Uni bike thefts

[Squiggles]

Only if you move them.

Them or the lock... seeing as we're forever moving our bikes around down under science...

[Slyer]

Lock+Chain.
http://www.xenasecurity.com/product/...in/CLAW/page1/

[Phurrball]

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Do not ask me how i know, because i am not going to tell you.

Mr SkidMark:

Should you actually know something more than is in your post (as you allude), I trust you are talking to the Police and any parties concerned. I'm sure any information would be welcome. It is your duty as a concerned citizen and fellow motorcyclist.

Otherwise, you are trolling around a sensitive subject in a rather ill-mannered way.

How would you feel if someone 'nicked' your pride and joy and someone had the lack of courtesy to use your misfortune as an exercise in trolling?

Engage thy brain.

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but what a lock does offer is a lower excess

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^^^Depends on your policy wording and varies from insurer to insurer. READ that policy document closely people. It is the heart of your contract with your insurer.

[BANZAI]

Suspect the Munchy Mart Vans!!

Every windows of the van are tinted dark and guys driving wear hoodies.

[klyong82]

Suspect the Munchy Mart Vans!!

Every windows of the van are tinted dark and guys driving wear hoodies.

So you think its a funny issue?

[motorbyclist]

He doesnt know who did it, he's simply commenting on how its been done (and noticed) i.e. How they work....

that was not what i read from his post.. he pretty clearly stated that he knew something about these theifs and their 'operation'

which of course is likely BS, but hey it was a successful troll either way wasn't it?

Given that it can be assumed to not be skidmark, WHO THE ARE YOU RAGING AT IN THIS THREAD????
They presumably wanted a viffer, or they would have taken another bike. Theifs dont care who you are, only what you've got.

i wasn't raging, just angrily commenting at exactly that - they could at least be a slight bit considerate to the damage they're potentially dealing.

[rie]

firstly, if you do not yet have a disc lock on your bike yet, it's not a good idea to be announcing it on the internet. i've noticed a few such posts this this thread so far.

secondly, i agree with hanne - but even if disclocks are not a 100% guaranteed deterrent, you need to make it as difficult as you can for a thief.

most of us can't afford trackers and stuff, but if you can't spend this week's pay on at LEAST two disc locks, you shouldn't be taking the bike out til you can. you should have budgeted for security before you even bought the bike.

thirdly, it seems to me that parking your bike in different places around uni might also be a good idea.

[Chrislost]

Suspect the Munchy Mart Vans!!

Every windows of the van are tinted dark and guys driving wear hoodies.

nah, The guys who drive the xerox cars, saw one of them look at a jacket that was chained to a bike last semester.

Or what about the construction workers that are not working there anymore...?

thirdly, it seems to me that parking your bike in different places around uni might also be a good idea.

that means more walking... Besides, i like to put my bike into a underground carpark that hardly anyone walks through(with no locks on)

[motorbyclist]

thirdly, it seems to me that parking your bike in different places around uni might also be a good idea.

didn't work for me....

[Patar]

So you think its a funny issue?

Some of you guys take things too seriously.

Yes it's a shit hole that we've got thieves targeting student bikes, and yes I can sympathise with the pain of losing a bike. But at some point you've got to be able to take a step back and stop taking yourselves so seriously.

And all this whining on the internet isn't going to get anything done about it, and let's face it, no amount of complaints or suggestions to the University is going to change anything any time soon.

All we can do is take reasonable measures to protect ourselves.

Either that or we can set up a sting and actually do something about it...

[Ragingrob]

Some of you guys take things too seriously.

Yes it's a shit hole that we've got thieves targeting student bikes, and yes I can sympathise with the pain of losing a bike. But at some point you've got to be able to take a step back and stop taking yourselves so seriously.

And all this whining on the internet isn't going to get anything done about it, and let's face it, no amount of complaints or suggestions to the University is going to change anything any time soon.

All we can do is take reasonable measures to protect ourselves.

Either that or we can set up a sting and actually do something about it...

Take things too seriously? This is one of the very few times where we take something seriously, yet now someone's bike has been stolen less than a week ago and you're saying we should turn it into a joke?

This "whining" on the internet is called discussing options and strategies we can take to do something about the situation.

