http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: watch out, thiefs are about en Mon, 18 May 2026 16:06:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83480 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:57:53 +0000 thebikechain 83480@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I installed a big wall anchor with BB allen head bolts (non removable) into the garage wall with a big chain connecting the prized bike to it.</p> <p>Will be doubling up though just in case as i don't fancy replacing a 3.5k bike that much.</p> <p>Also, i used an obstacle course worthy of Gladiators inside the garage. Wife calls it 'unrecycled recycling' and BBQ's and ladders and 'stuff' though. But what would she know. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83473 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:26:47 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 83473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Another couple of bikes stolen in portobello high street last night</em>"</p> <p>That's getting close to home - I really should get some replacement chain/metal rope to chain up everything in the garage. It's what I put ruddy big bolt loop things in the floor for after all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83447 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:38:33 +0000 kaputnik 83447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did they saw/crop through the lock or the cast iron to relieve him of his wheels? </p> <p>A good dunt on some old cast iron is often enough to shatter it. Failing that, you can usually cut through it pretty sharpish with just a hacksaw.</p> <p>If someone would like to come and steal the abandoned bikes in our stair that the neighbours refuse to move, despite never having moved them in 3 years and not being in a ridable condition, apply within for details. The other neighbours who do cycle would prefer not to have to leave their bikes in the back garden. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83423 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:17:32 +0000 tammytroot 83423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another couple of bikes stolen in portobello high street last night. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83422 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:15:56 +0000 tammytroot 83422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is a pic of my son's stolen bike/</p> <p><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7931364464_b11a448ef0_m.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7931364464_b11a448ef0_m.jpg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83134 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:39:44 +0000 tammytroot 83134@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After the insurance failed to payout last time, we switched providers so hopefully we will get some money back. Haven't had a chance to contact them yet since our flight got in yesterday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83131 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:18:53 +0000 SRD 83131@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>shame. does your household insurancenot cover it? </p> <p>friends of mine in leeds hd the same problem of repeated thefts and similarly gave up. very sad. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83129 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:04:15 +0000 tammytroot 83129@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just back from holiday to discover my son's bike nicked (again). He's not going to bother getting another. Having had 2 bikes stolen in less than 2 years he does not see the point in spending hundreds of pounds yet again just so some low life can help himself.<br /> Another barrier to cycling in Edinburgh! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83032 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:04:04 +0000 Dave 83032@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm, just around the corner. I'll keep a sharp eye out just in case. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8305#post-83029 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:07:03 +0000 Nelly 83029@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Friend had his green On One Inbred, wifes white Marin mtb, and his sons Islabike taken from a shed on West Saville Terrace last night.</p> <p>Also a couple of kids bikes (left out overnight) apparently pinched from Sciennes Primary School. </p> <p>Still plenty of rogues around. </p>