How gutted would you be...

[Strang0r]

... to find this when you finished work :crybaby:

[Strang0r]

and no this wasn't mine... just a pic I found on the net :)

[Maverick]

Yep, thats why you put the chain through the frame too! :whistle:

[megageoff76]

Thats happened to me after 3 weeks of ownership, but the bastards left no trace of it.

Its funny..you come out to your bike afterwork and its not there..so you scratch your head and try to convince yourself you must have parked somewhere else and forgot about it.

Then it hits you that you didn't.

Bastards.

[chubby]

i'm with mega... I'd try and convince myself, for a while, I'd left it somewhere else.

As for the pic, if I saw that and it was my chain I'd be so gutted, feel violated and slowly turn to real anger. I know I'd be pi$$ed off for weeks and my mood would show it. Its a heart breaker.

[Qkchk]

On closer inspection, it looks like a rear wheel....... must of been VERY desperate to theif that bike, or the fact the picture is a mockup! Looks like there's a loop in the ground the chain is running through so they up-lifted the bike onto a skateboard/mechanics creeper board and away it went.

[Zuki Bandit]

... to find this when you finished work :crybaby:
Ummmm....Fuckin irate!

[musicman]

That would suck so much... damn theiving bastards! :angry2:


On closer inspection, it looks like a rear wheel.......

How come you say that? To me the tread and profile looks like a front tyre's but I'm still a noob to bikes so I would be interested to hear how you identified it as a rear.

[icekiwi]

That would suck so much... damn theiving bastards! :angry2:



How come you say that? To me the tread and profile looks like a front tyre's but I'm still a noob to bikes so I would be interested to hear how you identified it as a rear.

Looks like its got a sprocket to me...
Unless its frontwheel drive...:eek5:

[BASS-TREBLE]

Yer and its a very small brake for the front,
Its just a smallish width tyre which is why it may have seemed lke the front....I
think

[skidMark]

Yep, thats why you put the chain through the frame too! :whistle:


Or dont leave it outside the front door when you go inside to get changed to wash it eh?

Speaking of which, they ever find your bike?

[Griffin]

I wouldnt be too concerned at all... cos my bikes got white walls so I'd know it weren't my bike straight away :shake:

[marty]

cool. time for a new bike!

[Rollestonchick]

Omg! :gob:hope this never happens to me :weep:

[ManDownUnder]

That would suck so much... damn theiving bastards! :angry2:



How come you say that? To me the tread and profile looks like a front tyre's but I'm still a noob to bikes so I would be interested to hear how you identified it as a rear.

I can't see a sprocket but if forced to guess I'd say rear wheel.

Tread pattern for front and back are different as they do different things. Keeping in mind tread is "channels for water".

Think of riding in the rain. In a straight line the front wheel is always riding onto wet road, so it has to pump water off the road while going in a straight line, and while going around corners.

The rear wheel get's it easier in the wet. In a straight line it's rolling in a channel of relatively "dry" road that the front wheel has already pumped all the water off. So the cehntre of the tire needs no pumping tread (i.e. a LOT less tread in the centre of a rear tire).

While cornering the rear will run a slightly different line to the front wheel - so it still needs tread toward the edges.

[musicman]

I can't see a sprocket but if forced to guess I'd say rear wheel.

Tread pattern for front and back are different as they do different things. Keeping in mind tread is "channels for water".

Think of riding in the rain. In a straight line the front wheel is always riding onto wet road, so it has to pump water off the road while going in a straight line, and while going around corners.

The rear wheel get's it easier in the wet. In a straight line it's rolling in a channel of relatively "dry" road that the front wheel has already pumped all the water off. So the cehntre of the tire needs no pumping tread (i.e. a LOT less tread in the centre of a rear tire).

While cornering the rear will run a slightly different line to the front wheel - so it still needs tread toward the edges.

I see, it's just that I've never seen a rear with a straight centre tread (not that I've seen every kind of rear out there) but I've seen a few fronts with a straight centre tread. Also most rears I've seen have a flatter profile, not as narrow as the tyre in the pic (but as I've said, I'm a noob).

[ManDownUnder]

I see, it's just that I've never seen a rear with a straight centre tread (not that I've seen every kind of rear out there) but I've seen a few fronts with a straight centre tread. Also most rears I've seen have a flatter profile, not as narrow as the tyre in the pic (but as I've said, I'm a noob).

I'm open to correction on it but I personally think of them as pumpers and pushers (I read that somewhere a while ago...)

Here's a good example of what I'm saying - on the tires I'm running.
http://64.27.127.169/Img/Icn2/Tire_Bridgestone-BT-020.jpg

[ManDownUnder]

I'm open to correction on it but I personally think of them as pumpers and pushers (I read that somewhere a while ago...)

Here's a good example of what I'm saying - on the tires I'm running.
http://64.27.127.169/Img/Icn2/Tire_Bridgestone-BT-020.jpg

Edit - I take that all back - looking at the pic I just posted, and comparing it to the original photo - it looks very front wheel from the tread (compared to the BT020)...

[NZsarge]

Thats happened to me after 3 weeks of ownership, but the bastards left no trace of it.

Its funny..you come out to your bike afterwork and its not there..so you scratch your head and try to convince yourself you must have parked somewhere else and forgot about it.

Then it hits you that you didn't.

Bastards.

A feeling of disbelieve and sensation of sinking all at the same time.....
Slimey thieving barstards!

[Jiminy]

Ow, I thought it was a wheel trap and you had managed to catch a wheel :lol:

Seriously, I'd be gutted and would hope for the insurance to pay quickly and in full.


Its funny..you come out to your bike afterwork and its not there..so you scratch your head and try to convince yourself you must have parked somewhere else and forgot about it.

Then it hits you that you didn't.

The opposite happened to me with a push bike. Went shopping just to realise that I had forgotten the bike in front of the shop on my last visit :whistle:. I guess with all the gear, I wouldn't forget my motorbike.