't touch them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1945 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:56:22 +0000 chdot 1945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"There will be a push to find people nicking bikes, then it'll all die down till someone realises how many are being stolen again..."</p> <p>That may sound cynical, but sadly it's not. </p> <p>There have been various individual PCs quite keen on 'doing something' about bike crime, but it never seems to be a co-ordinated approach. </p> <p>Police could do more to return bikes to people that have been recovered (of course they have to have been reported stolen in the first place). </p> <p>On the occasions I've been to Fettes there have been some quite distinctive bikes. </p> <p>The Lost Property used to only be open weekdays 9-5, which didn't help. (Presume still is.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1944 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:45:54 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 1944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actually, that's one thing I don't know...</p> <p>SRD, absolutely, we should be happy, but cmoplaining is more fun. Actually, on a serious note, yes, happy, but this is just a 'phase' the police is going through, and that's the depressing thing. There will be a push to find people nicking bikes, then it'll all die down till someone realises how many are being stolen again... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1942 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:43:33 +0000 chdot 1942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"boring them to death with the make and model of every single component on the bike"</p> <p>But do you know the frame number?</p> <p>I can remember the one from the bike I got when I was 12, and my since stolen Flying Scot (52R if anyone's got it) - but not any of my current bikes! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1941 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:40:25 +0000 SRD 1941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shouldn't we be happy that they're at least trying? I suspect that 'no-helmet' is code for 'someone who looks like they're not usually on a bike' or 'not studenty' or some other basically class/race/gender profiling-in-disguise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1939 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:37:49 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 1939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Every now and then the police come out with this 'stopping suspicious looking cyclists' line, backing that up with things like not having a helmet.</p> <p>I've purposely ridden in areas they're apparently targetting, making it my ambition to be stopped by the police before boring them to death with the make and model of every single component on the bike (apparently a test is to ask someone what type of bike it is and see if they can answer without looking).</p> <p>not been stopped yet though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1929 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:57:31 +0000 chdot 1929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/worlds-most-advanced-bicycle-on-sale-at-harrods-24290">Harrods</a>"</p> <p>reminds me of this one</p> <p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_83QWnh_lsGY/Ru6FGj0TyMI/AAAAAAAAAIA/bsyiF93jUis/s400/McMillan+Bicycle-1.jpg"></p> <p>As seen <a href="http://catahoulamcmillins.blogspot.com/2007/09/kirkpatrick-mcmillans-velocipede.html">here</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1925 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:49:49 +0000 Kim 1925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends whose range..</p> <p>Asda or Halfords or?</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/worlds-most-advanced-bicycle-on-sale-at-harrods-24290">Harrods</a>, personally I think it is over priced, you could get a couple of <a href="http://www.storck-bicycle.de/en/web0.asp?ID=1000&amp;sub=1000&amp;objekt=Home">Storck's</a> for that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1917 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:29:17 +0000 chdot 1917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"stopping "suspicious" cyclists"</p> <p>I've almost never been stopped when I've been carrying an extra bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1915 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:24:54 +0000 chdot 1915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends whose range..</p> <p>Asda or Halfords or?</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=238" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=238</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1914 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:22:47 +0000 Kim 1914@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Top-of-the-range models, costing up to £5,000", once again EEN fails to do it's research, top of the range is about £22K... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1913 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:20:44 +0000 chdot 1913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think fine would be more appropriate than "fee" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1912 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:18:15 +0000 spytfyre 1912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/shares/3/87370/twelve_month.stm">JP</a> could turn round their profits and share price if they charged a fee to comment... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1911 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:16:45 +0000 Kim 1911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bit worried by: </p> <p>"quote" stopping "suspicious" cyclists, such as those who are not wearing a helmet, who may have stolen the bike."/quote"</p> <p>Why would not wearing a helmet make you a bike thief?</p> <p>Anyway it just goes to show there is a need for more secure cycle parking in the city. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1904 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:01:42 +0000 chdot 1904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"... Must .... Resist... Commenting on EEN site"</p> <p>leave it - that's Anth's 'job'! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1901 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:32 +0000 steveo 1901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... Must .... Resist... Commenting on EEN site the level of stupidity that hangs round that "paper" is frustrating. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=252#post-1897 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:49:10 +0000 chdot 1897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actually story says six a day which is, sadly, more likely. </p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Six-bikes-a-week-stolen.6013210.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Six-bikes-a-week-stolen.6013210.jp</a></p> <p>Is the lost property at Fettes still only open weekdays 9-5? </p>