http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bicycle theft on Twitter en Mon, 18 May 2026 05:19:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-35015 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:20:53 +0000 chdot 35015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> carltonreid: </p> <p>Thief shins 30ft to nick bike from balcony; tries to flog in bike shop; bike's owner in shop, cries foul: </p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/rmVOwH" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/rmVOwH</a> </p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/88570169626071040" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/88570169626071040</a> </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-35004 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:26:40 +0000 steveo 35004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If we are very lucky maybe some would be thief will try taking an axe to it then.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-35001 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:20:00 +0000 kaputnik 35001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>a closer inspection of the "wooden" bike racks down at Western Harbour revealed a metal core laminated with 2 semi-circular bits of wood. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-35000 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:03:26 +0000 wingpig 35000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I decided against using a tree at the gallery at the weekend when there was little space on the few cycle racks.<br /> Downpipes always look too easily-wrenchable-out, even if they're not already partially-rusted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34982 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:53:59 +0000 chdot 34982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"locking around the seatpost"</p> <p>At least it confirms the theory that thieves look for the easiest bikes to steal. </p> <p>(Not much consolation if your expensive bike was padlocked to a ground anchor and removed from a securely locked shed!)</p> <p>Bottom line lock the <em>bike</em> to something solid. </p> <p>Cast iron stair railings not ideal. </p> <p>Not sure about downpipes -</p> <p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5908447930_b2b5b8a237.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net/location/3495" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclestreets.net/location/3495</a></p> <p>And there was a picture on the Internet recent of a tree cut down by bike thieves. </p> <p>Can't remember where. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34980 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:51:57 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 34980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bystander with the camera might have been a 14 year old girl with a gammy leg and a broken arm in a sling... ;)</p> <p>I'd like to think I'd do something. At the very least shout and so on, but if it wasn't possible (or I was a wee slip of a thing that was scared of the two burly men) the next best thing is a very good and identifiable photo really.</p> <p>Feel free to carry on retracting... :P</p> <p>As for locking around the seatpost, that was just truly moronic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34979 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:43:19 +0000 kaputnik 34979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So it would seem. I therefore retract my earlier comments and replace it with one decrying the fall of society for standing by and watching <em>someone else's</em> bike being stolen.</p> <p>Also, locking around the seatpost... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34977 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:39:58 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 34977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It wasn't actually him who took the photo. He was down the street and running to try and stop them - a passer-by snapped them realising what they were doing (and thinking, probably rightly, that they weren't going to risk getting beaten up for the sake of someone else's bike). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34966 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:51:34 +0000 chdot 34966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/victim-turns-to-twitter-in-bid-to-track-down-bike-thieves-2306987.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/victim-turns-to-twitter-in-bid-to-track-down-bike-thieves-2306987.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34811 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:51:21 +0000 chdot 34811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least he had presence of mind/bottle to take photo. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34810 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:49:24 +0000 kaputnik 34810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm quite sure my first thought if someone was stealing my bike probably wouldn't be "gosh, better tweet this!". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3342#post-34809 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:38:14 +0000 chdot 34809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> @rjamesjones: </p> <p>These guys just stole my bike from outside a pub in Islington. </p> <p>He laughed as he cycled off.</p> <p> <a href="http://t.co/Fgk2t9g" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/Fgk2t9g</a> </p> <p>"</p> <p>'spect he was laughing at the way the bike had been locked. </p> <p>Be warned... </p>