Bike Thieves

[The_Dover]

hire yourself a sniper, people like that really suck

I hear there is one in the Chch area that will do the job for a six pack of Bacardi Breezers and a reach around.

[M1CRO:Me]

Maybe it was a cow?

[gixermike]

absolute bar-stewards..

I go for the bike alarm, garage, security lights, lock front and back to kit car one end, to ground anchor the other..garage not visible from road, bike never left out to be noticed, it's either being ridden or is concealed.

don't count on an integral alarm waking you....one can of expanding spray foam in the underseat area and it would be going off nicely, without a peep heard outside. plastic bag and the same over the alarmed disc lock....A freind has lost 2 fireblades basically these ways, they used his tools to undo the front wheel and walked off with the rest of the bike. 2 guys and a scaffold pole is all thats needed.

As for cutting disc lock...nah, they'd just smash the disc and by a pattern one online.

the latest trick in south east london is for a few kids to cut the lock off..if they get caugh, it's only criminal damage.....then walk away see if anything happens....if not, then other guy in bike gear comes up, pretends it won't start (tries a fake key, kicks it over etc....uses mobile phone as if broken down)....then just pushes it off up the street into a van.

If you have a hollow swingarm pivot, you can put a solid bar through it, with a hole in each end, then lock the chain to that. would take some undoing. could also do it with axles if hollow. A cable with soft ends would probably do this as well.

I've wondered wether there should be some sort of Dye pac thing (like they use in cash transfers)....normally it's an organic stain (only stains living cells..but alst for days)....would be easier to spot the bright blue faced robber afterwards...

oh, and I'm not a bike thief if you wondered....just an imaginative engineer who really hates bike thieves..

[The Stranger:Me]

Maybe it was a cow?

Or a corgi.

And who give me a hard time about always locking my bike up aye?

[The Stranger:Me]

hire yourself a sniper, people like that really suck

What sniper sucks?
I don't think he's that bad really.

[light]

Got a friend that had to Nice harleys, They had Bolts Cemented into the Garage, 2 for each bike with Big thick chains. Of course a house alarm and they had both their bikes taken... If someone wants your bike bad enough they will have it one way or another.

But I think a alarm or even better a imobilizer is they way to go, and that pager sounds like a good idea. I park my bike about 300m from work so having a pager if the alarm goes off would be great.

[M1CRO:Me]

I reckon it mustve been

Yup those corgi's are pretty low... mate! lol

Or a corgi.
And who give me a hard time about always locking my bike up aye?

[fozz rock]

If someone wants your bike bad enough they will have it one way or another.

sad but true

All you can do is make it as hard as possible

[Sniper]

I hear there is one in the Chch area that will do the job for a six pack of Bacardi Breezers and a reach around.

12 pack and you have a deal

[shafty]

Bad luck CaN - you have my sympathies. I reckon Bike thieves are the lowest form of shyte. I had a GT750 Waterbus stolen from the roadside near Matamata in younger days - the battery died (long story) and by the time I'd hitched back.......... Never mind - the 25 years of counselling courtesy of Jim Beam has sorted that. I've had a fair few years interviewing victims of burglary, and remind everyone not to under estimate the low life. Such stories as " It was parked right outside my bedroom window, chained, and behind a ruddy big fence, but they took the pailings off the fence, poured oil on the path and slid it thru...." etc etc. What sort of scum thinks " hey boys, lets go and nick some Guys Bike" - the lowest. I reckon Karma works tho, and am sure the pr^^k who nicked my bike has ended up with a nagging woman!!