http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New theft method(?) en Mon, 18 May 2026 03:38:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2610#post-27846 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:31:44 +0000 LaidBack 27846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>but I always think if I were a bike thief I'd go for the bike with 1 lock first over the bike with 2 locks. </em></p> <p>Even two humble cable locks are a deterrent.</p> <p>Thieves want easy 'one tool, one hit' steals. Or buy something they don't like. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2610#post-27844 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:45:18 +0000 wee folding bike 27844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bromptons don't get left and locked.</p> <p>Pashley has a Granit, Abus cable and Dutch lock. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2610#post-27840 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:23:35 +0000 kaputnik 27840@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone told me that it's good to combine chain/cable with a bar lock as it requires the thief to carry 2 different sorts of tools. Don't know what the merit in that is, but I always think if I were a bike thief I'd go for the bike with 1 lock first over the bike with 2 locks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2610#post-27836 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:31:13 +0000 Kim 27836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The WPC giving the police report at the last Community Council meeting I went to said she have been told by a bike thief (who she had arrested) that he liked chain because it was so easy to cut or brake them... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2610#post-27834 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:57:30 +0000 splitshift 27834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>in a previous existence I used to work for a garage. Phone call confirms that joe public has had his rather grotty Beemer, early 3 series attempted stealing. ignition barrel had been attacked and the keys wouldnt even slide in. We sat for 3 hours, cutting, chisseling and hitting the column until we supended towed it to the workshop where upon we used oxy to cut it of and fit a new column. To do this to a chain in public view would surely have been noticed !!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2610#post-27787 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:29:11 +0000 chdot 27787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> The chain was left there and it looked like they had used an acetylene torch to burn through it.<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/James-39gutted39-as-thieves-use.6740262.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/James-39gutted39-as-thieves-use.6740262.jp</a> </p>