Actually story says six a day which is, sadly, more likely.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Six-bikes-a-week-stolen.6013210.jp
Is the lost property at Fettes still only open weekdays 9-5?
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"Six bikes a week stolen as thieves cash in on boom"
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Posted 14 years ago #
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... Must .... Resist... Commenting on EEN site the level of stupidity that hangs round that "paper" is frustrating.
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"... Must .... Resist... Commenting on EEN site"
leave it - that's Anth's 'job'!
Posted 14 years ago # -
Bit worried by:
"quote" stopping "suspicious" cyclists, such as those who are not wearing a helmet, who may have stolen the bike."/quote"
Why would not wearing a helmet make you a bike thief?
Anyway it just goes to show there is a need for more secure cycle parking in the city.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Think fine would be more appropriate than "fee"
Posted 14 years ago # -
"Top-of-the-range models, costing up to £5,000", once again EEN fails to do it's research, top of the range is about £22K...
Posted 14 years ago # -
Depends whose range..
Asda or Halfords or?
Posted 14 years ago # -
"stopping "suspicious" cyclists"
I've almost never been stopped when I've been carrying an extra bike.
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Every now and then the police come out with this 'stopping suspicious looking cyclists' line, backing that up with things like not having a helmet.
I've purposely ridden in areas they're apparently targetting, making it my ambition to be stopped by the police before boring them to death with the make and model of every single component on the bike (apparently a test is to ask someone what type of bike it is and see if they can answer without looking).
not been stopped yet though.
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Shouldn't we be happy that they're at least trying? I suspect that 'no-helmet' is code for 'someone who looks like they're not usually on a bike' or 'not studenty' or some other basically class/race/gender profiling-in-disguise.
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"boring them to death with the make and model of every single component on the bike"
But do you know the frame number?
I can remember the one from the bike I got when I was 12, and my since stolen Flying Scot (52R if anyone's got it) - but not any of my current bikes!
Posted 14 years ago # -
Actually, that's one thing I don't know...
SRD, absolutely, we should be happy, but cmoplaining is more fun. Actually, on a serious note, yes, happy, but this is just a 'phase' the police is going through, and that's the depressing thing. There will be a push to find people nicking bikes, then it'll all die down till someone realises how many are being stolen again...
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"There will be a push to find people nicking bikes, then it'll all die down till someone realises how many are being stolen again..."
That may sound cynical, but sadly it's not.
There have been various individual PCs quite keen on 'doing something' about bike crime, but it never seems to be a co-ordinated approach.
Police could do more to return bikes to people that have been recovered (of course they have to have been reported stolen in the first place).
On the occasions I've been to Fettes there have been some quite distinctive bikes.
The Lost Property used to only be open weekdays 9-5, which didn't help. (Presume still is.)
Posted 14 years ago # -
Brompton have section on their web page where you can register your serial and frame numbers.
51104843 is the only one I remember. It's a '50s Claud Butler. My Longstaff has a postcode stamped on it... but I haven't lived there for 14 yrs.
I've never had any bike stolen but these days I rarely leave them where I can't touch them.
Posted 14 years ago # -
I started a Flickr a while ago where people could put bike details (NOT including frame number) so that they (+ photo) would be available if the worst happened.
But the idea never really took off.
My Bicycle in Edinburgh
Posted 14 years ago # -
if that Tweed thing happens, especially if anyone wears leather head gear, the police will nick everybody for looking suspicious.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Ever seen those youtube videos of people sawing off bikes in busy streets while everybody studiously ignores them? It would be ironic if you *then* got stopped for suspiciously riding bareheaded ;-)
Posted 14 years ago # -
Well Worth Watching http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/28/streetfilm-grading-your-bike-locks-part-ii
Posted 14 years ago # -
Watched the film, loved the comment about the puny lock "I could chew through that"
Also, read some comments and it develops into a "How heavy must you be before you are too heavy for a folding bike?" 220lbs for a Brompton BUT fortunately there is a bespoke company that goes up to 320 lbs. I am thinking at these weights any bike would be struggling, indeed the folders with smaller wheels might stand up to the weight better. Broken spokes being a big issue for the heavier cyclist.
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Spoke angle can be an issue on 349mm wheels and hub gear flanges don't help. I had a problematic wheel on my second Brompton which was eventually rebuilt by Alistair Gow. His wheels don't cause any bother but he does poke fun at Bromptons. He doesn't keep the rims in stock so I keep at least one in my store of odd parts.
I weigh around 11 st, 3 pounds over today but it will be back down again by Easter.
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