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“Capital bike crime rockets by 50 per cent in a year”
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Posted 5 years ago #
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why do people steal the front tire?
nearly lost mine today.Posted 5 years ago # -
Well I would guess some steal the front wheel for a tyre or a wheel but wonder if many do it just to be anoying. I think they choose the front as easier to take off. Noticed quite a few bikes with no front wheel or saddle. The quick release may have a lot to answer for. I always meant to get my front one changed away from quick release last think want in city.
Posted 5 years ago # -
I suppose if a desired bike is secured only (or most securely) by its front wheel then nicking another wheel would enable the theft.
I've never noticed a bike tethered in such a fashion, though I suppose I don't have the keen eye that raven-bait does. There was a theft like that in recent times as I recall.
Posted 5 years ago # -
Trixie i have four hedgehogs in my yard now and its all your fault
Posted 5 years ago # -
The hedgehog gods are smiling upon you.
Posted 5 years ago # -
smiling.. ? no, they are snuffling
the overnight wildlife cam clearly shows they are snuffling
Posted 5 years ago # -
Another hedgehog tonight.
Sighthounds are fantastic hedgehog spotters.
Posted 5 years ago # -
I'm glad I got the quick releases on my commuting bike changed to unique key spindles when I bought it. My spare mountain bike has quick release front and back wheels, and I'm too paranoid to lock it up anywhere public...
Posted 5 years ago # -
“Operation Agora is making a significant impact on reducing the number of bike thefts in the capital.”
... in an article on how bike theft has gone up 47 percent in the last year.
Posted 5 years ago # -
“I've never noticed a bike tethered in such a fashion”
But have you not noticed front wheels (only) locked to fences?
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I have been pleasantly surprised, in the context of the current large amount of bike theft, to see that a very good bike which has now been chained up, presumably abandoned, in a highly visible place and passed by hundreds every day for months is still there.
Obviously I am not going to say where it is but some on here will have seen it.
Posted 5 years ago # -
the blue one that looks almost new and the schwalbe tyres are going flat or may be another one
Posted 5 years ago # -
Not this one then!
Posted 5 years ago # -
There is a crackdown on bike theft. As part of the general operation on motorbike and bike crime. Although somewhat counter intuitive this may mean more bike crime (e.g. If it means more theft is reported) et cetera.
Posted 5 years ago # -
Does anyone know if the stats include break ins to bike shops? Bike Trax has had 3 in the last year,
Posted 5 years ago # -
Saw a police tweet yesterday that they'd arrested someone and recovered 30 stolen bikes.
Posted 5 years ago # -
I'm going to be accused of being a snob, but Cobden Road seems an unlikely place for a serial bike thief to live.
Posted 5 years ago # -
perfect area for not being suspected of any pilfering type crimes (it is all crimes against humanity, plundering of pensioners' savings down that way) but would have to steal a lot of bikes to cover the rent
Posted 5 years ago # -
The police report does say that the bikes were recovered from Cobden Road, not that the offender lived there. As Ed1 says, a couple of properties on the street look like they could be lock-ups (or detached garages belonging to adjacent properties that could be sublet - which amounts to much the same thing).
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