I seen a few dodgy people around there last night about 6pm on bikes. Given the gate is never locked and accessible to anyone I would never leave anything of value on a bike, trust no one. It might be a big task to steal a bike itself but stealing some lights off a bike could be pretty quick. Maybe take them inside in the future and I hope you find out who it was, I will never understand why people do this.
I must admit I am always amazed at people leaving their easily removable lights on their bikes. I thought that they are removable for the purpose of taking them with you so they don't get nicked? As an aside I had my saddle nicked off my bike, a cheap £10 saddle on a steel seat post, not much resale value.
I know in many ways its victim blaming, but never leave anything removable on your bike - take it with you (especially if te bike isn't in secure parking)
It's not victim blaming at all.
One just needs to remember that the world's full of scumbags who will steal anything that hasn't been secured with anything less than an industrial grade Hilti powder-actuated fixing gun.
I'm Dutch; if you leave removable lights on your bike here; don't expect it to be there when you are back. So either take it off or have lights that bolt on. It's just the way it is...
> I must admit I am always amazed at people leaving their easily removable lights on their bikes. I thought that they are removable for the purpose of taking them with you so they don't get nicked? As an aside I had my saddle nicked off my bike, a cheap £10 saddle on a steel seat post, not much resale value.
why assume it was another climber? TCA is in a pretty accessible, dodgy and rough inner city area, plenty of passing opportunist scumbags around. had an attempted theft on my bike there once, saw the flimsy combination lock and thought it would be an easy snatch and grab, failed to see the two D-locks also attached however... dumb NEDS!
> Sounds like they should be charged. I don't think a charge of battery will stick, though.
Might get caught flashing though
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mrmint07 Oct 2017
In reply to Flinticus: Not just you mate. I was in a hurry and forgot to take my lights off on Wednesday and also got both my lights lifted, £60 worth. Just coming into a time of year when I would be using them too. Hope they die a slow and painful death.
> I cannot shake my feeling that it was another TCA bike customer that took it. Is this reasonable?? Probably a young student type...
IF true, there are a couple of positives,
You saved a poor student some money, that no doubt they have put to paying off their student loan. ( I know Corbyn said he would do that
You kept a young student safe on the roads this winter.
I work near Amsterdam at the moment. We hauled a bike out of the canal and made it usable. It worked well but looked a total wreck. We left it for an hour in a locked hotel car park in front of CCTV and it got nicked. They wouldn't even review footage without a police report. We have since pulled another out and just got it working but someone stole the wheel nuts just last week. Bike crime in Holland is in another league.
Also, when I went to TCA last year I was in the back of my van parked outside and some kid was trying to wrench the window open. He shat himself when he saw me. I would have chased him but was bollock naked at the time.
Such as wheels, saddles, chains... the list goes on. Best answer is ride a truly horrendous bike everywhere and only ride nice bikes when you are not going to be parted from them...
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