http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Thieves targeting cyclists as £3k bike stolen en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:17:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108285 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:02:26 +0000 steveo 108285@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pah the noise of a turbo could be detected by a decent bike thief a hundred metres away. Beet thing to do is let the shop look after it for you in return you could look after their money. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108283 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:52:20 +0000 PS 108283@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you don't want people to know you have a nice bike, your best bet is to lock it in the spare room on a turbo trainer and never take it outside... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108281 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:49:18 +0000 steveo 108281@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course knowing your full name it would be fairly trivial to find an individual, ultimately how many DaveC's are likely to be within a few miles of your house.</p> <p>Much easier just to get decent bikes off the street. I witnessed an expensive mtb being locked up out side decathlon with a chain uberuce would be proud of, except he had locked it around two bits of 5mm hi-ten steel cable. Would have taken moments to cut the cables and worry about the chain later. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108277 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:03:53 +0000 chdot 108277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Also on Strava you can set an exclusion zone round your home and place of work"</p> <p>Also on Flickr. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108276 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:00:33 +0000 Arellcat 108276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Remember - you might have good settings but maybe your friends don't ;)</em></p> <p>I'm not on Friendface myself, but I probably am by proxy, of which I would have little to no control. I could always be a hermit, I suppose.</p> <p><em>we're shortly going to have a garage full of bling.</em></p> <p>Methinks you should talk to she of the red hair and SEEKRIT BUNKER. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108273 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:44:31 +0000 Dave 108273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It sounds like the bike was kept by the front door and may have been a target of opportunity rather than stolen to order using Strava?</p> <p>I've always wondered how that would work anyway. You'd need to have encyclopaedic knowledge of old and new bike models and their value and then somehow search by model on social networking. </p> <p>Wouldn't it be easier to drive around on a weekend morning just before club run time and see which garage doors are open with bling inside?</p> <p>The latter is more of a concern to me, since we're shortly going to have a garage full of bling. There are so many options for anchors, door protectors of various sorts... the list goes on, and you somehow need to strike a balance between the loss you'd take on an insurance claim and the costs of ever greater security... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108272 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:19:37 +0000 ARobComp 108272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Unfortunately my online life is heavily linked to my "how I get paid" life so most of it is fairly obvious - however I'm fine with that. I could find out lots of things about most people if I really really wanted to (please note I don't tend to do this and nor will I rise to a challenge) . Remember - you might have good settings but maybe your friends don't ;)<br /> I keep facebook fairly locked down though.</p> <p>As to the comments I like the "who needs a 3k bike apart from olympians one"<br /> Who needs a car that can do 140 Mph apart from racing drivers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108270 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:03:14 +0000 Baldcyclist 108270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, keeping 'online' and 'real' life separate is useful I find.<br /> I know at least 4 folk between here and twitter in 'real' life through work who don't know who Baldcyclist is. Only a a select few get to know who I am, Facebook is me, and I only keep a very small number of 'friends' on there.<br /> Keeping mapmyride private so only I can see it helps too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108267 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:39:40 +0000 Cyclingmollie 108267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, you can set an exclusion zone in Strava. And just never let slip in social media that you're off on holiday as a rule. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108266 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:36:49 +0000 earthowned 108266@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't read the comments! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108265 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:14:43 +0000 ARobComp 108265@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thats a very good point Dave. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108261 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:44:05 +0000 DaveC 108261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have generic names for my bikes on Strava. I do know others who have named their bikes the manufacturers names. Also on Strava you can set an exclusion zone round your home and place of work. I know its not linked to Strava in the article but all the same. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9994#post-108257 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:35:50 +0000 cc 108257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/thieves-targeting-cyclists-as-3k-bike-stolen-1-2904410">Thieves targeting cyclists as £3k bike stolen</a> </p>