stolen bikes

Sadly the light fingered gits have been out again.

A carbon Pinarello was stolen from outside the cavendish tea rooms at
Bolton Abbey, whilst 50 riders were chatting inside.

I don't know if it was an opportunist or targetted at a known cafe
stop.

Locks and chains making a come back.

As should chopping their hands off.

Martyn

"Martyn Bolt" wrote in message
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Sadly the light fingered gits have been out again.

A carbon Pinarello was stolen from outside the cavendish tea rooms at
Bolton Abbey, whilst 50 riders were chatting inside.

I don't know if it was an opportunist or targetted at a known cafe
stop.

Locks and chains making a come back.

As should chopping their hands off.

Martyn

The full ritual urc punishment is in order, I think.

Hope the bike is found and returned to its rightful owner without delay.

Cheers, helen s

"Martyn Bolt" wrote in message
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Sadly the light fingered gits have been out again.

A carbon Pinarello was stolen from outside the cavendish tea rooms at
Bolton Abbey, whilst 50 riders were chatting inside.

I don't know if it was an opportunist or targetted at a known cafe
stop.

Locks and chains making a come back.

As should chopping their hands off.

Martyn

Is it worth putting a note on the various online forums, such as at

http://www.bikereader.com/forum/index.html
http://www.cyclingplus.co.uk/forum/default.asp
http://www.timetriallingforum.co.uk/

as well as checking through the small ads of local press & cycling press &
checking on ebay to see if it turns up?

Cheers, helen s

A carbon Pinarello was stolen from outside the cavendish tea rooms at
Bolton Abbey, whilst 50 riders were chatting inside.

Locks and chains making a come back.

I guess that's the problem: my lock and chain weigh about the same a
carbon-framed Pinarello - who'd want to double their all up weight by
carrying it?

Got a nice little accesory for the Abus disk lock, though, its a holder
that bolts to the luggage rack (designed - and bought - for a m/cycle)
- doesn't rattle, always to hand, and it easy to carry the thick cable,
wrapped around a seatpost or limb or something....
-rory

Martyn Bolt wrote:
Sadly the light fingered gits have been out again.

A carbon Pinarello was stolen from outside the cavendish tea rooms at
Bolton Abbey, whilst 50 riders were chatting inside.

I don't know if it was an opportunist or targetted at a known cafe
stop.

Locks and chains making a come back.

As should chopping their hands off.

Martyn

Was that on Sunday on the Milk Race Ride ? Bngger. I'll keep my eyes
and ears open in the area. I was close to BA on Sunday, did a loop up
to Beamsley, tea in Dunnies.

MSeries wrote:
Martyn Bolt wrote:

Sadly the light fingered gits have been out again.



Hi Everyone.

While we're on the subject of stolen bikes: Has anybody here ever had a
bike stolen and successfully recovered it?

I was wondering because I have had a couple nicked in the Colchester
area (in the last 15 years - so not too bad). Every year, the police
have a recovered bike day in which they invite everyone who has reported
a stolen cycle to come to the station and look at a seriously
depressing collection of rusty frames they've dredged from the
canal/river. There's also *NO* checking that the bike you point out
as yours matches anything like the description you gave, so if they do
recover anything good, I wouldn't be surprised if they get claimed in
the first ten minutes.

Luckily my household insurance covered the losses in both cases, but if
another bike is stolen, I will pretty much think of it as gone straight
away with little chance or recovery. My bikes are usually pretty much
stock models anyway, so fairly easily replaced, but it's a different
matter if you've got something a bit more custom-made.

Cheers

Chris

Has anybody here ever had a
bike stolen and successfully recovered it?

My sister-in-law had her bike nicked. A week later her boyfriend saw
the thieving scrote riding it round town, so chased him (on foot) and
knocked him to the ground. He ran off, and s-i-l got her bike back.

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:15:35 +0100, Chris Cowen wrote:

MSeries wrote:
Martyn Bolt wrote:

Sadly the light fingered gits have been out again.



Hi Everyone.

While we're on the subject of stolen bikes: Has anybody here ever had a
bike stolen and successfully recovered it?
Yes.
About 10 years ago I had my Trek 830 nicked from outside the local Tescos.
Stupid me had it only on a cheap thin cable lock - learned my lesson there.
I reported to the police, and they took a full description.
Some time later I was contacted by Southwark police - they had taken the
bike off someone. Curiously, they didn't charge him with anything, as he
said it was his. I got it back as I had more legal claim to it, or
something along those lines.

Anyway, the moral of the story is - report any thefts to the police.
They now have a big computerised form which the PC will fill in,
with all sorts of identifying details.
And AFAIK they do match up recovered bikes.

Chris Cowen wrote:

While we're on the subject of stolen bikes: Has anybody here ever had a
bike stolen and successfully recovered it?

Some years back I had my wheels nicked when the bike was in a railway
station compound.
I reported it and gave a full description - Campag hubs, super Champion
rims, vredestein tyres and so on. they were pretty average wheels and I
never thought I'd see them again.

A couple of weeks later I received a call from the police station asking
me to go along and identify some wheels :-)
After my loss, the police had mounted an observation on the bike
compound and caught a scrote red-handed taking various bits off bikes.
His garage was then searched and they found an Alladin's cave of stolen
bikes and accessories - including my wheels.

I must say I was pretty astounded to see them again.

John B

Chris Cowen wrote:
MSeries wrote:
Martyn Bolt wrote:

Sadly the light fingered gits have been out again.



Hi Everyone.

While we're on the subject of stolen bikes: Has anybody here ever had
a bike stolen and successfully recovered it?

My sister, when Lothian & Borders Police snipped the lock and gave it to
someone else. I managed to negotiate recovering it, because the new owner
parked it on the same rack that I was using/

My brother had the corresponding thing happen, when he saw a bike of his
locked up in town, went and reported it to the police, whereupon a fire
engine on blues and twos came round the corner, and 6 men jumped out and
snipped the lock. Which was impressive.

--
Ambrose