Set up a sting? As in organise our own txt2bash program, or install our own cameras? Oh just like we've been talking about doing within our "whining"?

So we shouldn't bother talking to Uni about getting some form of bike locks down in OGG? It's not worth even trying? Or a working camera in the staff car park? Na not worth it. Just fend for ourselves ay?

God with an attitude like that, I'll be the first one to turn the

Fucken bastards stole my bike

thread

into a joke.



I'm sure we will all laugh about this in due time, but right now we DO need to talk seriously, we DO need to try and raise this issue, and we DON'T need people telling us to step back and have a laugh.

[Squiggles]

While i intend to raise thoughts on security with unisafe, i dont expect anything more than perhaps an additional camera on the entrance to cp36, I will see about us having chains down there, although its always a good idea to have one on you or a disklock. For the best part it is up to us, we arent paying to park down there. It's purely a good will relationship and we're on the winning side so far, but i can but try to get more and not overstep the boundary.

[Zim_Invader]

im thinking the uni wil prob only extend help as far as a working camera in th compsci car park. perhaps if we got something like the bicycle docks - metal bars outlining bike parking slots - more order that way too (so some scooters can't take up 2 bike's worth of parking). the frame would offer more places to bolt/lock the bike to.

sadly, these are more visual deterrents, and some1 bent on a particular bike could bi-pass that easily...

to the guy that suggests moving around more, or parking elsewhere,.. lemme tell u this. of teh very many ppl in uni that i know, few would lift a finger if they saw something happenint to a bike on symonds. almost all the ppl that i know that have a bike, park at the underground spot. and the best part about that is that one of them is always passing through that place, at least every 30 mins. and evry one of them knows the owner of all the bikes there. so parking there, is as safe as it'd get... here's why... they pass through and see some retard on one of teh bikes, and knows for sure that they have no ties with the owner of teh bike, then the chance of them stepping up an saying/doing something are very very high. (added security). - i hope that was said clearly enough.

will think up other options. and will make some plan to put up the missing bike notice, before lects, for u andrew. u never do know who may have seen something...

[bomma]

Take things too seriously? This is one of the very few times where we take something seriously, yet now someone's bike has been stolen less than a week ago and you're saying we should turn it into a joke?

This "whining" on the internet is called discussing options and strategies we can take to do something about the situation.

Set up a sting? As in organise our own txt2bash program, or install our own cameras? Oh just like we've been talking about doing within our "whining"?

So we shouldn't bother talking to Uni about getting some form of bike locks down in OGG? It's not worth even trying? Or a working camera in the staff car park? Na not worth it. Just fend for ourselves ay?

God with an attitude like that, I'll be the first one to turn the

thread

into a joke.



I'm sure we will all laugh about this in due time, but right now we DO need to talk seriously, we DO need to try and raise this issue, and we DON'T need people telling us to step back and have a laugh.

in the undying words of fps doug "BOOOM HEDSHOT!!!"

[Hanne]

of teh very many ppl in uni that i know, few would lift a finger if they saw something happenint to a bike on symonds. almost all the ppl that i know that have a bike, park at the underground spot. and the best part about that is that one of them is always passing through that place, at least every 30 mins. and evry one of them knows the owner of all the bikes there. so parking there, is as safe as it'd get... here's why... they pass through and see some retard on one of teh bikes, and knows for sure that they have no ties with the owner of teh bike, then the chance of them stepping up an saying/doing something are very very high. (added security).

That is very true, just about every time I come or go from down there ehab is wandering past or someone else is parking up/ just leaving.
The 'community watch' sort of thing can't be overlooked.
I reckon a camera on the gate would give us a better chance of tracking down culprits if this happens again but we actually have more chance of keeping the bikes safe by knowing each other, going and chatting to people we haven't seen before (both on bikes and off, I've spoken to a few people checking out other bikes down there, some rode, some used to, if they were up to anything it is a deterrrant that you know their face, otherwise knowing the other bikers is a plus for safety).
of course none of the suggestiosn made are mutually exclusive either.
Nothing wrong with fitting a lock and camera,also nothing wrong with looking out for each other. Maybe wandering down there at random times you are free when things are not so busy down there.